--- title: I replaced Chrome, Firefox, and Brave with a minimalist... description: Opera Air is a minimalist browser positioning itself as 'mindful' by stripping away new tab clutter and adding wellness features like guided breathing... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/i-replaced-chrome-firefox-and-brave-with-a-minimalist-browser-that-forces-me-to-touch-grass-ximyfztfq twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: I replaced Chrome, Firefox, and Brave with a minimalist browser that forces me to touch grass | daily.dev og:description: Opera Air is a minimalist browser positioning itself as 'mindful' by stripping away new tab clutter and adding wellness features like guided breathing... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/i-replaced-chrome-firefox-and-brave-with-a-minimalist-browser-that-forces-me-to-touch-grass-ximyfztfq og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/XImyfZTFq.png og:image:alt: I replaced Chrome, Firefox, and Brave with a minimalist browser that forces me to touch grass og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # I replaced Chrome, Firefox, and Brave with a minimalist browser that forces me to touch grass **[XDA Developers](https://daily.dev/sources/xda-developers)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Opera Air is a minimalist browser positioning itself as 'mindful' by stripping away new tab clutter and adding wellness features like guided breathing exercises and neck stretches. It's built on Opera's existing engine, so it retains tab grouping, device sync, a free built-in VPN, and a context-aware AI assistant. The author replaced Chrome, Brave, and Firefox with it as a daily driver, finding the wellness features genuinely useful and the AI capable without being intrusive. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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