I’ve been using Samsung Internet for a very long time, knowing it isn’t the best one for privacy. However, the user experience with it is, for me, unmatched by any other browser, including Vivaldi, Brave, and any Firefox forks.

So here’s what I’m looking for in a browser:

  • preferably FOSS

  • some control on privacy setting, less trackers/fingerprinting, etc. Doesn’t have to be the most hardened.

  • decent dark mode for web pages (Dark Reader is OK)

  • bottom search bar

  • bottom tabs bar rather than tab switcher

  • a quit button I don’t have to tap and scroll 2 times to find. Ideally it’d be placed on the main bottom bar

  • the quit button must clear cache and close all tabs, so I think it should be native and not an extension, but maybe I’m wrong?

Is there any browser that can give me that?

I’d love using Fennec as my main - and God knows I’ve tried multiple times to - but missing some of those feature made it hard for me to leave Samsung Internet behind. ATM I’m using both browsers BTW.

Any suggestion is appreciated!

  • Zoldyck@lemmy.worldEnglish
    111·
    9 days ago

    Both Firefox and Vivaldi are far superior to “Samsung Internet”. Nobody should use that crap, ever.

  • Terevos@lemm.eeEnglish
    10·
    9 days ago

    I think the best you’re gonna get is Firefox. It has the vast majority of the features you list.

  • Ilandar@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    9 days ago

    It depends how important the tab bar feature is to you. Firefox has pretty much every other feature you’ve listed there and would be my recommendation. Otherwise, Vivaldi has all of the functionality but isn’t FOSS and is potentially less private. It would still be a lot better than Samsung Internet in those areas, though.

    • char_stats@lemm.eeOPEnglish
      1·
      9 days ago

      It depends how important the tab bar feature is to you

      Well, it’s very handy I’d say, and more effective than tab switcher

      Firefox has pretty much every other feature you’ve listed there

      To quit in Firefox I have to tap to open a menu, then scroll down twice, then tap “quit”. Samsung Internet let me place the quit button on the main bar so it’s instantaneous. I figure I could do without this as I’m actually not quitting that often

      Vivaldi has all of the functionality but isn’t FOSS and is potentially less private. It would still be a lot better than Samsung Internet in those areas, though

      Yeah Vivaldi is the closest one to Samsung’s experience. But still tap and scroll for the quit button, and the adblocker (with uBlock and adguard filters) doesn’t seem as effective as those in Samsung Internet.

      I might be settling for Fennec eventually, as the uBlock extension is probably better than any feature in Vivaldi. I wish there was a browser that had it all, but none yet!

  • Stomata@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    9 days ago

    I would say keep two browser. For me I have Ironfox as main. And Cromite as secondary browser. Both are open source. Cromite fulfills some of your requirements like dark mode for web,bottom search, ad and tracker blocker and that clear browsing data on exit

  • BruisedMoose@piefed.socialEnglish
    1·
    9 days ago

    I’ve been trying out the DuckDuckGo browser for the last week or so and it’s doing the job. Of your list, it doesn’t have a tab bar, but it checks the other boxes well enough, I think. I do really miss the reader mode button in Firefox. And generally the ability to use extensions.