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I have to use #Outlook for work. I use multiple (#Linux) machines and don't want to manage offline copies of messages on them all. So #browser access is preferred over Thunderbird or similar.

Composing emails in Outlook on #Firefox or #Waterfox is a nightmare. #Bold and #italic can only be toggled following a space (leaving a bold/italic space - shudder). When pasting links, any preceding space is removed, concatenating the link with the previous word. Following the link, increasingly complex sequences of escape (to dismiss the context menu) and either punctuation or [newline, space, left, backspace, right] are required before I can type another character. Etc. It's almost the same with Mullvad (it doesn't delete the space before a link).

I just found none of this happens with #Chrome. #Vivaldi also seems to work fine.

Given all this, I'm reluctantly going to use a non Firefox browser for my work persona.

What is the current recommendation for a reasonably privacy-oriented browser that isn't based on Firefox / Gecko?

This is kinda weird. #Tailscale web site menus do not work in #Waterfox, but seem to work fine in LibreWolf and Edge. Waterfox and LibreWolf are both Firefox based, so I don't know why it doesn't work in Waterfox. [now working]

I finally figured out why #Waterfox and #Betterbird mess with me so much when I'm switching between programs.

The Waterfox logo is a blue thing that's vaguely square-shaped when I'm looking for something red and circular (Firefox), and Betterbird is red and circular when I'm looking for something blue and circular (Thunderbird). The shapes and colours aren't just inverted. They're messed up. It's been months, and they still look wrong to me.

Starp citu, ja meklējat labu un drošu interneta pārlūku, #WaterFox tagad palaidis arī savu interneta meklētāju, ļoti ātrs un smuks interfeiss, kaut kas līdzīgs (vai ir) SearGNX, man patīk.