Brave browser issues

Brave-issues.md

Issues With Brave Web Browser

Here's a list of my issues with the Brave web browser (www.brave.com).

Extensions

https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/projects/1

Must Have Extensions

• Reddit Enhancement Suite (http://redditenhancementsuite.com/)
• BetterTTV (http://www.nightdev.com/betterttv/)

Nice To Have Extensions

• FrankerFaceZ (https://frankerfacez.com)
• Tampermonkey (https://tampermonkey.net/)

Bugs and Missing Features

Containers

brave/browser-laptop#9612

Reopened tabs don't have their history

brave/browser-laptop#2702

Desktop notifications do not activate the correct tab

brave/browser-laptop#7514

Can't clear just one site's cookies/cache

brave/browser-laptop#6677

Background tabs should show when they've changed

brave/browser-laptop#9861

Pinned tabs shouldn't be duplicated to all windows

brave/browser-laptop#5800

Dockable Developer Tools

brave/browser-laptop#3555

Dark UI

brave/browser-laptop#271

https://github.com/brave/browser-laptop/projects/15

Reader Mode

brave/browser-laptop#517

Bookmark issues

brave/browser-laptop#6607

brave/browser-laptop#3145

brave/browser-laptop#6608

brave/browser-laptop#12962

Ability to use multiple password managers simultaneously

brave/browser-laptop#7198

Resolved Issues

These issues are no longer reproducible by me. Progress!

Fixed prior to 0.15.0

Typing in URLs is a PITA and requires deleting extra text.

brave/browser-laptop#6956

For instance, typing in "www.github" defaults to something like www.github.com/brave/browser-laptop/issues instead of www.github.com, requiring manual deletion of everything after what I actually want. Very annoying.

UserSnap bug reporting doesn't work (on chess.com, for instance)

brave/browser-laptop#7277

Drag-and-drop attachments crash the browser.

brave/browser-laptop#7431

brave/browser-laptop#7266

YouTube shows ads

brave/browser-laptop#7432

brave/browser-laptop#4693

Fixed in 0.15.0

Can't drag tab to new or existing window

brave/browser-laptop#4402

Other

Battery life/performance not as good

(Taking this one of the list. It might still be an issue, but I haven't had an issue recently.)

I haven't really been able to pin this down. Most of the time, Brave works fine. However, sometimes it will start to lag. Pages load slower, typing in text is laggy, etc. Quitting and reopening Brave seems to "fix" the issue, at least temporarily. Searching the github issues for "performance" shows potentially related issues. I haven't been able to confirm.

Fixed in 0.15.310

Visited links color

brave/browser-laptop#512

Fixed in 0.16.6

Right-clicking stops video

brave/browser-laptop#5470

If I could add an extension I'd love as a dev, it's form-filler.

@brianbancroft Adding an extension is a process, for sure. The issue is you then basically have to keep your own development version of Brave to keep upstream updates and your added extensions/changes. If you're interested in giving it a shot, this will help: https://blog.brave.com/loading-chrome-extensions-in-brave/