Preferred Web Browser - Distrowatch Poll

[m654321]

Been a  fan of Firefox for a long time, until I met Slimjet.  I really like Slimjet - nice & snappy (unlike Firefox's tendency to lag when adblock is enabled (even on setup1 in sig), very polished look & functionality, and it'll play videos including the BBC weather report in the absence of adobe flashplayer as it apparently comes with its own pepperflash integrated.

I notice that Slimjet is in the current PCLinuxOS repository.

However, as Slimjet is closed source, I'm not quite sure that I wholly believe their claim that they don't sent your online data back to Google - how do you verify that? 

Mike

[paul1149]

Regarding Slimjet and privacy, I take a pragmatic view. The company has been around for quite a while, having spawned Slimbrowser and other browsers. It is based in the US, in Texas I believe. And if someone ever did packet tracing and found they were violating their own privacy claims, it would be over for them. Users have long memories. So a) they would have to be lying, and b) they would have to not get caught at it over time. I think that has a slim probability.

But in Linux I find SJ's video problem increasingly severe. Twitter and many news sites now do not play video. And SJ's management has not taken a very involved role in sorting out problems, so a couple of weeks ago I decided to make the switch to Vivaldi, which not only has a robust development pace but also a vibrant online community. I think in about half a year V will be at the very top of the heap.

[rijnsma]

I've used Slimjet for two years now, and consider it to be the best browser available. But it doesn't do .mp4's on Linux due to licensing, so I've now switched to Vivaldi, which isn't far behind SJ and is coming on strong.

Nice browser. I use it for about a year alongside FF (for the quick things and media) and I still like it very much.
(Predecessor Opera grew a little obsolete, that's why I tried Vivaldi.)