It’s never been a better time to switch to Firefox::Firefox’s extended add-on support for mobile is coming with version 120, a good reason to switch to the browser permanently.
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It's never been a better time to switch to Firefox
Submitted 11 months ago by L4s@lemmy.world [bot] to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.androidpolice.com/never-been-better-time-switch-firefox-browser/
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hal_5700X@lemmy.world 11 months ago
ioslife@lemmy.sdf.org 11 months ago
I’m very close to blocking L4s
hal_5700X@lemmy.world 11 months ago
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MaggiWuerze@feddit.de 11 months ago
I thought it was me
stifle867@programming.dev 11 months ago
“Never been a better time”? What about when IE 6/7 was dominating and Firefox came out with add-ons and speed of updates? I’d argue that was the best time for Firefox.
grue@lemmy.world 11 months ago
“The best time to
plant a treeswitch to Firefox was2019 years ago. The second-best time is now.”
squaresinger@feddit.de 11 months ago
Yay, another step to getting to feature parity with Firefox 68!
Now give me a tabs that I can also use in phone mode and keyboard shortcuts!
I mean, it’s only been 3 years since new FF on Android cut all the good bits from FF68 and before.
moshtradamus666@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Just did recently, feels good.
Zerfallen@lemmy.world 11 months ago
It’s still not a good experience on Android tablets/foldables, just a stretched phone UI and no tab bar.
squaresinger@feddit.de 11 months ago
I don’t get the downvotes.
Sure, many (or probably most) people have no use for a tablet-friendly UI and a tab bar.
But for those people who do, this is a very important point. I actually switched over to Vivaldi, due to the lack of a tab bar in FF.
If they’d implement that, I would be able to go back to FF.
So I don’t really understand why someone would be opposed to a toggle-able feature that you don’t have to use. If you don’t like it, don’t enable it.
Zerfallen@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I also switched to Vivaldi everywhere for this reason. So I can sync tabs on all my devices. I wouldn’t have even been looking for a new browser if not for the poor tablet experience on Android. But I’m really happy with Vivaldi anyway. Over the years I occasionally check in on ol’ Android tablet Firefox, but still no tablet UI since they removed it many years ago (yes, older versions of Android Firefox already had a tab bar).
gedaliyah@lemmy.world 11 months ago
A few great Add-ons have worked for a while already - I use Dark Reader, uBlock, and PrivacyBadger, and Read Aloud, but I am looking forward to adding container add-ons for Facebook and Amazon, Kagi search, Tabliss, etc.
jsh@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
switch?
hagelslager@feddit.nl 11 months ago
If possible, switch to a non-Mozilla Firefox derivative!
PurpleTentacle@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Why? Mozilla isn’t a threat to open web like Google has shown that they are and they certainly can use all the support they can get.
force@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Yeah but Mozilla has been getting shittier and shittier as time goes on. I think it all started when they forced extensions into FF without the ability to remove them, only to go into the settings and disable them (which doesn’t even fully work)
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
I heard websites are loading slower on that browser bruh.
the_q@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I can’t take anyone seriously that types 'bruh".
Swarfega@lemm.ee 11 months ago
I feel the same way when I read “y’all”.
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
That’s probably a reasonable learned adaptation. Most people are being sarcastic when they type that.
LemmyTryThisOut@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Don’t knock it till ya try it!
stifle867@programming.dev 11 months ago
Vague statement. You have any more information or sources?
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Sites are purposefully adding delays to firebox browser IDs or perhaps non chrome id’s depending on sources. . zdnet.com/…/youtube-is-slowing-video-loads-on-fir…
reddig33@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Is this the build of Firefox that drops support for native UI elements?
BlackSkinnedJew@lemmynsfw.com 11 months ago
Does it’s better Firefox than brave on Android? I mean what are the advantages of using Firefox?
pimento64@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
Inb4 people start shilling Brave, it’s spyware and nobody cares about your shitcoins
webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 11 months ago
I’ve come to much prefer firebox but I have used brave for a long time and people aren’t being fair
Shitcoins are optional got disabled on day 1 and never saw em again.
Worked as advertised (pun intended), fastest browser at the time and never saw a single ad.
Spying? Cant be worse then chrome. It is one of the reasons i am now with with firefox.
But i am not convinced firefox isnt spying somewhat too. Why can i not selfhost my browser profiles instead of syncing all my details with mozzila servers?
Life_inst_bad@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Acutally you can selfhost your sync server for firefox: thesmarthomejourney.com/…/self-hosting-firefox-sy…
KenLin@lemmy.one 11 months ago
Firefox sync is e2ee
roht@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I use Firefox exclusively on Desktop and Brave exclusively on mobile. Firefox on Mobile still has performance issues for me.