I finally got around to tidying up my login and cookies setup in both Brave and hardened Firefox (my two main #browsers). Now, only certain sites can save #cookies long-term, everything else gets cleared on exit, and all third-party cookies are blocked. #privacy
😑 Chrome 114 Breaks Web Page Reading with JAWS 2021 and Earlier
When launching the latest version of Google Chrome, (Version 114), with JAWS 2019, 2020, and 2021, an issue occurs that prevents web pages from being visible in the Virtual Buffer.
Which Browser Offers the Best Privacy Protection? No, Google Chrome is not on the List
Each website visit yields valuable data, sold to marketers so targeted ads can follow us around the web — unless you’re using the right browser. But what’s the best browser for privacy? There are myriad options other than Chrome or Safari if you’re concerned ...continues
This weekend I finally made the hard switch to Microsoft Edge on all my devices. And switched to #Bing for the Bing Rewards. I still need to use Chrome at work since I'm not allowed to use a personal account in Edge on our computers but it's a small sacrifice. #Browsers#Technology
Day 2 of living without #browsers on my #work#PC. I am noticing a surprisingly low impact except for a substantial productivity boost. Working with my computer feels very peaceful because all that's running is #VisualStudio or #VSCode.
I thought I would miss the #web more, but no. Not really. Sometimes I look something up on my phone, but the #computer just feels like a workshop now. A pure tool.
I’m hearing murmurs of YouTube blocking browsers that support ad blockers.
You know where you don’t have to worry about such things? Host your videos on a #PeerTube instance and use #Owncast for your live video streaming needs.
@owncast fwiw, I’ve found the DDG browser for Mac to be fantastic for avoiding YT ads
There are very few videos that won’t work — I assume the kind you can’t embed — but it mostly just plays the embedded version with no ads
Unfortunately, there’s no way to link to the DDG Mac browser without initiating a download (I have several frustrations like that with DDG) but it’s worked well for me. no affiliation
I agree. Firefox has been my default browser since a loooong time. The current situation is very problematic in the medium-long term, and has potential to be worse than the "IE6" times, because Google is (and has been for ages) actually an Ads company.
I have disabled all my #browsers using the #Windows#registry to stop myself from getting side-tracked all the time.
So far, it's been going surprisingly well! It's a bit annoying because I also can't look up #programming questions anymore, but it kinda forces me to think myself and actually read the #code on my machine.
Yeah, the thing is... it's implemented in a rushed manner all the time in many #browsers. Capitalistic #EverGreen race. They make #Firefox look like a dummy, but what if it doesn't want unstable bits to creeple up the web?
#Web, as already dunked up as it is, needs other #browser teams stamping a "done" mark on stuff that is actually complete instead of blindly following the trend of hot implementations and #LivingStandards. We shouldn't be doing these improvements a cheap public stunt, tests come first.
"30 years ago this week…something called the World Wide Web launched into the public domain…#CERN owned Berners-Lee's invention and…had the option to license [it] out…for profit. But Berners-Lee believed that keeping the web as open as possible would help it grow…[He] eventually convinced CERN to release the World Wide Web into the #PublicDomain without any #patents or fees."
@petersuber I vividly remember the early days of the web when it was unclear whether it would matter to average people compared to walled-garden services like #AOL (then #AmericaOnline), #Prodigy, or #CompuServe.
IMHO the web’s early rise depended on two other factors:
• Graphical #browsers like #NCSA#Mosaic on mainstream computer operating systems (1993)
• Decommissioning of the US government-funded #NSFNET backbone, effectively ending restrictions on commercial Internet traffic (1995)