Firefox on Mobile supports uBlock origin, and is very nice as well. edit: on Android
Do note this is Firefox on Android.
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Tell HN: Firefox Is an awesome browser right now
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#42It doesn't support the webkit scrollbar variables.
-webkit-scrollbar
-webkit-scrollbar-track
-webkit-scrollbar-thumb
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#43Not on Android (it stutters on scrolling even on newest Pixel). And I also think it's not the most safest browser on Android because Chromium is much more hardened there. Source: https://grapheneos.org/usage#web-browsing
Firefox for Android does not stutter when scrolling for me on a phone much weaker than a Pixel. That suggests it's not a universal issue but something more specific to your setup.
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#44I just switched back to chrome for the same reason. Every page in Firefox was taking 60+second to load. Tried it on chrome and pages were loading instantly. I had originally switched to Firefox for privacy concerns but that and the memory usage/occasional crashing were too much for me. edit: not sure what the downvotes are for. I'm glad there's a second option out there. It didn't work for me but figured it was worth…
> Every page in Firefox was taking 60+second to load
That really sounds like a broken installation. Out of curiosity, would you care to share what add-ons you have/had installed?
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#45Switched from FF to Brave, just because FF spins up my fans and uses far more battery than Brave on arch linux. Wish I could switch back.
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#46Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's interesting that you put the blame for the slowness on Firefox. I blame web developers for failing to build things for browsers rather than just Chrome.
Which part of their comment reads as blaming Firefox?
I love Firefox but some JS heavy demos etc. just don't work fast enough.
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#47Can't use it on a Mac as it won't play ball with Keychain. Not going to reenter all my passwords.
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#48"BypassPaywallsClean" is a must-have extension for the modern internet. Does anybody else use multiple browsers? Maybe it's just because I'm doing web-dev right now, but I think using as many browsers as possible is necessary as I find inconsistencies that could become bugs all the time. I use Firefox as my "main" and Chrome as my "alt".
I have to use Chromium for MS teams unfortunately (calls and screen sharing are not allowed on FF)
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#49> I'd be glad to learn of any other cool features and extensions that y'all might want to share.
I'm sure others will be sharing it as I type this comment as well, but for many HN readers, Multi-Account Containers [1] are bound to be a godsend. Easily log in to different accounts for any website, in different tabs. Great feature that's not available in other browsers.
[1] https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/multi-account-conta...