A new browsing experience arrives in Firefox for Android Nightly
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A new browsing experience arrives in Firefox for Android Nightly
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Re: A new browsing experience arrives in Firefox for Android Nightly
#2Doesn't work in my (widely used) Android version. I'm a long time Firefox user and feel abandoned.
Re: A new browsing experience arrives in Firefox for Android Nightly
#3Given https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/5315 and https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/5630 are still open, does this represent a regression in supported functionality for nightly users?
Re: A new browsing experience arrives in Firefox for Android Nightly
#4Doesn't work in my (widely used) Android version. I'm a long time Firefox user and feel abandoned.
"Requires Android 5.0 and up" according to the Play Store listing. Android 4.x is from 2013 and had its last update in 2014. It hasn't received security patches since October 2017. Why should Mozilla continue to support such an ancient version?
Re: A new browsing experience arrives in Firefox for Android Nightly
#5Given https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/5315 and https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/5630 are still open, does this represent a regression in supported functionality for nightly users?
No ublock origin? Good luck with that, mozilla.
Re: A new browsing experience arrives in Firefox for Android Nightly
#6Given https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/5315 and https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/5630 are still open, does this represent a regression in supported functionality for nightly users?
Definitely. I don't understand how Mozilla doesn't understand that extensions, particularly content blocking (and specifically Ublock Origin) are definitional of what Firefox is and should be.
Re: A new browsing experience arrives in Firefox for Android Nightly
#7A few screenshots would be nice… Really, it's a "new browsing experience", and what we have is just a wall of shitty corporate text saying how great it is. Fuck that.
Re: A new browsing experience arrives in Firefox for Android Nightly
#8I have Firefox Preview installed on my phone and it is set as my default browser, but I still keep the original Firefox for Android, because:
- Preview is missing support for Add-ons. This was a huge advantage of Firefox for Android (for me this means, that I cannot use uBlock.. the built-in ad blocker is good, but uBlock is better)
- There are limited settings available in Preview. (e.g. what I am missing a "download images only over wifi" option.)
Re: A new browsing experience arrives in Firefox for Android Nightly
#9If Firefox pushes this before implementing support for extensions (namely uBlock or other ad-blocking / privacy extensions) then Firefox is well and truly toast on Android.
Correct me if I am wrong but the only reason non-tech people use Firefox on Android is to block ads.
Perhaps this is a push from Mozilla to try and get some search revenue flowing again?
Re: A new browsing experience arrives in Firefox for Android Nightly
#10Doesn't work in my (widely used) Android version. I'm a long time Firefox user and feel abandoned.
"Requires Android 5.0 and up" according to the Play Store listing. Android 4.x is from 2013 and had its last update in 2014. It hasn't received security patches since October 2017. Why should Mozilla continue to support such an ancient version?
Because millions of people are using it and can't change easily? It's not that I don't get your point, but the amount of Android 4.x that I encounter is really big, maybe it's my humble environment, but still.