Seems you can't move open tabs to Preview from Firefox Beta on Android. What a pity!
Reinventing Firefox for Android
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Re: Reinventing Firefox for Android
#152Earlier quoted context omitted.
It should probably be noted that this Firefox Preview they are announcing doesn't yet have Add-On support. But I agree, uBlock Origin makes the mobile web far less painful. Also, I'll point out that you want to be using uBlock Origin, not uBlock. As I recall, Raymond Hill (the creator of uBlock) decided to hand over uBlock Firefox to one of the contributors to offload some of the maintenance burden but then the new o…
Last time I checked, Raymond Hill's website didn't even have a donation button. This is an incredibly generous stance for him to take but if he doesn't want money himself maybe he could collect funds for a charity. I really feel I owe someone for this software.
It's free (libre) software; you don't owe anyone. Eventually you will encounter a bug or translation/documentation error in some free software; taking some time to fix that would help everyone. And so would making software to fix a problem and then releasing it under a free license.
It might not happen in the near future, but chances are eventually you'll get to contribute something. And even if you don't, just accept uBO as a gift from a nice person.
Re: Reinventing Firefox for Android
#153I can't get it to work with my custom certificate authority (which I use to analyse traffic coming from my phone every now and then to see if any apps are leaking personal info). Also, though I know better, I also have some intranet services running with a certificate signed by that authority because the domains are dynamically generated and I can't automate my DNS to get wildcard letsencrypt certificates.
Normal mobile Firefox has their own cert store, so you can import it by clicking a link to the certificate and hitting OK. Other apps use the system certificate store so I have imported my certificate into there as well. Sadly, it still doesn't work.
My specific use case may not be very common, but certificate authorities in BYOD companies aren't uncommon either. I can't use this for my daily driver until I can import my certificate :(
The new system is very interesting though, the idea of separate browsing behaviours between devices can be a game changer if they implement it smoothly.
Re: Reinventing Firefox for Android
#154I have been using Firefox on Android since 2013. It's been constantly improving. I am so glad that it exists so that I am not forced to use a browser (Chrome) that doesn't respect me or my privacy and has every incentive to fuck me over.
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Re: Reinventing Firefox for Android
#155To any Mozilla/Firefox developer reading this. I try to convert people to Firefox. The number one reason people switch, by far, is because mobile has add on support. So I say to push this front and center in marketing (I know this is a preview). People are reluctant to switch their desktop browser because chrome pretty much has the same features. But it they switch their mobile browsers they also switch their desktop…
I also think they should fix zooming and un-zooming with the Mac trackpad for desktop Firefox. I had someone switch and they were so used to zooming in using the trackpad, they couldn't stay on Firefox. There is a 3rd party extension that fixes this, but should it not be built-in?
Re: Reinventing Firefox for Android
#156To any Mozilla/Firefox developer reading this. I try to convert people to Firefox. The number one reason people switch, by far, is because mobile has add on support. So I say to push this front and center in marketing (I know this is a preview). People are reluctant to switch their desktop browser because chrome pretty much has the same features. But it they switch their mobile browsers they also switch their desktop…
Also, they should integrate Firefox Preview into F-Droid if they are serious about privacy/freedom.
Re: Reinventing Firefox for Android
#157Earlier quoted context omitted.
I wish iOS version had addons to block ads. (I know Apple doesn't allow that) I still use it because of the synchronization and because Firefox is awesome. :)
iOS Firefox is not really Firefox. It's a Safari skin, because Apple doesn't like competition.
Not that I want to defend them, but it does have a nice side effect that web developers must run their sites in some browser other than Chrome (even if they ignore Firefox).
Re: Reinventing Firefox for Android
#158I have been using Firefox on Android since 2013. It's been constantly improving. I am so glad that it exists so that I am not forced to use a browser (Chrome) that doesn't respect me or my privacy and has every incentive to fuck me over.
I used it in 2013 and found it constantly degrading with each update. They removed a major feature to reflow text to fit your screen nicely, worsened the UI, and other things I don't remember anymore. After using an old version for a while, I tried another browser, and holy crap that was 10 times faster as well as being customizable the way I was used to from Firefox desktop. Not open source, not as featureful (no ad…
Have you tried a new version of android Firefox recently?
Experiences from years ago aren't really relevant any more, as Firefox has gotten a lot of work done the last couple of years.
Re: Reinventing Firefox for Android
#159I'm a happy user of both Firefox Focus and Firefox mobile, I don't know what could they improve but I'll give it a look. About Firefox focus, I love to have it as default browser when opening links, it gives me a lot of confidence to know that the session will be completely destroyed afterward. I'd miss it if it were to be discontinued.
Same usage here, and happy with it. Using both Firefox Focus and Firefox Android, Firefox Focus being the default browser
Re: Reinventing Firefox for Android
#160>At Firefox You mean, at Mozilla. This whole branding campaign to shove everything under the "Firefox" umbrella is silly.
It's literally supposed to be the new Firefox for Android. So the 'Firefox' umbrella seems reasonable?
Reasonable for the product, which is not the same as the organization.
At Microsoft they make Windows. At Mozilla they make Firefox.