<div dir="ltr"><div>One of the "pros" to using Brave is that it's visually and functionally very similar to Google Chrome. Google Chrome and Brave are both based on Chromium and Brave takes a rather light approach to the default GUI interface. It makes switching from Chrome to Brave pretty easy for Chrome users that are resistant to Firefox or some other more dissimilar-appearing browser.</div><div><br></div><div>As a matter of default, we install both Google Chrome and Firefox on both patron and staff computers. When we eventually do fully replace Google Chrome with Brave, we'll still also include Firefox. Firefox and Chromium-based browsers use different rendering engines. So if a user has problems with a website in one browser, using a different rendering engine sometimes sidesteps the issue.</div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>______________________________<br><b>Chad Neeper</b><br><font size="1">Senior Systems Engineer</font><br><br><b>Level 9 Networks</b><br><font size="1">740-548-8070 (voice)<br>866-214-6607 (fax)</font><br><br><font size="1"><i>Full IT/Computer consulting services -- Specialized in public libraries</i></font><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, May 27, 2026 at 1:55 PM Anthony Sims via OPLINTECH <<a href="mailto:oplintech@lists.oplin.org">oplintech@lists.oplin.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg138988593956420778">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">From the patrons, I don’t think they noticed. From the staff, some of them switched over willingly, others begrudgingly, still others are too used to whatever browser/search engine they are
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"Brush Script MT"">Anthony<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> Sam Lewis <<a href="mailto:slewis@worthingtonlibraries.org" target="_blank">slewis@worthingtonlibraries.org</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 27, 2026 1:51 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Anthony Sims <<a href="mailto:asims@logancountylibraries.org" target="_blank">asims@logancountylibraries.org</a>>; OPLINTECH (<a href="mailto:OPLINTECH@lists.oplin.org" target="_blank">OPLINTECH@lists.oplin.org</a>) <<a href="mailto:oplintech@lists.oplin.org" target="_blank">oplintech@lists.oplin.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: Default Browsers & Search Engines<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for sharing! I wonder, did you receive much feedback from patrons as part of this change? Or did they not really notice?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 27, 2026 1:18 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Sam Lewis <<a href="mailto:slewis@worthingtonlibraries.org" target="_blank">slewis@worthingtonlibraries.org</a>>; OPLINTECH (<a href="mailto:OPLINTECH@lists.oplin.org" target="_blank">OPLINTECH@lists.oplin.org</a>) <<a href="mailto:oplintech@lists.oplin.org" target="_blank">oplintech@lists.oplin.org</a>><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Hi, Sam!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">I made our patron-available computers’ default browser Firefox and set the search engine to DDG (even in Chrome) many months ago. I believe both of them are much more secure. I’m still working
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> OPLINTECH <</span><a href="mailto:oplintech-bounces@lists.oplin.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">oplintech-bounces@lists.oplin.org</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 27, 2026 1:09 PM<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> [OPLINTECH] Default Browsers & Search Engines<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">With Google choosing to fall on its own sword and <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/google-search-as-you-know-it-is-over/" target="_blank">
fully replace the search box</a> with an AI prompt field, has anyone considered (or moved forward with!) managing the default search engine and/or web browser away from Google and Chrome – for staff and patron computers? Perhaps to
<a href="https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-search-alternatives-no-ai/" target="_blank">alternatives</a> such as DuckDuckGo and Brave?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Google has been the name of the game for search for so long, it is kind of sad to see it turn out this way, as sad as one can be for a multi-trillion-dollar corporation.
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