Browsers

[blackbird71]

blackbird71 last edited by

How many browser engines are there? ...

Roughly speaking, there's about 18 engines, of which only about 13 will run directly on a Windows desktop/laptop. Of those, around 8 engines are used in the more commonly recognizable browser names. Moreover, many of those 8 engines are simply forks or offspring of other engine designs, bearing many of the same characteristics and limitations as their parents.

In reality, there are only 5 primary engine lines currently being used for Windows browsers: all the variants within the KHTML/Webkit/Chromium/Blink lineage, Gecko, Trident, Presto, and EdgeHTML. As you've observed, the largest array of browsers currently exists based on chromium/Blink engines, largely because that engine is open-source and maintained by the chromium consortium, thus sparing the browser makers from having to maintain it themselves.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

What's Trident?
'Edge' is like Windows' Edge, no more?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

What's Trident?

Internet Explorer's engine.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Thank you, Leo!

And Presto is owned by Opera and that's it, right?
Which means read the first lines of that post of mine - boooring!

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

And Presto is owned by Opera and that's it, right?

Yep, Presto is/was the engine of old Opera.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Yep, Presto is/was the engine of old Opera.

It still is - many people do still use Old Good Opera. For now...

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

In reality, there are only 5 primary engine lines currently being used for Windows browsers: all the variants within the KHTML/Webkit/Chromium/Blink lineage, Gecko, Trident, Presto, and EdgeHTML.

Firefox are going to abandon Gecko, aren't they?

So - what are we're gonna be left with then?

1. Chromium.
2. Chromium.
3. Chromium.
4. Chromium.
5. Windows' Edge.
   :rip:

[threatdown]

threatdown last edited by

In reality, there are only 5 primary engine lines currently being used for Windows browsers: all the variants within the KHTML/Webkit/Chromium/Blink lineage, Gecko, Trident, Presto, and EdgeHTML.

Firefox are going to abandon Gecko, aren't they?
So - what are we're gonna be left with then?

1. Chromium.
2. Chromium.
3. Chromium.
4. Chromium.
5. Windows' Edge.

Firefox is not abandoning Gecko, and definitely aren't adopting chromium. They have an experimental new engine called Servo, but it's mainly for research purposes and they plan to integrate parts of it into gecko over time.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Threatdown, is that right?

[johnbull44]

johnbull44 last edited by

I used Google Chrome for years, then because Chrome dumped Win XP in April 2016 I changed to Opera.

I have found Opera a brilliant browser and IMO is far better than Chrome.

A tiny irritation is that Pricespy keeps coming back on my Speed Dial with every update. I have read the previous threads and did not see any means of stopping this.

Is there any way that the Pricespy Speed dial can be blocked ?

[blackbird71]

blackbird71 last edited by admin

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A tiny irritation is that Pricespy keeps coming back on my Speed Dial with every update. I have read the previous threads and did not see any means of stopping this. Is there any way that the Pricespy Speed dial can be blocked ?

The short answer is "no". The best background perspective thus far lies in this thread, which you may already have read: https://forums.opera.com/topic/14034/unrequested-bookmark-added-to-my-speed-dial

[johnbull44]

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Thanks Blacbird. No big deal, rather than keep deleting Pricespy I`ll just leave it there unloved.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Anybody knows anything about 'Yandex browser'?

[custdemotest]

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Anybody knows anything about 'Yandex browser'?

Well, for now is the only browser with a powerful search engine where you can search "how to kill obama" or "kill the monkey" and you won't be in jail after that. That will not be possible after 5-10 years so where is the fun?
Edit: "The whole wide world's got a monkey on its back" - from Kill the Monkey song.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Forget about Yandex.

Anybody ever used Midori?
Or is it brand new?

[sgunhouse]

sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

Midori on Linux has been around a while, it is a webkit-based browser with a UI built on QT. As QT is cross-platform I suppose they must be able to migrate the whole browser to Windows... but I never really used the Linux version. I can't claim it will be any different from Chromium or Opera or Vivaldi.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Thank you.

SlimJet has been praised here on the forums, as I remember.
Same site says it's a lightweight browser. Do you think it means it's easy on CPU and/or memory?

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Midori is fast! :eek:

Had some layout deficiencies having maximised the window (on this site - first one). (Initially the app opens in a rather narrow window.)

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Imported bookmarks from Opera's .adr.
It's a mess - no folders, no nothing. Search's working though - dropdown full lot of "opportunities" typing in the address bar...

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Ah! I found the folders.
A bit - teeny-weeny bit - messy still, because the order's different, and till I visit them, no favicons, and the interface might be either - ehem, different, or to get used to it.
Still, no trouble with movie except that - well, might be that site's overloaded with stuff, there exist so unmanageable sites - :XP: .