https://brave.com/
https://brave.com/about.html#team
https://brave.com/downloads.html
I have the link to it but am still cautious until I hear some reviews from people who’ve tried it. Will it remove my Firefox bookmarks and cookies?
BUMP!
I don’t see any updated info since April 8th. That’s curious. Where’d they go?
Don’t bother if you are still happy with XP, it’s not supported.
This article says they strip out the ads supplied with websites and substitute their own, which are presumably less dangerous. On the surface, this doesn't sound as good as running Firefox with crap-blocking security add-ons.
But one side effect of running Firefox with crap-blocking security add-ons is that the developers of many legitimate websites are incompetent and use a lot of crap which, if blocked, will cripple the web site. Does Brave solve this problem? I.e., does it manage to block the crap without crippling legitimate but poorly implemented websites?
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BTTT!
At your recommendation I’ve downloaded both the Windows and iOS versions, and they seem to work pretty well so far.
One thing I love is that you get a “wallet” in which they put ad revenue, which you can use to support your favorite sites, like FreeRepublic.
Go to the site to learn more.
BTW, it really is faster, and really does block ads.
The interface is very well done and attractive.
Beware, though, that this is not yet a full production release, so even they say you may encounter problems. I heartily recommend that FReepers give it a whirl.
They have versions for Mac, too.
The one thing I have noticed is that the JavaScript support seems to mimic Chrome’s. I say this because a web site I have programmed encounters the same errors that Chrome does. I have to fix the bug. It’ll be interesting to see if it fixes it for Brave, too.
Also, it doesn't integrate the passwords and saved information the way my Safari for Mac does, and so it costs me time if I have to sign in and look up online IDs. I don't think it can import from Safari, maybe Chrome users would not have this issue.
It runs fast and it kicks out all the web nonsense so you just see the page you want to see. That part is very nice.
So far, it seems pretty fast. I don’t see any way to set bookmarks, of which I have a lot. Nor do I see a way to start the browser with my favorite startup sites in their tabs. Perhaps it will remember them when I close the browser.
Here’s an article and discussion from January: Brave Browser: Ousted Mozilla CEO Is Changing the Web Again - http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3390678/posts
For later. Thx
I have been having flash and shockwave problems for several weeks on multiple computers. Even my computers at work, which are managed by others are all crashing websites heavy with flash/shockwave. I keep waiting for things to catch up, but it all seems to be getting worse. I am hoping it is just a phase.
Pretty blatant theft, blocking a website’s advertising and substituting your own?
Yeah, absolutely not fair use and I’m assuming the company was hopeful (and still may be) that some papers and websites will join in voluntarily, but I’d expect an update coming in the not so distant future that will strip out this functionality unless the website enabled it.
I’ve been playing with the Brave Browser for several weeks. It’s very, very fast. Doesn’t do everything I want and I mostly stick with Firefox, but I’d like Brave to get to the point that I can use it as my primary browser.
There’s two things that I find inconvenient. There’s no email function so that I can easily send a page or a link. And when I backspace into a previous window I don’t get what I’m looking for.
Fast, very fast......I’m still figuring it out, but so far I like it.
I’ve been running it on my ‘experimental’ Win10 machine since Feb. or so (experimental in that I was given a Win7 machine with fairly decent specs but really had no use for another machine, so I ‘allowed’ Windows to update itself to Win10 rather than subject my own machines to that process.)
Brave has been improving with each update, but keep in mind that it is still for practical purposes in ‘beta’ so not everything that could be/would be in the final release version is in there.
My opinion so far is that when it is ‘finished’ I probably will replace Firefox with it.
Thank you for the post. I dropped Firefox for Opera, but will give Brave a try also. Eich was Mozilla’s loss.
Looks like they have a Linux version. I’ll check it out. I’d heard previously it was going to be win and osx only.