#Waterfox browser review download#

If I tried to switch to another app I'd be looking at a beachball for ten minutes, I can't even imagine what it would be like to try to work while it was playing video. And, say I wanted to have a baseball game running in the background while I did something more productive. It launches using a not great but acceptable half gig, but after a day of average usage, it's usually sucking up triple that amount. Speaking of which, boy does this thing piss away memory. I understand that Alex really needs to change the icon, so maybe he can have a 'Make My Icon' contest or something. The new icon really looks like a blue fox urinating. This version has been out for 20 days or so, so this isn't just a first impression. Moreover, I was using Waterfox Classic to be as close as possible to pre-Quantum Firefox, so when I read that it should now be considered 'best effort', that achieved to decide me. I'm not saying that Waterfox is worse than other browsers, privacy wise, but I'm simply not convinced that it's better than Firefox for that matter - provided you use all the necessary addons and set the right settings in about:config. :-o I've not been convinced by his answers to the doubts expressed by the other users, and while I've been a happy user for years I finally switched back to Firefox a few months ago. The dev used to put an emphasis on privacy but since he recently partnered with a firm that arose some doubt about data collection (System1), he wrote in a forum that we users had misunderstood and Waterfox never claimed to be a privacy focused browser.

#Waterfox browser review download#

No need to download external packs or weird configuration files!Īfter a few years using Waterfox instead of Firefox Quantum, it became harder and harder to tell the difference and why, in the end, I was using it. Local - Built in languages make switching to your language of choice a breeze.This allows us to extract large performance gains, so you can surf the web like never before.

Fast - Waterfox targets modern systems and leaves the old behind.Why use a whole new window when a tab will do?

Private Tab - Sometimes you need a sneaky peek in a hurry.Chrome, Firefox and Opera WebExtensions! - Waterfox supports extensions from the Chrome Web Store, Firefox add-on store and the Opera Extensions store.Limited Data Collection - We take the bare minimum to provide you with what you need to keep the browser running smoothly.No Telemetry - What you do inside your browser is your business, we don't see any of it.With Waterfox, you should find comfort in knowing that what you are doing inside your browser is only known by you. Too much focus on privacy and the web becomes too broken to use. Waterfox is all about balance of privacy and useability.