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I switched from Chrome to Firefox 57 beta and couldn't be happier. Only issue so far was the ugly black title bar on the Mac, but switching to the integrated

by m_st 9y ago

I switched from Chrome to Firefox 57 beta and couldn't be happier. Only issue so far was the ugly black title bar on the Mac, but switching to the integrated 'Light' theme fixed that. Too bad 'Light' isn't the default on macOS. Also note their updated Firefox on iOS. It looks and works just fine now and comes with Firefox Sync which gives you access to your tabs, bookmarks and history.

robin_reala 9y ago
I’m using Firefox on iOS fulltime now, as in the last couple of releases ad blockers and 1Password have gained support.
- okneil 9y ago
  Firefox on iOS supports content blockers? I thought that was Safari only.
  - robin_reala 9y ago
    Public APIs landed in March: https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=150479 https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=150479
    - okneil 9y ago
      This looks like tracking protection has been enabled in WebKit; content blocking is something else. https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/General/Conceptual/ExtensibilityPG/ContentBlocker.html https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/Ge...
- luhn 9y ago
  How do you use 1Password with Firefox on iOS? It's not an option for me in the Share modal, so I've been having to switch to Safari.
  - robin_reala 9y ago
    It was only added in the last couple of weeks I think. Clicking the menu button in the address bar then “Share page with” shows it for me.
    - luhn 9y ago
      Yeah, seems to have been fixed in 10.0 and I was running several versions behind. (For whatever reason iOS didn't list it as an available update.) I reinstalled Firefox and now it works.
wbkang 9y ago
Same on Windows, I wish the light theme was the default.
- contravariant 9y ago
  I think light is the default for the release version, but devs seem to like dark UIs for some reason.
  - alex_duf 9y ago
    The reason is eye strain in poorly lit offices :)
  - Sylos 9y ago
    There's a Light theme, a Normal theme and a Dark theme. Dark is the default for the Developer Edition, which is what you're thinking of. But Normal is the default for Stable. Light is almost the same as Normal, but with a few more elements in white.
- m_st 9y ago
  I prefer the default theme on Windows 10 as there the title bars of the other windows like Settings and Explorer use the same style, which is the color defined in 'Colors' in the settings. Using the 'Light' theme makes Firefox looking different which isn't nice. Haven't seen any other black title bar on my Mac though...
weihanglo 9y ago
I thought it is a translucent title bar. At least in Firefox Nightly 59 it is.
- adregan 9y ago
  Well how about that?! I always run "reduce transparency" and "increase contrast" as I never really like the translucent items (System Preferences > Accessibility > Display), and I too thought the new UI was a black bar with a light colored window. I have been enjoying the dark theme in both the developer edition (work) and nightly (home).
- agumonkey 9y ago
  I think it just got pushed for the fresh 59.0a release (memories of changelog)
- ubercore 9y ago
  Grey bar for me on OS X, 59.0a1 (2017-11-13)
konart 9y ago
>ugly black title bar One of the best thins in the new FF to me though (also macos). I still hope apple will to something to their gray ui. I'd love to have dark theme for the ui, not only for menubar and dock.
_greim_ 9y ago
> Also note their updated Firefox on iOS I was under the impression Apple didn't allow any web rendering engines on iOS except the one mobile Safari uses, thus Chrome, Firefox, etc, on iOS are just wrappers around the Safari engine. Is that not the case anymore? It would be nice to see these speedups on iOS.
- Sylos 9y ago
  That is still the case. Firefox for iOS is also just a WebKit wrapper. Mozilla mainly released it for the people that use Firefox on the desktop and want to sync their stuff.
nikisweeting 9y ago
"Light" themes hurt my eyes and look horrible, dark all the way for me. To each their own :)
a254613e 9y ago
Speaking of firefox and macOS integration, does anyone know why they don't support pinch to zoom like chrome and safari do? I tried looking this up, but can't find any specific answers.
- dietrich 9y ago
  Looks like some work done, but not complete: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=688990 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=688990

by m_st 9y ago

robin_reala 9y ago

I’m using Firefox on iOS fulltime now, as in the last couple of releases ad blockers and 1Password have gained support.

okneil 9y ago
Firefox on iOS supports content blockers? I thought that was Safari only.
- robin_reala 9y ago
  Public APIs landed in March: https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=150479 https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=150479
  - okneil 9y ago
    This looks like tracking protection has been enabled in WebKit; content blocking is something else. https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/General/Conceptual/ExtensibilityPG/ContentBlocker.html https://developer.apple.com/library/content/documentation/Ge...
luhn 9y ago
How do you use 1Password with Firefox on iOS? It's not an option for me in the Share modal, so I've been having to switch to Safari.
- robin_reala 9y ago
  It was only added in the last couple of weeks I think. Clicking the menu button in the address bar then “Share page with” shows it for me.
  - luhn 9y ago
    Yeah, seems to have been fixed in 10.0 and I was running several versions behind. (For whatever reason iOS didn't list it as an available update.) I reinstalled Firefox and now it works.

wbkang 9y ago

Same on Windows, I wish the light theme was the default.

contravariant 9y ago
I think light is the default for the release version, but devs seem to like dark UIs for some reason.
- alex_duf 9y ago
  The reason is eye strain in poorly lit offices :)
- Sylos 9y ago
  There's a Light theme, a Normal theme and a Dark theme. Dark is the default for the Developer Edition, which is what you're thinking of. But Normal is the default for Stable. Light is almost the same as Normal, but with a few more elements in white.
m_st 9y ago
I prefer the default theme on Windows 10 as there the title bars of the other windows like Settings and Explorer use the same style, which is the color defined in 'Colors' in the settings. Using the 'Light' theme makes Firefox looking different which isn't nice. Haven't seen any other black title bar on my Mac though...

weihanglo 9y ago

I thought it is a translucent title bar. At least in Firefox Nightly 59 it is.

adregan 9y ago
Well how about that?! I always run "reduce transparency" and "increase contrast" as I never really like the translucent items (System Preferences > Accessibility > Display), and I too thought the new UI was a black bar with a light colored window. I have been enjoying the dark theme in both the developer edition (work) and nightly (home).
agumonkey 9y ago
I think it just got pushed for the fresh 59.0a release (memories of changelog)
ubercore 9y ago
Grey bar for me on OS X, 59.0a1 (2017-11-13)

konart 9y ago

>ugly black title bar One of the best thins in the new FF to me though (also macos). I still hope apple will to something to their gray ui. I'd love to have dark theme for the ui, not only for menubar and dock.

_greim_ 9y ago

> Also note their updated Firefox on iOS I was under the impression Apple didn't allow any web rendering engines on iOS except the one mobile Safari uses, thus Chrome, Firefox, etc, on iOS are just wrappers around the Safari engine. Is that not the case anymore? It would be nice to see these speedups on iOS.

Sylos 9y ago
That is still the case. Firefox for iOS is also just a WebKit wrapper. Mozilla mainly released it for the people that use Firefox on the desktop and want to sync their stuff.

nikisweeting 9y ago

"Light" themes hurt my eyes and look horrible, dark all the way for me. To each their own :)

a254613e 9y ago

Speaking of firefox and macOS integration, does anyone know why they don't support pinch to zoom like chrome and safari do? I tried looking this up, but can't find any specific answers.

dietrich 9y ago
Looks like some work done, but not complete: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=688990 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=688990