EdgeDeflector 1.1.1.0 updated for Windows 10
Update to the latest version of EdgeDeflector for compatibility with Windows 10 16241 onwards. EdgeDeflector makes Windows respect your default browser setting.
Web Browsers
How to get Firefox to check for extension updates more often
Configure Firefox to check for extension updates more often than once per day. Keep your extensions safer and more up-to-date.
Navigate around dead links with the Wayback Machine browser extension
Experimental browser extension from Mozilla and the Internet Archive helps you find archived copies of dead links as you browse with Firefox.
EdgeDeflector enforces your default browser setting in Windows
EdgeDeflector stops Windows from forces-opening links in Microsoft Edge, and makes Windows respect the system-wide default web browser setting instead.
Brave micro-payments still not a hit with publishers yet
Brave Software has only attracted 120 publishers to join their Rewards program that gets rid of all ads on the web.
Brave browser may incentivize publishers to fix slow and bloated sites
The new Brave browser rewards websites that load quickly in cash at the detriment of slower websites; motivating websites to fix their loading-time issues.
Hide ads and support websites directly with Brave browser
Newcomer to the browser market Brave wants people to pay creators and websites directly. Removes most ads in the process.
BriskBard engine: A new web layout engine for Windows
BriskBard is a new proprietary web layout engine with a near-perfect Acid2-test score. Can it reignite the web browser engine wars?
Most of alternate web browsers don’t have fraud and malware protection
All the leading web browsers protect you against web fraud and websites known to distribute malware. You don’t get this protection with the smaller browsers.
Provide icons for web apps in GNOME Web (Epiphany)
Get the details on how GNMOE Web (formerly Epiphany) uses favicons and other website assets when installing websites as web apps on the Linux desktop.
Netcraft anti-phishing toolbar breaks on IPv6 enabled networks
IPv6-capable websites can break the website security information displayed in the Netcraft anti-phishing toolbar for Firefox and Chrome.
Web browsers bring personalized news to their New Tab pages
The New Tab Pages (NTP) in web browsers used to be blank pages. Today, there’s a rush to bring you news and other content to the NTP.