Brave Browser Discussion & Update Thread

Yeah, which I personally will still give them.

After using it for many months. Looking at their blogs and interactions with the users, I saw they are really serious about giving the average user a not only private but also convenient and easy browser to use.

I also saw how many people try to personally attack them. Someone even attempted to use a blog to try to make Brave look bad, only for a Brave dev to respond to every single one of the allegations and proved them wrong. This was talked about in a subreddit where Brave was kinda (at the time) unpopular. So the fact people there where taking Brave’s side give more credit to them and shows how wrong that blogger was.

Its things like these that gives me pause whenever someone or an article tries to put them in a bad light.

 

It's still old news and it's still clickbait as the issue is moot.
Please point to any browser you can trust unconditionally. They don't exist.

 

even so, i'd rather go with the lesser evil, e.g. fox, vivaldi, edge. at least they didn't get caught with their pants down, you know.

 

It's not about "trusting unconditionally".
I don't care if Brave's own search engine goes somewhere else.
I can install other search engines, but...
I have my minimum requirements.
One of them is getting the desirable results from Do I leak.
Here is another but...

When many many years ago, I studied computer programming, my teacher always demanded one thing from us,
"Program to INTERFACE".
It's the CUSTOMER that needs your program/software.
The customer is the boss.
When I ask the "NICE PEOPLE" from Brave to deal with those "Third-Party Cookies", the brave people don't need to argue with me; otherwise, I will uninstall Brave.

 

Brave Browser 1.31.91 Released (November 9, 2021)
Download / Download (Github)
Release Notes
Forum: Release Channel 1.31.91

 

Just reinstalled BB after about a year and its running very smooth, especially since this update... starting to like this browser tightened with a few tweaks.

 

I've reported earlier that Brave's spell check was not functioning on Disqus.
I've thought it was my personal issue, but...

It's, kind of, permanent issue with Brave.
"spell check not working on Disqus comment boxes"

https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/issues/10040

Plus, Can’t download dictionary spell check

https://community.brave.com/t/cant-download-dictionary-spell-check/137038

And so on...

In short.

Lot's of very strange issues with Brave, but...

It's one of the "BEST" () browsers.

Go figure...

 

Brave Browser 1.32.106 Released (November 16, 2021)
Download / Download (Github)
Release Notes
Forum: Release Channel 1.32.106

Spoiler: Changes v1.32.106

• Added native Brave Wallet. (#17081)
• Added link to custodian dashboard in monthly Rewards statements for verified users. (#9211)
• Added Apple Silicon IPFS binaries for macOS. (#16912)
• Improved error message when adding an IPFS gateway without origin isolation. (#18212)
• Updated payout banner messaging. (#17943)
• Removed "Send Feedback" from Tab Groups. (#18314)
• Fixed Brave Rewards wallet regeneration when wallet cannot be read. (#18717)
• Upgraded Chromium to 96.0.4664.45. (#19387) (Changelog for 96.0.4664.45)

 

Brave Browser Launches Built-In Crypto Wallet
November 16, 2021
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/11/16/brave-browser-launches-built-in-crypto-wallet/

 

Some of you probably already know this. But for those that don’t, I thought it would be good to know what filters Brave uses.

https://github.com/brave/adblock-resources/blob/master/filter_lists/default.json
- uBlock Origin Filters
- uBlock Origin 2020 Filters
- uBlock Origin 2021 Filters
- uBlock Origin filters - Badware risks
- uBlock Origin filters – Privacy
- uBlock Origin filters – Resource abuse
- uBlock Origin filters - Unbreak
- EasyList
- EasyPrivacy
- URLhaus Malicious URL Blocklist
- Peter Lowe's Ad and tracking server list
- Brave Unbreak
- Brave Specific
- Brave Social
- Brave Android-Specific Rules

 

If you go to Brave://Adblock it shows a handful of Additional filters.

 

And in case you didn't know, you may now add custom filter lists to Brave Adblock. But heed their warning about adding too many!

 

Yeah. Though some list will probably not work.

For example the Clear URL list doesn't work. You would need to use the extension or ublock if you want to use that filterlist

 

Brave v1.32.113 (Nov 25, 2021)

https://brave.com/latest/

 

Brave v1.32.115 (Dec 8, 2021)

https://brave.com/latest/

 

Brave v1.33.106 (Dec 14, 2021)

https://brave.com/latest/

 

Privacy-focused Brave browser records massive growth in 2021
January 5, 2022

Brave: Brave Passes 50 Million Monthly Active Users, Growing 2x for the Fifth Year in a Row

 

Brave Browser 1.34.80 Released (January 6, 2022)
Download / Download (Github)
Release Notes
Forum: Release Channel 1.34.80

Spoiler: Changes v1.34.80

Release Notes V1.34.80 (Jan 6, 2022)

• Added the ability to make the tab audio icon non-clickable using brave://flags/#tab-audio-icon-interactive. (#19979)
• Added indications for selected network. (#19651)
• [Security] Disabled CNAME uncloaking when DoH is enabled with an HTTPS proxy. (#15038)
• Updated error message text when Trezor is not connected. (#19351)
• Updated legacy gas controls to allow 0 gas price. (#20103)
• Updated price fetching to use contract address when possible. (#19574)
• Updated Omaha installer version for Windows to v1.3.36.111. (#11904)
• Removed “View on block explorer” button for rejected transactions. (#19454)
• Removed text label for the private icon on Private Windows. (#13704)
• Fixed crash when disabling Brave Shields in certain cases. (#19958)
• Fixed inability to download torrents with WebTorrent. (#19818)
• Fixed retry loop for token refill when server responds with 404 to adaptive CAPTCHA request. (#18859)
• Fixed issue in hardware wallet connect screen while switching derivation scheme. (#20155)
• Fixed error when importing Ledger accounts. (#19451)
• Fixed Trezor popup incorrectly reopening in certain cases. (#19858)
• Fixed plus icon for RPC URLs not being shown when editing a network. (#19717)
• Fixed inability to remove previously entered RPC URLs. (#19782)
• Fixed Dapp web compatibility issue with https://studio.manifold.xyz. (#20283)
• Fixed issues with voting and creating spaces or proposals on https://snapshot.org Dapp. (#20282)
• Fixed tooltip for unsupported networks on brave://wallet being retained on screen. (#19400)
• Fixed path names not appearing in the address bar for IPNS addresses. (#18888)
• Upgraded Chromium to 97.0.4692.71. (#20269) (Changelog for 97.0.4692.71)

 

Wow, 15 million daily users doesn't sound bad at all. I get the impression they are more succesful than Vivaldi, so they really should take note. And great to see you back again Mood, you are keeping WSF alive, you are doing a great job!

 

Hi

I usually shut down my pc with the power button even though all things are not closed. Brave browser do not like it and always asks me with a pop-up when starting again if i want to restore from the sudden closing. How do i inactivate these messages? I can not find how.

 

of course you can't, because there's no such flag.

 

Edge has the possibility to stop that.
I should exist something that can hinder it since one should have a choice over it.

 

sorry but there's no way to disable the session restore prompt in brave.

 

I think you answer yourself with this link. Did you read the comments? Do read them, and you'll have your answer. They have a different approach re 3rd Party Cookies.
re-test toggling brave://flags/#brave-ephemeral-storage

 

I think Brave is the browser I've been looking for.



Not only is it very secure, it remembers my passwords. So, that's something Brave can do that Chrome and Bugvaldi can't do on Ubuntu in my experience. It's also light and fast.