Looks like AppStore is still updating this in inventory. Might take 30-60 minutes more before we can download.
Focus by Firefox, a Content Blocker for iOS
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Re: Focus by Firefox, a Content Blocker for iOS
#52Why is it Focus by Firefox and not Focus by Mozilla? Mozilla is the name of the company, Firefox is the name of one of Mozilla's products. So a software program was created by another software program? This type of illogical branding is becoming typical of Mozilla these days. It's a shame because the web really needs browser leadership from an organization that isn't a multinational corporation.
Probably because Firefox is a well known brand and Mozilla isn't.
Re: Focus by Firefox, a Content Blocker for iOS
#53I can not find it in the Colombian appstore, is it available worldwide?
I just hit the App Store in the US and didn't see it yet.
Re: Focus by Firefox, a Content Blocker for iOS
#54We just pushed the button on stage at the Mozilla All-hands. It should by live in most countries now.
https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1055677337
Ask us anything you want to know about this product.
Also, keep an eye on the Github repo.
https://github.com/mozilla/focus
We are still watching the Keynote but will flip the switch soon.
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#55"Currently, Focus by Firefox only works with Safari, not Firefox for iOS. This was not our choice—Apple has chosen to make content blocking unavailable to third party browsers on iOS. We are exploring how we can provide this feature on Firefox for iOS and will deliver it as soon as it’s possible." The main reason I went back to Safari after getting Firefox for iOS.
To be fair, I would be incredibly surprised if creating a built-in Android content blocker is something Google would even consider, let alone implement. It is disappointing that they aren't making that API public, but just having that be a core feature of their operating system is pretty huge. Hopefully they have plans to make it public or Firefox will just implement their own ad-blocker into IOS firefox.
It's just surprising to me that "Focus by Firefox" wasn't first made a Firefox Extension for mobile and desktop...
Re: Focus by Firefox, a Content Blocker for iOS
#56If Nick is really the one who wrote that piece, it's sad that the Vice President of Firefox doesn't know about image resizing and optimization.
That's quite a leap just to get to an ad hominem attack. The way we have WordPress configured should have handled this automagically. I'll look into why it didn't.
I wasn't trying to personally attack the guy, it was just surprising that an article by one of the heads of a major tech company wouldn't have something basic like that taken care of.
I'd recommend the tinypng plugin (https://wordpress.org/plugins/tinypng-for-wp/), which will do the optimization (though not resizing) automatically for you.
Edit - More downvotes, someone is having a tough morning.
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#58Pardon me as I don't understand this blocking analytics or ads thing yet. Wouldn't a small web business which relies on Ad money be killed with this move ? Wouldn't someone who wants to provide content for ad money eventually have to pay Apple some cut for displaying ads on app. Wouldn't it drive the prices of ad as a result which would hurt small business who looks at internet advertising for their growth strategy ?
I suspect that its a fundamental truth that small business need to be adaptable in order to be successful. If their users dislike the ads enough to put them on blocklists, then an alternative strategy might be in order.
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#59Sounds neat. Would really enjoy installing and trying this out. However, I can't for the life of me find it. Here's what I tried: -Searching for "focus" in the app store. Unsurprisingly, a thousand things came up that were not this. -Searching for "focus firefox". No results. -Searching for "focus by firefox". No results. -In hopes that the article might have a link to the app in the app store, going to that in my ph…
It maybe that your iPhone is not compatible with this app. I have iPhone 5c and I can't install it. Focus is supporting iPhone 5s and newer.
Re: Focus by Firefox, a Content Blocker for iOS
#60Earlier quoted context omitted.
>Apple has chosen to make content blocking unavailable to third party browsers on iOS. Someone has some context to this? I am using Ad-Blocker Browser on iOS and it blocks ads just fine.
> it blocks ads just fine. In Safari? Working as intended. In Chrome or Firefox? Unexpected (according to their link).
If the ad blocking is built-in to the browser, it should work fine. It's the new content-blocking plugins that only work in Safari.