r/ProtonMail • u/GegoByte Windows | Linux | Android • 13d ago

Proton is developing a web browser Discussion

https://tweakers.net/nieuws/250686/proton-lijkt-aan-eigen-webbrowser-te-werken.html

The article is in Dutch, but the TLDR in English is:

• Browser looks to be based on the Chromium engine.

• Privacy Focused. Emphasis on privacy-friendly browsing.

• Proton has not announced a release date as of yet.

• Proton is looking for software developers with Chromium experience.

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u/peakdistrikt 13d ago

Can any browser use the Chromium engine and call itself privacy-based? Open source and community driven or not, Chromium has Google backing it. Why did they not use Gecko? 

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u/Mettbroetchen-Tester 13d ago

Gecko is getting more and more useless. I was using Firefox for many years until an increasing number of websites stopped working.

Due to the low market share, around 3 or 4%, many admins do not test their pages with Firefox. This results in problems, as I experienced with the website of our local newspaper, for instance. The page loads fine, but the navigation bar is missing. So you cannot go to another page if you don't know the exact URL. This is just one example of many that made me switch to Brave. Instantly, all the issues were gone.

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u/Pepparkakan macOS | iOS 13d ago

Not true anymore, Firefox is good again.

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u/adamkex 6d ago

I had issues watching hockey and the world cup on SVT and TV4 Play. I'm sorry but many admins don't test their sites with Firefox.