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When Firefox was introduced in 2004, it was designed to be a lean and optimized web browser, based on the bloated code from the Mozilla Suite. Between 2004 and 2009, many considered Firefox to be the best web browser, since it was faster, more secure, offered tabbed browsing and was more customizable through extensions than Microsoft's Internet Explorer. When Chrome was introduced in 2008, it took many of Firefox's best ideas and improved on them. Since 2010, Chrome has eaten away at Firefox's market share, relegating Firefox to a tiny niche of free software enthusiasts and tinkerers who like the customization of its XUL extensions.
According to StatCounter, Firefox's market share of web browsers has fallen from 31.8% in December 2009 to just 6.1% today. Firefox can take comfort in the fact that it is now virtually tied with its former arch-nemesis, Internet Explorer and its variants. All of Microsoft's browsers only account for 6.2% of current web browsing according to StatCounter. Microsoft has largely been replaced by Google, whose web browsers now controls 56.5% of the market. Even worse, is the fact that the WebKit engine used by Google now represents over 83% of web browsing, so web sites are increasingly focusing on compatibility with just one web engine. While Google and Apple are more supportive of W3C and open standards than Microsoft was in the late 90s, the web is increasingly being monopolized by one web engine and two companies, whose business models are not always based on the best interests of users or their rights.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday November 27 2017, @07:37AM (2 children)
I use Brave on my phone. Built in adblock (ublock compatible), anti phish, noscript etc. Just like the desktop version.
Set it up to blacklist everything by default, only takes a few clicks. Minimal set of plugins available, mostly password wallets.
Get the apk from: https://github.com/brave/browser-android-tabs [github.com]
(Score: 1) by anubi on Tuesday November 28 2017, @09:19AM (1 child)
Thanks for the link to Brave!
Once I knew what to look for, I found it on Aptoide, even though the official Brave links specify Amazon or Google Play Store.
I have it on the phone now. Its working great! My local newspaper was my first test, as it is so fouled up it was about as readable as a paper newspaper found in the toilet. Cleaned it up nice.
I will probably make it my default browser. Quite happy with it.
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I have not registered for Amazon nor Google, as they require credit card numbers. Its not that I don't have one. Its just I trust neither of the above not to "share".
If there is one thing I really hate to do, its putting my credit card numbers on the internet. Its not my stinginess about paying, rather its my caution about trying my damndest to minimize my "attack surface" for fraud, which could easily amount to thousands of times the amount of the purchase.
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]
(Score: 1) by anubi on Tuesday November 28 2017, @09:31AM
Brave via Aptoide [aptoide.com] for Android phones....
"Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." [KJV: I Thessalonians 5:21]