Comment on Mozilla CEO quits, org pivots, but what about Firefox?

• Molecular0079@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  And also Firefox on mobile is kind of a hot mess. Videos regularly are unable to play and dark mode is wonky until you restart the app.

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  • lukecooperatus@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    How do you mean? I’ve been using it for a couple of months now and aside from one website (my bank) everything I’ve tried to do with it has been perfectly fine. It even has adblock and videos play in the background. I’ve also not seen any issues with dark mode; I’m using dark mode right now, actually.

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    • Molecular0079@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I have auto dark mode during night time. In the morning, my phone will switch to light mode, but parts of the Firefox UI do not. It will be half in and out of dark mode. Bottom toolbar will be dark, but the top bar (notifications, battery, etc.) will be white text against white background. In the mornings, Youtube videos frequently wont play until I restart the app.

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      • lukecooperatus@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        As far as I know, Firefox Mobile doesn’t have a bottom toolbar so I’m not really sure what you are referring to there (at least, there’s no bottom toolbar in Firefox on Android where I’m using it), and the notification/battery area is definitely not part of Firefox. It sounds like your phone’s system UI is providing those elements, and it’s likely not really fair to blame problems with the system UI on Firefox.

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      • AFC1886VCC@reddthat.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I totally agree, this has been my experience with FF mobile too. It’s not a killer but it is a bit annoying, especially for those of us who still do use light mode when outdoors on a bright day.

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    • Samueru@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      By videos you also mean youtube videos? Because last time I tried firefox it could not do that.

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  • Crampon@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Never had any issues. Been using it for years. It was slow in the early days, but now its a better experience then Chrome. Might be different on IOS.

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  • Vlyn@lemmy.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Try the Firefox Beta instead of stable, no clue why, but it runs much better. You also get access to “about:config” back (they removed it from the stable version :-/).

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  • krimson@feddit.nl ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Agree it is kind of buggy on iOS.

    Flawless on desktop though.

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    • long_chicken_boat@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      that’s ironic, because Firefox on iOS is just rebranded Safari, as is every other browser on iOS.

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      • krimson@feddit.nl ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yeah I know. Sometimes tabs just stop working and I have to kill the app.

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    • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Firefox on iOS is just Safari with a skin. You’re likely experiencing quirks with Apple’s WebKit engine.

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• jeena@jemmy.jeena.net ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I see, yeah that makes sense. Especially because mobile firefox really wasn’t that good as a normal browser anyway.

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  • Kushia@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s pretty good now and you can install add-ons like uBlock Origin in it.

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    • jeena@jemmy.jeena.net ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      No idea why I got downvoted but I’ve been using it on my phone since I switched from iOS to android in 2014.

      And yes I also very welcome that they finally let you install extensions.

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      • TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You could install extensions beforehand as well.

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  • Vlyn@lemmy.zip ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Any browser without adblock is utter crap. So Firefox with uBlock Origin has been doing great for me. Try the Firefox Beta version, it somehow runs a lot better than stable.

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  • CucumberFetish@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    There are features, like swiping the url bar to switch tabs, that are missing on the pre installed Chrome, but the firefox has them. Chrome has nothing to offer over firefox, besides your data collection

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    • victorz@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I can swipe the URL bar on Chrome to switch tabs, what do you mean?

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      • CucumberFetish@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Ah, seems like it works now, it has been a while since I’ve used it. But it still doesn’t have an option for moving the url bar to the bottom of the screen and blocking trackers.

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