Have you got Ublock Origin and set Dynamic Filtering on (Advanced User setting on), then blocked consensu.org? ;)

Just as an exte: I use XFCE, because each time you start KDE, a puppy is killed and each time you start GNOME they kill a kitten. True!

While each time XFCE is used, a mouse is slaughtered. Poor mice.

Saying that, my Linux install regularly kills mice.

I have yet to see any realistic alternative to Thunderbird. Most other local clients are so bloated I might as well just go to the gmail web panel. Thunderbird is the most lightweight email client that I can see. Too bad it has been abandoned.

Claws Mail is quite a good email client and it's not bloated for a GUI client.

BTW, Thunderbird is currently neglected by Mozilla, but it's certainly not abandoned. It's still getting regular updates.

Free speech dies when social justice is "enforced".

So you think that Teresa May and the Conservatives are concerned with enforcing "social justice"? Then again, maybe you're so far to the right of her that it feels that way.

Flash is dying and i cannot wait to witness its rotten, fly-ridden corpse.

Again and again and again and again and again and...

On Android, I use Ghost Commander. It's quite like one of my favourites when running Linux: Midnight Commander. It's open source and free, too.

O Lucky Man!

Maybe what's needed is an exorcist.

More like an Exocet.

Isn't 16.04 going to be an LTS release? It's going to be released next month, so they could have waited. Still, I suppose 14.04 is tried and tested, seeing that it's been our for coming up to two years.

Funnily enough, I typed that reply with Pale Moon. I've been trying it out for the last two weeks and am fairly impressed with it. Still, I'll probably go back to using Firefox as my main browser, but Vivaldi and Pale Moon are there if I do choose to move away.

I'm finding the direction that Firefox is taking is trying my patience, and as a long time user of Firefox since its Phoenix days, there might come a day when I say bye. Vivaldi and Pale Moon might well make that bye easier.

Firefox is a browser that shits in my mouth and makes me swallow, even when I've told them repeatedly I don't want to do that.

Seems like your Firefox has picked up some malware during your visits to the nether regions of the Internet. ;)

As for Vivaldi, I'm one who regularly tries it out (it's one of my secondary browsers). I wouldn't go as far as you about Vivaldi's quality, and I certainly don't believe it "shits" on Firefox (at least not to that extent), but I do think it's improved since every snapshot and is on the verge of being a serious contender. I like it and hope it offers a choice away from browsers that are aimed away from the power user.

They're really not. Anyone who pays the owner money can advertise whatever they want.

If you can show some credible evidence that they don't follow their own guidelines for what's an acceptable ad, which seemingly restricts what advertisers can push out, then "advertise whatever they want" is a bit sweeping.

I'm in two minds about the Acceptable Ads feature in Adblockplus. On the one hand, it's giving in somewhat to advertisers, but on the other hand, it's arguable that it encourages/pushes advertisers to limit their excesses, which is itself a good thing. I use Adlbockplus myself, but I do turn off the Acceptable Ads feature (personally got fed up with the excesses of the advertisers over the years, so decided to burn all their houses). Still, as long as I can disable the feature, and Adblockplus still blocks ads, then I'm fine with it as an interesting compromise (for others to try out ;) ).

I'm more on the undecided front. However, I'll review the situation after six to nine months and make a firmer decision. I'd rather look before leaping.

Like many here, one thing I don't like is the forced updates. Even if difficult to find for the average user, they should add an option to review and decline updates.

No, you're just out of touch.

I'm not the one comparing tabs to tiles within tabs, as if their usefulness is comparable by any reasonable margin, hence your hyperbole. Yeah, I know, you can ultimately do without both, so they can be comparable in that regard, but the impact of both isn't the same by a long shot. Bit of a false comparison you pulled there.

Tiles are useful for some, but they can be superfluous for others. We're all different, and I don't begrudge the inclusion of tiles in Firefox if there's an option to disable them (as long as they're not a means to advertise). I can see their use for some types of user, but I can also do without them for my type of use.

Still, whether one's in touch or out of touch, tiles are hardly what one could reasonably call a major feature. A useful feature, an additional one, but hardly the end of the world if not included.

Anyway, moving on.

Again, you're in hyperbole mode. Your idea about what constitutes major is a bit wide of the mark.