Firefox Focus – a free, fast and easy to use private browser for iOS • Hacker News Board

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

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Post by naoquesece » Thu, Nov 17, 2016, 3:56 PM UTC

codezero wrote: post #40

naoquesece wrote: post #16

The question is: they block ad's?

Yes

Cool, installing them.

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

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Post by st3fan » Thu, Nov 17, 2016, 3:59 PM UTC

codezero wrote: post #35

It says we look forward to your feedback - anyone know where I should send feedback? They the button in the bottom right opens the current URL immediately in Firefox (separate app) without a prompt or warning seems against the private browsing expectation I have. Edit: also it appears swiping doesn't go "back" :/

There a bunch of places where we take feedback:

  * https://input.mozilla.org/feedback/focus
  * https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/focus/issues
  * https://mzl.la/2g23JeE (Bugzilla)

(You can login to Bugzilla with a Github account.)

We have a bug on file for swiping:

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1316949

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

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Nov 17, 2016, 4:02 PM UTC

broguinn wrote: post #58

Is there a good reason the app is not compatible with the iPhone 5C but it is with the 5S? I was really looking forward to trying this browser and wonder what the hardware limitation is.

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

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Nov 17, 2016, 4:02 PM UTC

broguinn wrote: post #58

Is there a good reason the app is not compatible with the iPhone 5C but it is with the 5S? I was really looking forward to trying this browser and wonder what the hardware limitation is.

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

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Post by st3fan » Thu, Nov 17, 2016, 4:03 PM UTC

broguinn wrote: post #58

Is there a good reason the app is not compatible with the iPhone 5C but it is with the 5S? I was really looking forward to trying this browser and wonder what the hardware limitation is.

See https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1318363

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

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Post by cosenal » Thu, Nov 17, 2016, 4:04 PM UTC

broguinn wrote: post #58

Is there a good reason the app is not compatible with the iPhone 5C but it is with the 5S? I was really looking forward to trying this browser and wonder what the hardware limitation is.

See comments below: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12978192 Content Blocker extensions only run on 64-bit devices and iPhone 5C is 32-bit.

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

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Post by st3fan » Thu, Nov 17, 2016, 4:11 PM UTC

antihero wrote: post #21

Is there a whitelist? For some reason they're blocking API access to reddit entirely which is annoying as I want to browse certain sites that rely on this API. Why would the reddit API be on these lists?

I filed https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1318367 - but this may be more difficult than it seems.

Let us know if the Reddit API is incorrectly on a list. We can investigate if we have a little more info.

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

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Post by johnnymonster » Thu, Nov 17, 2016, 4:12 PM UTC

seems like another way for firefox to push their integration with yahoo search.

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

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Post by emehrkay » Thu, Nov 17, 2016, 4:13 PM UTC

Oh so they just used an update to Focus app to put a whole new web browser on my phone, like a Trojan Horse. Interesting approach

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

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Post by dxxvi » Thu, Nov 17, 2016, 4:17 PM UTC

Is there any counterpart on Android? Or is Firefox for Android good enough? Of course ... not. I wish it would support greasemonkey or something similar.