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Firefox Focus – a free, fast and easy to use private browser for iOS

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Re: Firefox Focus – a free, fast and easy to use private browser for iOS

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Post by midgetjones »

st3fan wrote: post #2

Code at https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/focus - feel free to file issues/bugs/questions on Github. We primarily use Bugzilla for this project, but happy to move bugs around.

This looks really good!

Not sure if this is worth opening an issue over, but are you planning on supporting search engines other than google?

Re: Firefox Focus – a free, fast and easy to use private browser for iOS

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Post by lmedinas »

st3fan wrote: post #2

Code at https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/focus - feel free to file issues/bugs/questions on Github. We primarily use Bugzilla for this project, but happy to move bugs around.

Why having a separate application with these features instead of adding them to Firefox for iOS ?

Is it planned to have content blockers support in Firefox for iOS ?

Re: Firefox Focus – a free, fast and easy to use private browser for iOS

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Post by doytch »

midgetjones wrote: post #3
st3fan wrote: post #2

Code at https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/focus - feel free to file issues/bugs/questions on Github. We primarily use Bugzilla for this project, but happy to move bugs around.

This looks really good! Not sure if this is worth opening an issue over, but are you planning on supporting search engines other than google?

+1

Seems like Duck Duck Go would fit well with what seems to be your mission with this project.

Re: Firefox Focus – a free, fast and easy to use private browser for iOS

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Post by petetnt »

Works really well! First I joked about how it's the perfect browser for watching adult content on the go (which it is :P) but it's rather impressive. The execution is really smooth, there's just enough options and it's really fast; there's even an option for blocking web fonts.

Great work!

Re: Firefox Focus – a free, fast and easy to use private browser for iOS

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Post by dbg31415 »

petetnt wrote: post #6

Works really well! First I joked about how it's the perfect browser for watching adult content on the go (which it is :P) but it's rather impressive. The execution is really smooth, there's just enough options and it's really fast; there's even an option for blocking web fonts. Great work!

What he said.

I came expecting to be disappointed in the feature set or performance (hello, Brave I'm talking to you), and instead it's got everything I can think of and it all seems to work perfectly.

Well, I mean... it doesn't integrate with my password manager... yet. (=

Re: Firefox Focus – a free, fast and easy to use private browser for iOS

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Post by aoro »

DemiGuru wrote: post #9

Would you please elaborate how this is different from using Safari in Private Browsing mode? If I am not mistaken Firefox Focus on iOS would still use WebKit under the hood. Edit: I'm not being facetious or sarcastic.

"Firefox Focus continues to operate as a Safari content blocker on iOS, and users will be able to take advantage of Tracking Protection on both Safari and Firefox Focus."

Goes beyond just a browser.

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