Anybody ever heard of and used the SuperBird browser?

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Anybody ever heard of and/or used this browser? I  came across it yesterday and downloaded it, but not to much info about it any where? Appears to be 2 different versions of it when searching for it. The first link below is the version I'm trying out, but when searching specifically for it, most links go to the second link below. Installing from that second link is a version that doesn't have the same settings page and I am unable to install ublock origin in it. Doesn't use Chrome web store. I can use Chrome web store and install ublock origin using the version from first link.

 

https://www.malavida.com/en/soft/superbird/

 

http://superbird-browser.com/index.php

 

Didn't pick up any malware or anything with either version, but I did remove the version from that second link from computer.

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Never heard of it. Taking a look, the first thing that pops out is the lack of information. The second link 'looks' like the actual site however there is almost no information about who is creating this browser. To say there is no malware is misleading.  How could anyone know if its just not tracking and grabbing everything you do on the web. Without looking at the source, you just have to trust it. Now that said, we do normally trust the popular alternative chromium based browsers because they have demonstrated their claims. Brave, Vivaldi, Opera and even the new Edge are all secure and chromium based but none are created by an unknown source.  

 

Personally I'd skip this one.

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I hadn't heard about it until you mentioned it, but there are a couple of things that make me wary. The first would be your mention of there being different versions depending on where you download it from. Are they just different version numbers, or is there something else going on there?

The second thing that concerns me is the website. There are errors in the language, there is a section that says "video placeholder," and there is their boast that no information is sent to Google and it is protected against PRISM. That is all well and good, but from a quick look I have no idea where the information is sent.

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After playing with it for a day and trying to check any traffic in and out of the browser, I didn't notice any weird activity, but I do believe I will now pass on this browser as suggested. FWIW, they do also make a version for Linux, if that really means anything?

 

Browser was actually pretty snappy.

 

Thanks for the replies :)

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Hi, since you are looking for alternative browser i suggest to check this one, i always have Coc Coc installed as well Chrome and Firefox, though recently I replaced chrome with Brave on home pcs.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cốc_Cốc

 

This is a great fast browser with an interesting media download feature build in - i was able to download media for offline viewing that was not easily accessible in other browsers.  and multi thread downloads.  Media download works better and more reliably then many plugins designed to do the same in chrome.  24 million users in Vietnam, and a LOT of fans across the world.

 

 

Cốc Cốc is able to find media content (audio, video) on most streaming websites and save it to the computer for viewing or listening offline, by one click on an icon on toolbar.[10] Except for several premium websites, all popular streaming websites, for example, YouTube and Dailymotion and Vimeo, are downloadable on the browser.

 

Files are downloaded in multiple streams, which under certain conditions can accelerate download speeds by up to eight times, depending on the bandwidth of the Internet connections and the speed at which the server sends files.[10] At present, an option to increase or decrease the downloading speed is not provided.

 

Unlike Google Chrome and most other browsers based on Chromium, which removes and cancels all pending downloads when the browser is closed, Cốc Cốc is able to save and resume partial downloads (assuming that the server hosting the file supports this feature).

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brave_(web_browser)

 

Very fast and private.

 

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