Also, (probably needs its own separate post but) a search feature for settings would be appreciated on the mobile browser. Brave is our father figure, with a duty to protect us. In case, it is not clear, brave context search is that little window that shows up when you long press a phrase, giving quick information without changing tabs. Brave shouldn’t allow its users to have a big ugly button even if they want one. Brave needs more than just an option to disable. Google wants a big ugly button on your screen. So when possible, Brave ought to bring itself into conflict with Google just for the sake of it. Every time Google introduces a new feature, Brave needs to seriously consider it. Brave is brave for taking a stand against Google, and Brave needs to keep it up. I would hate to see Brave go down this path of self destruction. It reflects the values of people at Firefox.
#BRAVE SEARCH ENGINE HOW TO ENABLE FLAGS INSTALL#
The first thing every power user has to do when they install Firefox is turn off telemetry and pretty much every other feature. There’s no ad-blocking by default, no built-in Tor, nothing that any modern internet user would want or need. Out of the box Firefox has a big UI with big icons, new tabs are filled with ads, and nagging messages pop up constantly. One of the major problems that has come to plague Firefox over the years is the poor decision making with regard to default settings. I had been using it since back when it was called Netscape. Before switching to Brave, I used Firefox. It’s important for Brave to keep users like me happy. I’m active on the Brave reddit, and in the Brave search trial. More information on Google fallback mixing can be found here.I signed up for an account today just to chime in that I would like to have this disabled. For more information on Anonymous local results can be found on the Brave Search help page.įor queries where Brave Search is not yet refined, your browser will anonymously check Google for the same query, mix the results for you and send the query data back to us so we can improve Brave Search for everyone. We've designed metrics so the data can't be used to identify you or your device or to learn anything about you individually.
Anonymous and aggregated metrics help us improve Brave Search for you and for the search community. Use this option to enable or disable sending brave anonymous usage metrics. For more information on Anonymous local results can be found on the Brave Search help page. Anonymous local search results will use the IP address broadcast by your device but. Anonymous local results: Toggle this option on/off to anonymize local search results. Appearance: Switch between dark and light themes for the search page. Anonymous local search results will use the IP address broadcast by your device but without sharing that IP address and without storing it. Open links in new tab: Toggle this option on to have search result links open in a new tab by default. Toggle this option on/off to anonymize local search results. Switch between dark and light themes for the search page Toggle this option on to have search result links open in a new tab by default. Switch between US-based and Metric systems for displaying units of measurement. Set your preferred language for Brave search. From this menu, you can click See all settings to view all available options: You can view and change Brave Search's basic settings by clicking the menu button on the top-right of the page. The Safe search setting is also available for filtering out adult/mature content from appearing in the results. On the results page, you can view images, news and videos related to your query, as well as filter your results by date and location. Please see this documentation for instructions on how to set Brave Search as the default search engine in your browser. Brave Search, on the surface, functions just like any other search engine visit, enter your search query and view the results.