Now, if only iOS would allow true Safari alternatives. 🥲
Very sad that Firefox does not provide an .ipa file of firefox without webkit. Jailbroken, trollstore and altstore users could benefit of extensions before apple allows sideloading.
They’ll soon be forced to allow sideloading, in the EU at least. Should open the doors for proper alternative browsers.
I loathe the very fact they made people call it “sideloading”. It’s just installing on your own terms, like it used to be the norm.
Well, it’s a carry over from its early days in how it used to work. You needed to install things via USB debugger. Generally that’s all sideloading ever meant, transferring information from one device to another using a generally “local” method (SD card, USB, etc). Now sideloading, on Android at least (as it retains its original meaning elsewhere), just means not from the official repository.
I just activated Windows 10 on a laptop I bought from ebay, and I was reminded that Microsoft too wants people to view its official store as the default way to obtain software.
One of my goals for this weekend is to set up a dual boot for Linux Mint, which I’ve never done before. I’m fully aware of its limitations, but I’m getting so tired of all this crap.
Yeah, I’m not sure what Microsoft is attempting with S mode. Its just such a half baked concept to me. I’d rather a simplified group policy interface or something if they wanted simplified restrictions.
But yeah, dual booting is a great way to transition. You can also do Windows in a VM, but not sure how licensing works or if you can use an OEM license in there.
It just seems much better for me to set up a dual boot. I know it’s more work, but it’s not like it’s irreversible, and I think it would give me a better experience overall.
There are a few Linux distros I can recommend as someone who started doing this as a little tinker project when I was younger.
Pop_OS! Is a really great basic setup to help usher you into Linux. I installed the KDE desktop environment onto my install because I really like and enjoy the KDE experience. You have plenty of other Ubuntu “flavors” to choose from. I’d recommend giving them all a whirl or look and decide which one you think is the best fit for you.
ElementaryOS is great if you want a semi-MacOS experience but I feel it is perfect for someone who doesn’t want to tinker around too much or for family members to use on their 10 year old laptops/desktops.
I also recommend not fully setting your Linux side up (email, saving documents, etc.) until you get done with your testing different distros out. You’ll be thankful you didn’t go through the full setup process if you decide to try a new distro out. Have fun, and remember it’s all a learning experience. Don’t be afraid to ask for question or look anything up. If you finally find a distro you want to make permanent and remember me, I’d love to hear what you settled on. Have a wonderful rest of your day. And enjoy your newfound freedom! 😌
I use FF on android for a couple months now. Solid browser and sync to desktol and add blocker are nice.
BUT: their page reloading is far too aggressive. You can’t buy anything online, since once 2FA is required and you need to open your bank app, confirm, and switch back, the page reloads and the 2FA didn’t get through. Tickets and such are the only reason I have still chrome installed.
This is Android aggressively killing apps, not Firefox.
Possibly, but previously I’ve been able to load a site, open a media-rich page in a new tab, then close that tab to go back to the original page.
On a newer build of FF for Android, that first page is re-loaded from the internet.
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I’m not experiencing that issue either and I have half the amount of RAM that you do. I’ve noticed an unnecessary autorefresh only after closing out of the browser for a long time, never in the middle of switching between apps. But, that does sound like annoying behavior.
Wow, I’m pretty sure my laptop has less RAM than that. ~Cherri
You can get 32GB of laptop RAM for like $60 to $80 if you find sales, and even one 16GB stick would be an upgrade for you. Modern bloat is so bad that having 8 gigs of RAM is the equivalent of having 4 a few years ago.
My laptop only supports expanding the RAM up to 12 GB IIRC. ~Red
This annoyed me too. I use Firefox Nightly with
accessibility.blockautorefreshset inabout:config, and it helps.Yeah, I open my 2FA app in split screen when I do this
had that issue since updating my phone to android 13, mozilla really needs to fix it
I also feel RAM too aggressive since A13, but it could be my custom ROM as well.
Huh, good to know.
I’ve found edge to be quite aggressive on the reloads as well (at least, on desktop).
Makes it difficult for developing anything that has to deal with tabs going to “sleep” (like websocket reconnects, rehydrations, reauths).I’m a hair away from ditching chrome
Can we have tabs when using a tablet please?
And why not phones too if the user prefers it that way. Can we have our user preferences back please?
You don’t have tabs using a tablet?
I think he means tabs along the top like on a PC browser.
Correct.
No no, that would make way too much sense.
Written on a Fold 4 that’s currently not using Firefox ლ(ಠ益ಠლ)
For those who don’t know yet: Firefox Nightly for Android let you install any extension you desire.
You just need to create a custom collection on the web site and link your ID in nightly.
Same for Firefox forks, Mull and Fennec.
Yep. I always mention Fennec who may hesitate to use Beta since it’s a stable release with full add-on support.
I’ve never tried Mull.
You can also just use the collections of other users
Like mine, for those who don’t want to curate: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/collections/17401236/p1xiekat-Android/
Maybe add PrivacyBadger, Consent-O-Matic, and DarkReader
Noted and added!
Nice, I also added LocalCDN to my own list.
Firefox Beta as well.
Permission to shout hurrah in an annoyingly loud voice sir!
My goodness that’s awesome. I never understood why they locked it down in the first place about a year ago. What changed?
They wanted to have compatibility with Chrome extensions. But that was all just a n EEE move by Google. More perfidious since they created the open standard in the first place
great, now waiting for them to finally fix the supremely janky tab behavior.
Installed firefox yesterday. Nothing really changed or improved. Uninstalled firefox.
What is the main reason you (presumably) use Chrome over Firefox? People here might be able to help you solve the problem.
In general what chromium browsers have out of the box in firefox you have to install addons to have that functionality and still it’s worse experience. For example pwa support. Worst thing is that websites and now software only supports chromium.
It’s funny how some people are willing to use weird android mods that can’t run half of the apps to protect their privacy while others can’t even wait 0.01s longer for a page to load.
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Yesssss
It’s about damn time
This is great.
God I miss the old Firefox for Android :(
Are you suggesting this is bad? What was better about “old” Firefox for Android?
No, this is similar to the old Firefox for Android, which is why I like it.
When you could just browse AMO and add an add-on at will. It was also much smoother.
just use collections and firefox beta
It had a tab bar.
Huh, I’m still using it.
For every one who want to test it out you can use iceraven browser a Firefox fork that supports way more extensions than stock Firefox mobile https://github.com/fork-maintainers/iceraven-browser
You can also use the Nightly app and load addon collections. It’s an absolute pain in the arse, and a lot of extensions don’t work, but it’s one way to get them.
I didn’t know that this feature is already dort of waring in the nightly build but it makes sence that they will test it out in nightly
Honestly, it’s as if they don’t really want you using it. It’s a legitimate feature but hidden away and quite difficult to use. Here’s a guide on getting it set up. I’ve been using it since it came out and haven’t had too many issues, but a lot of addons just don’t work as intended.
About damn time, they should never have disabled it in the first place.
Let’s just appreciate the fact that basically no other browser has this.
With chrome/ium you can’t even block ads.
That’s a lie sir. Brave blocks ads out of the box. Vivaldi also has ad block filters. You can add custom filters to both browsers. Also edge has shitty ad blocker. Kiwi browser supports almost all chrome extensions. Basically almost all except chrome and still you can block most of the ads using correct dns server.
We’re talking about actual web browsers here, not spyware that uses your device to run a botnet
Firefox is as much botnet as others. Full of telemetry, diagnostics, pocket and other shit. That’s why there are secure forks. Firefox in stock form is as much botnet as others. Also firefox is selling out to the same google so don’t pretent it’s better because it’s not.
Accepting a ton of money from Google to make it the default search engine isn’t selling out to them. Any concerned user will know how to change the default.
no need for beta anymore or are there still some restrictions in place?
