How does Zen handle blocking adds? I peeked at them but didn’t see anything like uBlock in the mod list. No proton mods there either, which is a tough sell for me.
Usability looks awesome though. I’m tempted for that alone.
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cybirdman@lemmy.ca 15 hours agoPlease try Zen browser. I can’t go back to any other browser since I switched
MissesAutumnRains@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 hours ago
remnant2652@piefed.world 13 hours ago
You have access to Firefox addons, can install ublock just fine. As for proton I’m not sure
4am@lemmy.zip 14 hours ago
Zen’s not great on a multi-monitor setup, but I like it otherwise. Video playback has been improved a ton since I last tried it.
cybirdman@lemmy.ca 12 hours ago
What is the issue with multi monitor setups? On my Mac and Linux machines I have no issues
Hudell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 hours ago
Me too. Ironically I don’t like its default UI (supposedly its main feature), but after a few setting changes it is great.
Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 hours ago
I tried Zen, didn’t really like it, the UI was too unfamiliar and felt a smidge too opinionated for my taste.
cybirdman@lemmy.ca 4 hours ago
That’s fair, it was based on a similar browser called Arc that had ambitions to reinvent browsing. That one was chromium based though and maintenance stopped when they wanted to create another AI powered browser. Then the Zen people recreated Arc as an open source browser based on Firefox. I was already used to Arc so Zen was familiar.
I think there are a lot of benefits to the way the UI is laid out, give it a try you without changing any defaults for a week or so, you might get hooked.