I ended up pretty disappointed with #Librewolf today.

I’d been using it for almost a year without any real issues, but today—before restarting my system—I figured I’d update the app first. As usual, I went and grabbed the update manually. But this time, right after installing it, the system popped up a message saying the “app was damaged” and suggested I just delete it.

I clicked “OK”… and accidentally overwrote all my bookmarks. Just like that—gone! That really knocked the wind out of me.

The weird part? Even when I tried an older version, the same error came back. And to make things stranger, when I switched to #FireDragon v12.6.1—a similar fork—I got exactly the same message: “Program damaged”, with only two choices: quit or trash it.

Fed up with all this hassle, I made a radical call: I ditched both browsers—both Mozilla-based.

I gave DuckDuckGo a go, mainly because it’s minimal and doesn’t rely on extensions like Firefox. But it didn’t quite work for my Nostr setup.

Finally, I stumbled on #Zen Browser: an open-source browser, also Mozilla-based, but refreshingly different from the usual suspects. It’s got a few features I personally find unnecessary, but if you’re after something fresh, privacy-focused, and still compatible with extensions, it’s definitely worth a shot!

For now, I’m sticking with it and seeing how it holds up over time.