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We talked a few days ago about Firefox containers, and a question may arise spontaneously: but why use Firefox? This article is part of a series of articles about Browsers which we decided to do to better explain how it works. The strengths and weaknesses of each. In fact, there is no Browsers perfect, however instead the Browsers perfect for us. And it is only by trying a different one that we can understand which one is best suited to us. We have already done something similar with i in the past Browsers for Android: DuckDuckGo Browsers, Firefox And Privacy Browsers.
What we want to do with TheAlternativesIn fact, it is never about telling you "just use this program and that's it!", but about putting you in front of choices through advice and suggestions.
Attention: this article is exclusively about Browsers for desktop.
On Android we recommend as an alternative to Firefox the use of Brave, Privacy Browsers, Privacy Browsers And DuckDuckGo Privacy Browsers.
On iOS you can try Brave, DuckDuckGo Privacy Browsers, Firefox Focus And SnowHaze.
From a technical point of view, let's say, Firefox it is certainly the most complete and the most customizable. It is probably no coincidence that Tor Browsers it's just a Fork Of Firefox. As we often say though Firefox it needs a few settings to be able to best protect us. Also take into account that if you come from Google Chrome there could be an initial disorientation being the two Browsers quite different.
Why use Firefox?
Summary of what you are going to read
- Firefox it is very customizable.
- In addition to Safari (which only exists for Apple) is the only hope to stop the dominance Chromium on the Web.
- With the right settings it's probably better than others Browsers. However, if you don't feel like or aren't able to tinker with settings and settings you can try using Brave, useful even if you come from Chrome because it is the same family.
Firefox settings
Firefox recently seems to have taken measures well and sites that break even with the restrictive mode active are always rare. The advertisements seem to be eliminated correctly and the list of blocked connections has been added. Also installing the uBlock extension (absolutely essential) the result is more than excellent.
So why use Firefox?
Firefox it is also important to avoid that Chromium 1, the project Open source Of Google from which it derives Google Chrome, become the only standard on the web. All the Browsers modern, apart from Firefox and Safari, in fact they depend on Chromium. We always repeat it for those who are new: i Browsers that they use Chromium I am: Edge, Brave, Opera, Vivaldi, Epic Browsers and many others 2.
In this regard, there are also many Firefoxs and we have also written an ad hoc article about them called: But how many Firefoxs exist?
Let's get back to us anyway. Before using Firefox, however, it would be appropriate to make some small changes. There are several and each allows a greater level of security and privacy. In general, the more things you change, the greater the privacy but at the same time there could also be greater difficulties in navigating.
We are making it a lot easier for you because then in reality there are more extensions and more customizations visible They fit yours and yours more easily Browsers he will be recognized because of his Fingerprint unique.
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If you use Firefox change some settings first
In short, we understand that perhaps now you may be more confused than before. So we have prepared an ad hoc article to advise you on the things to change once you install Firefox.
Why don't we summarize them here? To make everyone's life a little easier. Because things can change and we don't want to leave old articles with notions that are no longer valid. Therefore we only have one article dedicated to the extensions to use on Firefox and if there are ever other changes to be made we will only modify that one.
You can find the article here: What extensions to use on Firefox?
Once you have followed that little guide you can use it Firefox safely without having any navigation problems. As mentioned previously, what we generally suggest is: “Firefox for you, Brave not for friends geeks“.
Why use Firefox? Advanced settings
The definitive guide for Firefox is probably the configuration file called arkenfox. If you are curious and interested in having greater protection we leave you the official configuration page: Arkenfox-user.js.
To conclude
If you're just trying to stop being chased by ads and Facebook that's probably enough for you use Firefox with basic settings that we suggested to you.
At this point you might even think about using Tor Browsers (which already has all those advanced settings active and much more) when you want to be more protected and for everything else use Firefox with the basic settings that we suggested to you.
We hope we have therefore answered the initial question: why use Firefox?
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