New? How come I've been using it for years?
Firefox Focus – A new private browser for iOS and Android
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Re: Firefox Focus – A new private browser for iOS and Android
#12Hasn't it been available for a while now?
Yes, it has.
Re: Firefox Focus – A new private browser for iOS and Android
#13I like this app a lot -- very fast and convenient.
Could this someday integrate Tor, making it sort of an amnesiac Tor Browser for mobile?
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#14According to F-Droid [1], it contains `com.google.android.gms:play-services-analytics`. [1]: https://gitlab.com/fdroid/rfp/issues/171#note_30410376
This is odd because https://f-droid.org/wiki/page/org.mozilla.klar is already part of F-Droid and appears exactly the same .. but with a different name.
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#15I have really come to appreciate this browser even though I have been using it for just about a month. It is fast and clean. Clicking links from email and knowing they will open in effectively a private browser instance is a great feeling. I missed the multi-tab feature for a little bit but have now adjusted.
Did it use to support multiple tabs?
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#16According to F-Droid [1], it contains `com.google.android.gms:play-services-analytics`. [1]: https://gitlab.com/fdroid/rfp/issues/171#note_30410376
This is odd because https://f-droid.org/wiki/page/org.mozilla.klar is already part of F-Droid and appears exactly the same .. but with a different name.
Looks to me like that app patches out the Gecko webview.
Re: Firefox Focus – A new private browser for iOS and Android
#17I have really come to appreciate this browser even though I have been using it for just about a month. It is fast and clean. Clicking links from email and knowing they will open in effectively a private browser instance is a great feeling. I missed the multi-tab feature for a little bit but have now adjusted.
Did it use to support multiple tabs?
No, it doesn't -- I think the GP is stating that they were used to multiple tabs in a browser before they switched to Focus.
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#18I have tried to set normal Firefox (55) for Android browser to open links by default in private mode but unfortunately I don't know how.
Why "browser.privatebrowsing.autostart" set to "true" does not work on Android version?
PS: I know I can clear everything (cookies, history, etc.) on exit.
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#19According to F-Droid [1], it contains `com.google.android.gms:play-services-analytics`. [1]: https://gitlab.com/fdroid/rfp/issues/171#note_30410376
I'm relatively uninformed here, but Google often requires Android app developers to bundle Google Play Services for various features like Chromecast[1]. It is possible that the Mozilla folks needed Google Play Services for some feature.
[1]: https://developers.google.com/cast/docs/android_sender_setup
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#20This is useful to use as your default browser. It has a quick way to open the same link in another browser, so you can use it as a sort of quarantine to vet unknown links before exposing your main browser and all its juicy user data to a new website.