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Zen Browser - A very nice, Firefox-based, clean UI browser (zen-browser.app)

submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This has gotten some attention, especially about a week ago, but I really hope more people will continue to try it and, if interested, support it. It is Firefox, but heavily modified to please a different audience that prefers a slightly different UI than Firefox. It has some of the appeal of Arc, Vivaldi, and the Sidebery extension.

In my view, it is very promising, and all competition in this space is good. Here it is on Github, also.

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[–] [email protected] 46 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

I've used it for a bit, and it's really really nice. I just don't know if I trust it to keep up with security updates, especially something so sensitive as a web browser.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

It's just Firefox with a custom skin.

[–] [email protected] 46 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

I know, but that means it needs to keep its firefox source version up to date to keep up with security, and as its source diverges more and more from vanilla firefox, it'll get harder to do that.

Plus they've already proved to be amateurs by enabling some things that really shouldn't have been enabled: https://github.com/zen-browser/desktop/pull/927.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Yeah enabling remote debugging because the dev thought it made it easier is a pretty big oof.

But this is just strike one. It's a one man show, after all, so cutting them some slack is warranted when it comes to this specific topic.

Nevertheless, your concerns aren't unfounded. This project needs more contributors to be able to keep up. (Thorium is basically in the same boat)

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago

I'll wait and see before I actually make a decision for real. But so far, not looking great.

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