Oddbean

Get rid of everything in the top bar: Show bookmarks > never Hide brave rewards Hide sidebar icon Hide brave wallet Hide Leo AI Hide VPN On the new tab page: Background images > show sponsored images > off Hide brave stats Hide brave rewards Hide talk Hide search Hide top sites (if you want, I don't do this) Show clock Click news > no thanks Settings: Get started > on startup > new tab page Appearance > Dark mode, Toolbar > Everything > off, Show autocomplete suggestions > quick commands > off Leo AI > off Always show full URL > off (optional) Tabs > Show tab search button > off Tab hover mode > tooltip Show mem usage > off Inactive tabs appearance > off Show sidebar > never Content > speedreader > on (optional) Shields > Show the number > off Allow Facebook logins > off Privacy/Security > use secure DNS > off (if you use a VPN) Leo > Show Leo icon > off Leo in context menu > off Bring your own model seems interesting but I haven't tried it yet. Search engine > Web discovery data collection > off I like brave search but you can change if you want. Manage search engine > You can change or add search engines and using them by typing the prefix + space in the address bar. This is so great that I wouldn't use any browser without it. I like changing shortcuts to use dot Instead of colon. Add YouTube for sure. Being able to type just .yt<space> and immediately search from the address bar without first opening youtube .com is insane. Extensions > You can add ublock origin manifest V2 even after Google removes it from the store from here. Language > Add any additional languages you know. There's a translate icon on any site to translate it if its not listed here. System > Continue running bg apps > off When you do all of these it simultaneously becomes the and most minimalist and most efficient browser out of everything I've tried. Its only missing the right click gestures of Opera but I haven't seen any other browser with that feature and opera is garbage in other ways. If you do the stuff I said it will look like this: https://image.nostr.build/6cf665b100897a22860a6f7eef417eb2b60843238b9f9edd61c3b450aa15ce1a.jpg