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Continuing my survey of current web browsers, I'll note that the Tor Browser is really good at its job of keeping your private web browsing actually private, and there are mitigations available for edge cases like someone being able to tell that you're using Tor (even if they can't tell what you're doing with it).

The cost of that privacy is mostly that it's slow and won't be able to handle some web applications (either because features have been disabled or because the website blocks Tor), so it's inconvenient for everyday browsing, but if you need to hide activity from a stalker, an abuser, a harassment campaign, a government, etc. it's worth learning how to use it.

Close-up of several old books, pressed next to each other spine out like they're on a shelf, bound in canvas and with varying thicknesses and faded colors. No titles are visible, but the leftmost has a design resembling a tall stalk with alternating leaves and berries, and the rightmost has a design that could be leaves or dragonfly wings, one mostly visible at the top and the other barely visible at the bottom.
Kelson Reviews StuffWeb Browser at Kelson Reviews Stuff

The WebDX #CommunityGroup at @w3cdevs have reached a milestone in their efforts to catalogue #Web browser baseline features, and that's great! ❤️

But I worry that some #developers will look at graphs like this one and think "more features == better". And I'm not sure whether or not that's actually true. From some #DX perspectives (and many #UX perspectives), widespread implementation of a new feature can be a net harm, not good.

🔗 Deeper dive (choose your preferred medium!):
- danq.me/webdx-does-more-mean-b
- gemini://danq.me/posts/webdx-d
- textplain.blog/does-more-mean-

Curious if any other #jaws users have noticed some weirdness with copying things to the clipboard lately, especially in #WebBrowsers. I primarily use #MicrosoftEdge but have noticed it in other places too. Take this for example: I'm writing some notes on #WCAG success criteria in #Joplin, getting some information from this page on understanding WCAG. I selected the number and name of SC 1.2.3 and pressed CTRL+C. JAWS should have copied " 1.2.3 Audio Description or Media Alternative (Prerecorded)", but all it copied was "1.2.3 ". I tried this several times, making sure I had all the text selected. It's not the first time it's happened lately, either. I've noticed it for at least the last few weeks, and it's very frustrating. Sometimes I'll switch to #NVDA just because I know it will copy things correctly.
#ScreenReader #Accessibility #Windows #Windows11 #WindowsEleven
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www.w3.orgUnderstanding WCAG 2.1 | WAI | W3C

#WebBrowsers picks of the day:

➡️ @timbl - Inventor of world wide web & web browser

➡️ @servo - New web browser engine, currently experimental phase

➡️ @librewolf - Fork of Firefox, emphasis on privacy

➡️ @WebKitGTK - Official browser engine in GNOME

➡️ @torproject - Maintainers of Tor network & Tor browser

➡️ @Waterfox - Another fork of Firefox

➡️ @Vivaldi - Chromium-based browser with extra features

➡️ @mozillaofficial - Maintainers of Firefox browser & Gecko browser engine

Well, it's done! I've moved to @zenbrowser as my main browser. That's it! It's more than good enough! I'm impressed by how much the devs have accomplished in such a short time.

As a nice side effect, since I'm using Firefox on Android, I finally have a synced and unified browser experience.

This isn't an attack on Arc, by the way. We've been through the good, the bad, and the ugly together. Some of its features were brilliant and will be missed.

A random reminder that @zenbrowser @Waterfox and #librewolf exist 😉

Good browsers that don't do bullshit and don't contribute to the #Google monopoly on web engines.

Addendum: I was also told about Phoenix codeberg.org/celenity/Phoenix, though I don't know whether they will be able to handle the latest shenanigans

Summary card of repository celenity/Phoenix
Codeberg.orgPhoenixPhoenix is a suite of configurations & advanced modifications for Mozilla Firefox, designed to put the user first - with a focus on privacy, security, freedom, & usability.
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@AskPippa Opera doesn't really exist any more, it's a thin layer over WebKit (same as Chrome and Safari). The original authors of Opera went on to create Vivaldi [1], owned by Vivaldi Technologies [2] which is based in Oslo, Norway. Vivaldi is a promising web browser, but some of its components remain closed-source and opaque.

If you want a 100% open source browser, there's Konqueror [3], the browser of the KDE desktop. It's rendering engine, KHTML, is the precursor of WebKit. But IIRC nowadays it also uses WebKit.

[1] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivaldi_
[2] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivaldi_
[3] en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konquero

en.wikipedia.orgVivaldi (web browser) - Wikipedia

Surfing the Web in Reader View

If you are familiar with the Firefox web browser, then I am sure you are familiar with its reader view functionality. Wouldn't be nice if you could surf the entire web in reader view mode only. Well, you can (almost).

readbeanicecream.surge.sh/2025

readbeanicecream.surge.shSurfing the Web in Reader View - ReadBeanIceCream
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ZDNet: How Opera’s new Air browser helped me to keep calm and surf on. “I like to meditate and I like to surf the web. But I never thought about combining the two — until now. That’s because Opera has released a new browser called Opera Air, which tries to help you become more mindful as you use the web.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/05/zdnet-how-operas-new-air-browser-helped-me-to-keep-calm-and-surf-on/