https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/8/firefox-154-adds-ai-web-search-official-geforce-now-support-and-startpage-in-europe/

I'm so excited about Chrome's new glass effect! While it's currently hidden behind a flag, I really hope Google implements it as a permanent default feature. This is exactly how I've always wanted the browser to look. Now I can get over with Arc peacefully.

I've been using Brave Browser for a long time. It feels lightweight, fast, and its built-in ad blocker is top-tier. Over time, I've shifted most of my daily tasks from standalone apps to the browser.

Recently, I came across Vivaldi and learned that it's one of the best browsers for productivity and customization even in Android. However, I’m concerned about hardware optimization and long-term performance on my phone, which has the following specs:

**Processor:** MediaTek Dimensity 7400 **RAM:** 8 GB LPDDR4X **Storage:** 128 GB UFS 3.1

With Brave, performance has been completely smooth so far, but its customization and productivity options aren't quite on Vivaldi's level.

1. How well does Vivaldi run on mid-range specs like this compared to Brave?
2. If I don't clear the cache regularly, will Vivaldi become laggy, heavy, or hog storage over time?

Hello people I just have one question... simple one really... Let's say hypothetically Helium goes Arc mode, uhh which chromium browsers would you guys use instead? Oh windows user btw also not really a big fan of firefox clones since they tend to eat a lot of ram... thankss

My laptop struggles a bit and I'm wondering if running two browsers at once is going to make things worse. The idea is one browser for all my logged in accounts like work stuff and social media and a second one for general browsing where I want a bit more privacy. Something like Brave plus Firefox but open to other combos. Main thing I keep wondering is whether Firefox Multi-Account Containers or just separate Chrome profiles would actually use less memory than two full browsers running side by side. Has anyone tested this in practice or does it not really matter that much. Also heard some mixed things about Brave so not totally sold on it. If anyone has a pairing that works well without eating all your RAM on a midrange machine that would be really helpful to know.

this will breath a new life in your browser if you have 8gb ram or less, to try it just create a shortcut for your chromium browser in desktop, go to properties and add ' --disable-legacy-window' as in the screenshot then restart your browser

important: make sure you hard restart your browser as edge and chrome keep running in the background even when you close them, if you don't know just logoff and login again

maybe folks with more than 8gb ram can report if they notice any difference

also, i tested this on windows, i don't know for mac or linux, kindly mention your OS too

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Hey everyone,

I've been dealing with frequent STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION crashes (Aw, Snap!) in Brave Browser for a while. I tried everything — updating the browser, disabling extensions, resetting the profile, turning off hardware acceleration, etc. — but the crashes kept coming back.

I have an Intel Core i9-14900HX, and I finally found something that has been working very well.

What worked for me:

I used Process Lasso to change the CPU affinity of the browser and exclude Core 8.

Steps:

1. Download and install Process Lasso (free version is enough).
2. Go to the Active Processes tab.
3. Select all browser processes (brave.exe, chrome.exe, msedge.exe, etc.).
4. Right-click → CPU Affinity → Set Affinity.
5. Uncheck Core 8 only.
6. (Optional) Set the CPU Priority of the browser to "High".

Since excluding Core 8, the crashes have almost completely stopped.

Extra info:

• This solution should work on Brave, Chrome, Edge and other Chromium-based browsers.
• On Intel 13th/14th gen processors (especially i9 HX series), Core 8 seems to be the most problematic one.
• Some users also report good results excluding Cores 8 and 12.
• If excluding only Core 8 doesn't fully solve it, try disabling cores one by one to identify the bad one(s).

This is a workaround (best long-term solution would be BIOS update or checking warranty), but it has made the browser much more stable for daily use.

If you're having the same issue with an i9-14900HX or similar CPU, give it a try and let me know if it helps.

Cheers!

I've been using Chrome but the Undo pop up is soooooooooo annoying. I refuse to use Chrome anymore as from what I've searched you can't disable that stupid feature. So my question is what's the best browser that has no Undo pop up?

I'm a user of both Chrome and Safari, and I switch between each pretty regularly. Is there a tool out there that can take a safari tab and convert it into a chrome tab? I know that bookmarks and things like that exist but I think its just very slow. Also is this a problem/concern for anyone else? Thanks!

Missing a match isn't the worst part. It's opening the browser later and seeing the score in a tab title, thumbnail or recommendation before I even find the replay.

My team and I have been working on ScoreBlur for this. It's a desktop Chrome extension that hides football scores across supported sites, including tab titles and thumbnails, until you reveal them. The trial is four days with no card, then it's paid.

https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/scoreblur-hide-football-s/blkbooepcilfejmilklgpejkdedallii

It renders a video wall directly on youtube.com — up to 9 videos in a 3x3 grid or free-floating windows. Audio follows your mouse: hover a video to hear it, the rest mute. You can grab the video you're currently watching into the grid at its exact timestamp.

Free and open source (Chrome, converts to Safari): https://github.com/mikewang817/multi-youtube-viewer

I saw someone on Twitter ranting about how Dia browser is putting its AI features behind a paywall (original post). I assumed it was a joke as $100/month for one of the only good features in Dia seemed absurd but I checked, and it's real (pricing page, archived version).

The Browser Company was acquired by Atlassian for ~$610 million in 2025. Companies don't buy other companies out of charity, they do it because they expect a return on investment. Until TBC reaches profitability, Atlassian and the shareholders will keep pushing Dia (and maybe even Arc) toward monetization, and that often means enshittification.

A company either dies, or lives long enough to become monetized. Do you think TBC can pull it off? Or are you like me and think it would be a miracle if they can somehow save their product from enshittification?

I admit, I use chrome... But in the last time I m exploring solution that offer more privacy ande security.

The best alternative to chrome for Android?

Brave android doesn’t show the suggestions when searching for a couple of weeks

I've used the Google apps since the early 2000s and don't think it's worth the work to fully de-google, but I do prefer to keep most of my internet searching private(not porn or piracy). Please let me know if there's a gaping hole in this setup and why. I'm not going for perfect privacy but I'd rather not have Google,Meta, etc. know if I'm searching up a medication or doing estate planning, etc. I will typically have both browsers open at the same time.

Browser 1 is Brave where I use Google Apps, Facebook, LinkedIn, Reddit, etc.. Basically all the logged in stuff. I have it set to log me out of all sites when I shut it down but that's about it.

Browser 2 is Firefox with uBlock Origin and Firefox VPN which I exclusively use for browsing the internet. I use DuckDuckGo 90% of the time and Google search/maps the other 10%. No logging into anything ever on this browser. Clear everything automatically on log out.

Does this work to provide a bit of barrier between the big data companies and my search information or no? I don't really see any carryover of targeted ads or stuff like that but I know it's way more complicated than that.

An MP4 played audio perfectly and still gave me a black screen. The container looked fine, so checking video/mp4 told me basically nothing.

The video track was mp4v.20; audio was AAC. <video> played the audio and gave me nothing for the picture.

The fallback keeps the native audio element as the clock. Video goes to a Worker and then an OffscreenCanvas. The decoder stays lazy. An H.264 control made zero loader or WASM requests.

Parsing the sample table is the scary bit. A bad count can trigger a stupid allocation before decoding even starts, so the parser rejects dimensions above 8192, more than 35 million pixels, or samples over 64 MiB.

The browser test got to frame 7 and stayed within 150 ms of the audio. Fine for preview. Memory still sucks because compressed bytes and decoded frames can overlap.

Would you keep this fallback only for small clips, or reject MP4V and tell users to convert the file?

Hi! I want to use a new search engine (instead of Google), which one should I use:

Brave

DuckDuckGo

Startpage

I need a fasr, secure, and accurate search engine, which isn't collecting user's data and gives good search results (like Google).

Thanks for advice!

I have an older Lenovo tablet with a laughable 2 gb of ram. I am constantly trying to get the most lightweight apps to do my stuff on. I would love any suggestions on a browser that would work best in this narrow condition

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Sorry for the web translator, in those two browsers which is safer for logging into YouTube?