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Focus was initially intended for users who are concerned about privacy, but in no way short of helpless in actually trying to get it. The type of user that has
by 482794793792894 9y ago
Focus was initially intended for users who are concerned about privacy, but in no way short of helpless in actually trying to get it. The type of user that has trouble finding or even understanding Private Browsing in Firefox. (Focus does not actually protect privacy more than Firefox's Private Browsing mode either.)
Launching a separate app on the other hand is a familiar concept and does also explain quite nicely that browsing history won't be saved, as it's normal that data does not get shared between apps, whereas Private Browsing is a separate concept that needs understanding.
And this in effect had implications on the design. Not having tabs was a deliberate design choice, because this type of casual user does generally not understand those either.
That it would get so much adoption in the tech world was very much unexpected.
So, tabs are being worked on, Tor integration is coming, this sort of stuff. Tabs might take a little while still, though: https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/focus-android/issues/960 https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/focus-android/issues/960
- JepZ 9y agoThanks for the background information, I am looking forward to Focus 3.0 now :-)