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How is this news ? I installed it weeks ago on my IPhone. I don't understand why Mozilla just announced it now. Maybe it's a new version. On the browser itself

by Xoros 9y ago

How is this news ? I installed it weeks ago on my IPhone. I don't understand why Mozilla just announced it now. Maybe it's a new version. On the browser itself, I launched it, navigate on a URI, closed it, relaunched it, type the firsts characters of my previous URI and it auto completed it. From my history I guess. So it's not like incognito mode on other browsers. (Haven't retested again)

denzil_correa 9y ago
I've been using it since months now. Focus started as ad blocker and now it has a private browser too since a few months.
dabber 9y ago
> news? They launched the android version not too long ago. This is probably just a push to get the word out to people who may not have heard. Fair enough in my opinion. > From my history I guess I don't think it's from your history. It seems like many common websites are preset to autocomplete; stackoverflow.com for example. Because it doesn't save history this seems like a nice way to reduce friction for users. I could be wrong though.
- newscracker 9y ago
  >> From my history I guess > I don't think it's from your history. It seems like many common websites are preset to autocomplete; stackoverflow.com for example. Because it doesn't save history this seems like a nice way to reduce friction for users. I could be wrong though. In my experience, your statement is correct. Firefox Focus does not store history. It does have a long list of sites that it autocompletes. Whenever I visit HN, I actually type news.ycombinator.com into the address bar since Focus does not have bookmarking. But I don't mind that, and consider that as a feature.
  - brainfire 9y ago
    No in-app bookmarks, but you can use "add to home screen" to get a shortcut.
    - crtasm 9y ago
      Is that on android and/or ios?
      - brainfire 9y ago
        Definitely yes on Android. I don't know for iOS.
        crtasm 9y ago
        Maybe that's a feature of your launcher? I can't see it in any of firefox focus' menus, the share list or long-press on a link options.
        brainfire 9y ago
        Weird! It's on the only menu in Focus for me, the same level as "settings." I wouldn't have thought a launcher could do that. I use Nova Launcher.
  - Xoros 9y ago
    Well maybe my memory tricks me. But it was a very specific URL so I don't know. I was giving it a try to specifically test that. I've just tested it again and indeed it haven't occurred again. A good thing so :)

by Xoros 9y ago

denzil_correa 9y ago

I've been using it since months now. Focus started as ad blocker and now it has a private browser too since a few months.

dabber 9y ago

> news? They launched the android version not too long ago. This is probably just a push to get the word out to people who may not have heard. Fair enough in my opinion. > From my history I guess I don't think it's from your history. It seems like many common websites are preset to autocomplete; stackoverflow.com for example. Because it doesn't save history this seems like a nice way to reduce friction for users. I could be wrong though.

newscracker 9y ago
>> From my history I guess > I don't think it's from your history. It seems like many common websites are preset to autocomplete; stackoverflow.com for example. Because it doesn't save history this seems like a nice way to reduce friction for users. I could be wrong though. In my experience, your statement is correct. Firefox Focus does not store history. It does have a long list of sites that it autocompletes. Whenever I visit HN, I actually type news.ycombinator.com into the address bar since Focus does not have bookmarking. But I don't mind that, and consider that as a feature.
- brainfire 9y ago
  No in-app bookmarks, but you can use "add to home screen" to get a shortcut.
  - crtasm 9y ago
    Is that on android and/or ios?
    - brainfire 9y ago
      Definitely yes on Android. I don't know for iOS.
      - crtasm 9y ago
        Maybe that's a feature of your launcher? I can't see it in any of firefox focus' menus, the share list or long-press on a link options.
        brainfire 9y ago
        Weird! It's on the only menu in Focus for me, the same level as "settings." I wouldn't have thought a launcher could do that. I use Nova Launcher.
- Xoros 9y ago
  Well maybe my memory tricks me. But it was a very specific URL so I don't know. I was giving it a try to specifically test that. I've just tested it again and indeed it haven't occurred again. A good thing so :)