This web browser is the fastest ever used, it is lightning speed - Carbon web browser

[KannikaP]

2 minutes ago, steven100 said:

yep '    that's what i'm using.   And Thorium has different versions depending on the processor apparently.  So I gave up o it...

I'll stick with Brave, with Chrome as a back up if ever needed.

[KannikaP]

On 10/13/2024 at 10:14 AM, steven100 said:

 

I haven't looked into removing / changing those homepage tab icons,  so your saying they're not changeable ?   that's not good.  

Did you launch a www page ?  because I find it much faster and therefore less stress than Brave ...

I do not let a couple of seconds more to load a page stress me, have another sip of my tea.

[steven100]

12 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

I do not let a couple of seconds more to load a page stress me, have another sip of my tea.

 

when you get to my age every second counts 

[KannikaP]

40 minutes ago, steven100 said:

 

when you get to my age every second counts 

77?

[steven100]

3 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

77?

62 ..

[KannikaP]

2 minutes ago, steven100 said:

62 ..

Get to my age, THEN most days count. Re Alex Salmond. But what a way to go. Bump....gone!

[KhunHeineken]

On 10/14/2024 at 5:46 AM, steven100 said:

A page will load between  1-3 seconds using Carbon web browser.

 

Using Brave web browser it can take 3-10 seconds to load a webpage. 

 

That's why I'm using Carbon for normal reading websites ...   I won't use it for login or banks or similar. 

As I said, I will keep an eye on this thread, and I am researching this browser also, but it just occurred to me, your biggest "like" of this browser is its speed, but you haven't mentioned what hardware, particularly what processor, and what speed of internet you are on. 

 

I am not using Carbon browser but my speeds are just as good, if not faster, on regular browsers, as you are getting on Carbon browser.  

 

Have you tried Carbon browser on a different network, with some speed tests of the internet connection? 

 

I ask because, you say Brave is slow, but if your hardware is old, and your internet connection is slow, Brave will not be slow for others.  

[steven100]

5 minutes ago, KhunHeineken said:

As I said, I will keep an eye on this thread, and I am researching this browser also, but it just occurred to me, your biggest "like" of this browser is its speed, but you haven't mentioned what hardware, particularly what processor, and what speed of internet you are on. 

 

I am not using Carbon browser but my speeds are just as good, if not faster, on regular browsers, as you are getting on Carbon browser.  

 

Have you tried Carbon browser on a different network, with some speed tests of the internet connection? 

 

I ask because, you say Brave is slow, but if your hardware is old, and your internet connection is slow, Brave will not be slow for others.  

 

I hear ya'    I understand what you mean,   my PC AIO is about 4 yrs old now ...  I do have alot of icons on my desktop ( 120 probably ) and three folders with 500 photos ...  and a few extensions on Brave such as Ublock Origin, Fast page load and Web boost, as well as the VPN.   Some days Brave is ok, but most days it does tend to be a bit slow,  this could also be attributed to my Condo Wi-Fi ...  

[NoshowJones]

On 10/12/2024 at 10:17 AM, steven100 said:

For anyone interested ....  

 

I was getting tired of the slow waiting for Brave to open a page,  Opera was the same ....   I cleaned,  defragged,  optimized,  deleted ....  but still they were lagging.

 

So I found Carbon web browser .... based on the Chromium ...  

Carbon is a free and open-source web browser developed by Carbon X Labs based on a custom fork of the Chromium web browser and its powerful Blink engine.

 

It is super fast,  it is super lightweight,    it is superb to use,   and makes opening webpages so much easier. 

 

 

Be aware :    it's a 7z file,   so you need Winzip or 7-zip to extract and install.    I had some difficulty,  but finally got the desktop icon.   

 

 

I won't be going back to Brave or Opera again .... that's for sure.       I'll keep them on my desktop though.  

 

 

What browser do you use ?     is it super fast   ? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I use both Brave and Opera and have little problems, Brave for avoiding adverts and Opera for the free VPN which is handy for using PB.

I would give Carbon a try except the win zip and 7 zip would probably give me problems as I am not the best for computer literacy.

[steven100]

2 hours ago, NoshowJones said:

I use both Brave and Opera and have little problems, Brave for avoiding adverts and Opera for the free VPN which is handy for using PB.

I would give Carbon a try except the win zip and 7 zip would probably give me problems as I am not the best for computer literacy.

my Opera takes a while to load up and be ready ... usually 30 seconds at least ...

my Brave is ok,  but does move slowly sometimes ....     like me ..

[farangkinok]

On 10/14/2024 at 1:41 AM, KhunHeineken said:

Well, as common place on the internet these days, if it's free, then YOU are the product. 

 

Happy to keep an eye on this thread with your research, and will also research myself.

 

My search engine is Duck Duck Go, which I use in more than one browser. 

 

https://duckduckgo.com

 

 

 

 

Just my personal opinion, but I think Yandex.com is better.

[steven100]

6 hours ago, farangkinok said:

Just my personal opinion, but I think Yandex.com is better.

 

The problem being Yandex is Russian.  I wouldn't trust anything out of Russia. 

[KannikaP]

On 10/15/2024 at 4:02 PM, steven100 said:

Yes,  I see that caution ....   I use my condo wi-fi through my VPN.  My Brave is ok,  but it does lag when opening pages,  takes 3-8 seconds sometimes, 

Did you try it without the VPN, which tends to slow things down.

[steven100]

21 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

Did you try it without the VPN, which tends to slow things down.

yes ... slightly quicker without the VPN,  but I'll always have the VPN on when on the net.

 

right now I'mlooking at my Opera web browser,  I do like Opera as once it's loaded the homepage and settled down it's quite fast ....  and it's smooth also.   I'll keep trying it ... disable extensions although I only have Ublock origin and tweak extension on it,  I've chrome://flagged a couple of speed ups also. 

 

I know I can get them both fast, but it's just sitting down and doing each one ... haha 

[steven100]

On 10/16/2024 at 12:25 PM, NoshowJones said:

I use both Brave and Opera and have little problems, Brave for avoiding adverts and Opera for the free VPN which is handy for using PB.

I would give Carbon a try except the win zip and 7 zip would probably give me problems as I am not the best for computer literacy.

 

ok,  I'm looking into getting Opera going now because I do like Opera privacy & security,  I've deleted the cache, I've stopped one fast load extension,  and I've tweaked a couple Opera://flags which also help speed it up. 

 

It seems now if I hit www.google.com ... Opera takes 2.5 seconds to load it.   My Carbon browser takes 2 ....to ... 2.5 seconds

 

so I'm getting Opera better and faster  !!

[steven100]

On 10/16/2024 at 12:25 PM, NoshowJones said:

I use both Brave and Opera and have little problems, Brave for avoiding adverts and Opera for the free VPN which is handy for using PB.

I would give Carbon a try except the win zip and 7 zip would probably give me problems as I am not the best for computer literacy.

 

Well,  this morning I'm using the Carbon web browser again and believe me, it's loading the page in 1 second ....   I am seeing instant response ...  where as Opera would not give instant response,  it would take Opera 3 - 6  seconds maybe ....    but I'll try Opera again, I'm not kicking it out just yet.  

[KhunHeineken]

On 10/16/2024 at 3:37 PM, farangkinok said:

Just my personal opinion, but I think Yandex.com is better.

Why is that? 

[KhunHeineken]

On 10/15/2024 at 1:19 PM, steven100 said:

 

I hear ya'    I understand what you mean,   my PC AIO is about 4 yrs old now ...  I do have alot of icons on my desktop ( 120 probably ) and three folders with 500 photos ...  and a few extensions on Brave such as Ublock Origin, Fast page load and Web boost, as well as the VPN.   Some days Brave is ok, but most days it does tend to be a bit slow,  this could also be attributed to my Condo Wi-Fi ...  

How does Carbon go with several tabs open? 

[still kicking]

On 10/17/2024 at 6:15 AM, steven100 said:

 

The problem being Yandex is Russian.  I wouldn't trust anything out of Russia. 

But you use TikTok?

[farangkinok]

11 hours ago, KhunHeineken said:

Why is that? 

It avoids a lot of the censorship and manipulation of the other search engines

[steven100]

11 hours ago, still kicking said:

But you use TikTok?

nope ....  no facebook ....   just AN and news US 

[steven100]

11 hours ago, KhunHeineken said:

How does Carbon go with several tabs open? 

 

well,  normally it's no problem with 4-5 tabs open ....   but today it's a bit on and off for speed,  not sure if it's my DNS 8.8.4.4  or Condo wi-fi ....  I think.. 

 

it is quite fast normally ... 

[steven100]

On 10/16/2024 at 10:37 PM, farangkinok said:

Just my personal opinion, but I think Yandex.com is better.

I remember I did try Yandex some years back .....   yes,  it was quite fast also ..

[steven100]

well,  my Carbon browser has slowed somewhat this morning and I'm not sure why ...

I've tried everything I can think of but it's still a little bit laggy today ....   it could just be the server not responding quickly enough.  

Also,  I noticed my Network Connections > Properties >  then the box is empty,   no info at all .. just blank and then the Network Connections box freezes,  you can't close it,  nothing ... it just freezes.

I see many others had this issue over the years.  I haven't found the solution yet..

[Foxx]

57 minutes ago, steven100 said:

I haven't found the solution yet..

 

The solution is to dump Microsoft's crappy software and go for Linux (or possibly MacOS, which is built on Linux).

[petermik]

2 hours ago, steven100 said:

well,  my Carbon browser has slowed somewhat this morning and I'm not sure why ...

I've tried everything I can think of but it's still a little bit laggy today ....   it could just be the server not responding quickly enough.  

Also,  I noticed my Network Connections > Properties >  then the box is empty,   no info at all .. just blank and then the Network Connections box freezes,  you can't close it,  nothing ... it just freezes.

I see many others had this issue over the years.  I haven't found the solution yet..

Programmes/Features in control panel and hit DELETE.......

[petermik]

20 hours ago, steven100 said:

 

well,  normally it's no problem with 4-5 tabs open ....   but today it's a bit on and off for speed,  not sure if it's my DNS 8.8.4.4  or Condo wi-fi ....  I think.. 

 

it is quite fast normally ... 

Use DNS 1.1.1.1 secondary 1.0.0.1 👍

[steven100]

2 minutes ago, petermik said:

Use DNS 1.1.1.1 secondary 1.0.0.1 👍

 

yeah'  I am on 1.0.0.1     and 1.1.1.1   as secondary

 

[steven100]

6 minutes ago, petermik said:

Programmes/Features in control panel and hit DELETE.......

so ... you mean delete a file ?  

[petermik]

1 minute ago, steven100 said:

so ... you mean delete a file ?  

Delete Carbon altogether......