Although I almost exclusively used the Opera Browser on my computers from the time I discovered it in 1995, I have always used more than one browser, even Me$$y$oft’s Internet Exploder, from time to time. That changed several years ago, when Opera stopped producing what I, at that time, found to be the best browser out there, and began using a Chrome-based rendering engine while dropping many of the features I had come to rely on and adding other “features” that I found unuseful. So, in 2013, the search was on to discover a browser that worked well for me.
Avant Browser has some interesting features (especially native downloading of video files and switching between rendering engines) but lacks many features I r=prefer. I still keep it updated and use it from time to time.
Chrome? Dislike.
Firefox? Dislike. (But was for a long time the only option for TOR browsing, so had to have it *sigh*)
IE and Edge? @gagamaggot
Vivaldi? *meh* Mixed feelings and experiences. Took ’em FAR too long to get anything like fully functional bookmarking, and even now bookmarks and some other features are lacking, IMO.
Yandex Browser: Russian offering based on several different browser technologies (as is the current Opera Browser. . . sorta). Sure, some Russian hacker is probably following me around, though Yandex says they don’t do that, but the thing works really well and has most of the features Opera 12.X had, including robust bookmark management that works well for me, including syncing between my various installs fo the browser in different OSes.
Brave Browser is relatively new and has some very interesting and useful features, but needs a few extensions installed to come up to the Yandex Browser’s functionality. I do like the simple-to-use TOR functionality that is built into the browser. Three basic modes: Normal Browsing, Private Browsing, Private Browsing with TOR. While the latter disables the extensions that I prefer for different functions, it’s still quite useful. Although I surf behind a decent VPN, adding a TOR browser session when following some links where I KNOW I’ll be tracked just makes me smile, slightly.
So, for now, my primary browsers are Yandex and Brave, with occasional uses of Avant Browser, but things remain in flux.
Good (sage) advice as ever.
TY, Colin.