Comment on What is the best version of Firefox in android?
lemmyvore@feddit.nl 1 year ago
I use both regular Firefox and Firefox Focus. Focus is basically what incognito window is on PC. By not choosing either of them as the default browser I can open links in either of them, as needed.
Focus opens faster because it’s lighter but doesn’t have reader mode and you can’t open tabs manually. It’s mostly for opening quick links that you don’t want to poiute your main browser with cookies.
For a while Firefox tried to offer the ability to choose whether open links normally or in incognito tabs but it never worked well. Not sure if it’s an Android limitation or what.
0xD@infosec.pub 1 year ago
I had Firefox Focus but it started going on my nerves because it has no proper ad blocking. Since then I just set up standard Firefox to open everything in an incognito tab and I just switch to a permanent one for important stuff.
Am on Android 14 (started this with 12) and never had any issues with the URL loading in the proper tab.
lemmyvore@feddit.nl 1 year ago
Can your Firefox offer you the choice to open the link in either a normal tab or incognito? On my phone you pick one or the other in settings and always opens links in that type of tab. But I’m still on Android 11 for the moment so maybe that has something to do with it.
qfjp@lemmy.one 1 year ago
Different commenter, but I’m on android 13 and private browsing works just fine for me. Private links are kept in a separate ‘group’ from normal tabs, and you’re given the option to choose if you long press on a link.
lemmyvore@feddit.nl 1 year ago
Do you mean you’re given a choice in Firefox or in other apps? I meant being presented with a private/regular mode choice when opening from other apps, like sharing a link or using “open in browser”. That’s mainly what I use Focus for.