ISO a web browser that is not Chrome/Firefox/Edge
TSasha Smith
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I am searching for a web browser alternative that is not Chrome/Firefox/edge ie something that is just as good and free.
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If you use the free Avast Antivirus it includes Safe Zone browser:
https://www.avast.com/f-safezone
Opera
http://www.opera.com/
Take your pick: http://alternativeto.net/software/google-chrome/?license=free
Change the "all platforms" drop down to what you're on to narrow it down more.
Safari (yes it also is for windows):
http://download.cnet.com/Apple-Safari/3000-2356_4-10697481.html
Vivaldi this is a great unknown browser
https://vivaldi.com
Safari for Windows is years old and insufficient for current security threats. Apple ceased development for this browser on windows and they no longer support it. Avoid it, and I say that as someone who uses it exclusively for Mac (I'm using it now my mac!)
Also CNET has been bundling adware with their downloads, it's a double whammy.
Mattymanx recommenced Opera:
+1 for Opera
+1 for Opera. Using it all the time, wherever possible. On Windows, on Linux, on Mac.
Opera's essentially Chrome now, since it's a fork from the Chromium project. However, Opera has been potentially sold to a Chinese company -- more than a few times now, but it seems to always fall through when it can't pass the regulatory hurdles.
Vivaldi was suggested above, and it's quite good too.
The additional problem is that many websites are optimized for WebKit/Chromium, so running an alternate browser would just slow things down. Firefox, or even old Opera 12, is slow as molasses on sites with dynamic layouts and scripting :(
One thing to note is that most browsers are either Internet Explorer/Edge, Firefox/Mozilla-based or Chrome/Chromium based. That is, the rendering engine behind the scenes is either IE (...well,only Microsoft uses IE/Edge now, I think), Mozilla's Webkit or Chromium. The browser families are, in general (and this is not even vaguely a complete list):
Mozilla: Firefox, Seamonkey (I wouldn't touch that one right now, since it hasn't been updated since March), Cyberfox, Waterfox, Pale Moon (Cyberfox and Waterfox are 64-bit, and nominally more stable than Firefox itself, which is 32-bit; not sure about Pale Moon)
Chromium: Chrome itself, Avast Safezone, Comodo's Chromodo, Epic Privacy Browser, Opera, Vivaldi -- in fact, Opera and Vivaldi sometimes need to tell sites that they're really Chrome or else the site at the other end doesn't display properly.
Internet Explorer family: IE of various numbers (only IE 10 and 11 are still supported by Microsoft; all other versions are dangerous to use) and Edge.
I've used several of them, all three of the major ones. I will say that I've turned a bit against Chrome itself lately; it's been weirdly prone to getting adware, despite running three separate adblockers at times. I've got it installed at work because I have to.
And the Opera browser has in fact been sold, although it has to go through regulatory approval once again. https://www.engadget.com/2016/07/18/opera-browser-sold-to-a-chinese-consortium-for-600-million/
And Opera also just announced that its web sync service was hacked, so if you use that, change your passwords on that service. https://www.engadget.com/2016/08/28/opera-sync-service-hack/
+1 on Vivaldi.
I use Vivaldi and Firefox.
Official Firefox 64-bit for Windows has been available for about a year or so, and far longer for linux. 64-bit version is just not offered as default Firefox download on Mozilla's landing page, so you need to follow the 'other platforms and languages' link from there: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/all/
In fact people should give the 64-bit version a second chance if they only used 32-bit before, as it's FAR more stable (especially when regularly working with 100+ tabs open) and faster as 32-bit version as well. Though make sure you have 64-bit Windows to run it.
Edge is not 'IE family', but complete new development, it does not even use the same render engine.
Based on Chrome.
FlashPeak Slimjet x64-bit (based on Chrome) is what I use instead of Chrome and Cyberfox x64-bit (based on Firefox) instead of Firefox.
Brave is a new kid on the block, designed to battle against popups and invasive HTML5/JS. Maybe worth a look?
Edge is pretty bug free in it's latest release and no browser is going to help with the js they stuff modern sites with. Turn of the js sure but you wind up breaking most sites.
If you absolutely can't use Edge, Chrome, Firefox then IE11 still comes with Windows although it's in the same position as Safari on Windows - active development has stopped. They'd love to remove it I'm sure but to many big businesses use it as a in-house browser for their intranets so it'll be around a while.
I'm of the personal opinion that dynamic/adaptive CSS with JS is the bane of the internet these days :(
Javascript is not usually dangerous (but can be, I guess). Mostly it's just annoying. Turning it off will break nearly every site on the planet. You have to be selective what you turn off. Not to be confused with Java.
Laurie
You didn't exclude InternetExplorer, which works just fine on Windows10.
I did not exclude it because I do not know for sure it was still included with Windows 10. Where is it found in Windows 10 "start" menu?
It's in Windows 10 in the Windows Accessories menu as Internet Explorer. You need only right click on that icon & send to start menu to make a short cut of it to your main Windows 10 Start Menu.