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I wonder when the Android version of Firefox will be updated to 57.

neilsimp1 9y ago
Wondering this too
Vinnl 9y ago
Probably today as well, but it won't see the massive speedup desktop Firefox has seen yet - that should come with one of the next few releases.
blinkingled 9y ago
It generally takes them a while. If you're impatient you can try out the beta from play store - it's at b15 which is very close to the release version and it's working good for me on couple devices. Much better than the older versions that's for sure.
bryanlarsen 9y ago
Android will get Quantum with 58, in approximately 6 weeks time. https://www.ghacks.net/2017/10/31/firefox-58-for-android-enable-quantum-css-engine/ https://www.ghacks.net/2017/10/31/firefox-58-for-android-ena... But even without Quantum Firefox on Android is way faster than Chrome because it supports ad blocking plugins.
- mtgx 9y ago
  Yeah, I can't wait for FF58 on Android. TBH FF on Android has felt a little choppy, even with ublock origin enabled. The Chromium-based Firefox Focus feels faster, but too bad it doesn't support extensions. Hopefully FF58 will be the best of both worlds on Android soon.
  - floatboth 9y ago
    Don't wait, use Nightly! :)
  - bryanlarsen 9y ago
    It feels choppy, so it feels slower, even though it renders pages faster because it's not downloading and rendering ads. A great example of how feel matters.
    - sp332 9y ago
      I agree 100%. I ended up disabling my adblocker on twitter.com just because it was causing so much jank while I was scrolling.
  - option_greek 9y ago
    Any idea how to make firefox focus forget google search history. Its kind of pointless to forget regular browsing history but keep search history around. Open for any workarounds because FFF is quite fast when compared with regular FF.
  - chrisper 9y ago
    I am curios. Are you using FF Beta on Android or regular FF?
jhasse 9y ago
The thing that makes Firefox on Android unuseable for me: URLs which should be handled by apps (e.g. youtube) always open in Firefox.

Wondering this too

Probably today as well, but it won't see the massive speedup desktop Firefox has seen yet - that should come with one of the next few releases.

blinkingled 9y ago

It generally takes them a while. If you're impatient you can try out the beta from play store - it's at b15 which is very close to the release version and it's working good for me on couple devices. Much better than the older versions that's for sure.

bryanlarsen 9y ago

Android will get Quantum with 58, in approximately 6 weeks time. https://www.ghacks.net/2017/10/31/firefox-58-for-android-enable-quantum-css-engine/ https://www.ghacks.net/2017/10/31/firefox-58-for-android-ena... But even without Quantum Firefox on Android is way faster than Chrome because it supports ad blocking plugins.

mtgx 9y ago
Yeah, I can't wait for FF58 on Android. TBH FF on Android has felt a little choppy, even with ublock origin enabled. The Chromium-based Firefox Focus feels faster, but too bad it doesn't support extensions. Hopefully FF58 will be the best of both worlds on Android soon.
- floatboth 9y ago
  Don't wait, use Nightly! :)
- bryanlarsen 9y ago
  It feels choppy, so it feels slower, even though it renders pages faster because it's not downloading and rendering ads. A great example of how feel matters.
  - sp332 9y ago
    I agree 100%. I ended up disabling my adblocker on twitter.com just because it was causing so much jank while I was scrolling.
- option_greek 9y ago
  Any idea how to make firefox focus forget google search history. Its kind of pointless to forget regular browsing history but keep search history around. Open for any workarounds because FFF is quite fast when compared with regular FF.
- chrisper 9y ago
  I am curios. Are you using FF Beta on Android or regular FF?

jhasse 9y ago

The thing that makes Firefox on Android unuseable for me: URLs which should be handled by apps (e.g. youtube) always open in Firefox.