The Firefox ToC discussion pushed me down the browser engine rabbit hole (again). Have you had a chance to daily drive some really good but obscure web engine that is not Gecko (Firefox), WebKit (Apple) and Blink (Chromium)? How viable is it for a complete switch - this includes banking, chatting, logging into websites, etc.

Edit: Added link to the Firefox discussion to give better context to my question.

  • @No_Bark@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    0•2 months ago

    I’ve been using IronFox on mobile since Mull went away, but I’m ready to hear why that’s a bad option from anyone who knows better.

    So far its worked very similarly to Mull, in that I’ve had no issues with it so far. I don’t do banking or financial shit on my phone though, so I can’t comment on how well it works for that functionality.

  • @schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de
    0•2 months ago

    I don’t think there are any viable engines other than the three you mention. Other browsers than the three you mention are viable, I am typing this in LibreWolf, but they are all based on one of these three engines.

    I recently tried Ladybird and it crashes e.g. when I try to access my Lemmy instance. Definitely not viable yet in 2025, but this doesn’t mean it must remain so.

    • TXL
      0•2 months ago

      Brave is a series scam company.

      • Em Adespoton
        0•2 months ago

        Yeah; unfortunately on that particular computer, it’s the only modern browser that still functions. I don’t trust it with anything.

        If the question had been “what trustworthy browsers do you use?” I wouldn’t have mentioned it.

      • @OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml
        0•2 months ago

        No real data to backup this claim other than complaints about their addons which can be disabled, and their CEO doesn’t have the best morals and principles. Like we all believe the exact same things everyday all day.

        Multiple highly reputable non profits and other sources show the browser itself performs as one of the best when it comes to privacy. Leave the negativity against Nestle.

  • sunzu2
    0•2 months ago

    Deskstop Mullvad and librewolf

    Android fennec

  • @bad_news@lemmy.billiam.net
    0•2 months ago

    Please don’t bank with a bleeding edge web engine that isn’t forked from one that’s been around for decades. It’s really not secure to use things that people haven’t had time to attack yet.

    • RandoEnglish
      0•2 months ago

      They are porting to Linux was just announced not long ago… however dont know how long that will take. I am just gonna keep using FF until I can try Orion.

  • Beto
    0•2 months ago

    I use qutebrowser, it’s a keyboard driven browser that uses QtWebEngine (based on Chromium).

  • @kekmacska@lemmy.zipEnglish
    0•2 months ago

    Cromite. it is a very good and private, easy to use browser, but can be heavy on resources https://github.com/uazo/cromite. It uses Chromium engine. There are browsers like Ladybug and there is also an another project that use their own web engine, but anything that doesn’t use the engines you mentoioned, is impossible to daily drive, most of them doesn’t evem support javascript, or any script execution, which means you can only browse the most basic blogs, and forget about shopping, social media, and even forums