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No. Most of today's users are using mobiles to surf the web. The new Firefox version is a gamechanger on desktop, but on par with Chrome and other mobile browse

No. Most of today's users are using mobiles to surf the web. The new Firefox version is a gamechanger on desktop, but on par with Chrome and other mobile browsers.

polotics 9y ago
As a mobile browser I was disappointed that control of font size and text reflow / zoom does even less than chrome
buster 9y ago
BUT Quantum is also coming to mobile. Nevertheless, i've already switched to Firefox on desktop and mobile and i'm extremely happy with it after years of Chromium usage.
- irrational 9y ago
  Maybe on Android, but it's not possible to run a different browser on iOS. Well, you can install another browser, but it is really just a different interface for the Safari browser. The guts of the browser will still be Safari.
  - nicoburns 9y ago
    True. This hasn't stopped Chrome though.
    - lucideer 9y ago
      It hasn't stopped either Chrome or Firefox[0] from releasing Safari skins on the AppStore, but unfortunately neither are actually Chrome[1] or Firefox[2] [0] https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/firefox-web-browser/id989804926 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/firefox-web-browser/id989804... [1] https://blog.chromium.org/2017/01/open-sourcing-chrome-on-ios.html https://blog.chromium.org/2017/01/open-sourcing-chrome-on-io... [2] https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2015/05/22/update-on-firefox-for-ios/ https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2015/05/22/update-on...
seren 9y ago
On mobile, I prefer Firefox + uBlock to Chrome.
NikolaeVarius 9y ago
I hold that Brave is the best browser on mobile. Followed by Lighting browser.
lucideer 9y ago
For me, Quantum is the first usable Firefox version on mobile. I've been trialing various versions of it over the years in desperate hope that it would get to a usable state, because the mobile browser ecosystem is bleak other than Firefox - it's the only browser with actual features I want. I was only held back from it by performance. So in that sense, I'd say it's a complete gamechanger on mobile, much more than on desktop.
- seren 9y ago
  And yet all the Quantum code is not yet on Firefox Android 57, so it will get actually better quickly.
  - bobajeff 9y ago
    Yeah but it's still noticably more usable because of the UI change in this release. It basically looks more like Chrome for Android; where as before it looked like a Android Cupcake app.
y_u_no_rust 9y ago
People still use smartphones? LOL
CapsAdmin 9y ago
The biggest selling point for me with firefox on android is the ability to use an adblocker. There's no way I'm going to consider using chrome on android unless it supports extensions like ublock and whatnot.
- KozmoNau7 9y ago
  UBlock Origin in dynamic mode is absolutely essential, I will not use a browser where it is not available. So that means Firefox on mobile, and it makes browsing much less aggravating.

No. Most of today's users are using mobiles to surf the web. The new Firefox version is a gamechanger on desktop, but on par with Chrome and other mobile browsers.

polotics 9y ago

As a mobile browser I was disappointed that control of font size and text reflow / zoom does even less than chrome

buster 9y ago

BUT Quantum is also coming to mobile. Nevertheless, i've already switched to Firefox on desktop and mobile and i'm extremely happy with it after years of Chromium usage.

irrational 9y ago
Maybe on Android, but it's not possible to run a different browser on iOS. Well, you can install another browser, but it is really just a different interface for the Safari browser. The guts of the browser will still be Safari.
- nicoburns 9y ago
  True. This hasn't stopped Chrome though.
  - lucideer 9y ago
    It hasn't stopped either Chrome or Firefox[0] from releasing Safari skins on the AppStore, but unfortunately neither are actually Chrome[1] or Firefox[2] [0] https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/firefox-web-browser/id989804926 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/firefox-web-browser/id989804... [1] https://blog.chromium.org/2017/01/open-sourcing-chrome-on-ios.html https://blog.chromium.org/2017/01/open-sourcing-chrome-on-io... [2] https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2015/05/22/update-on-firefox-for-ios/ https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2015/05/22/update-on...

seren 9y ago

On mobile, I prefer Firefox + uBlock to Chrome.

NikolaeVarius 9y ago

I hold that Brave is the best browser on mobile. Followed by Lighting browser.

lucideer 9y ago

For me, Quantum is the first usable Firefox version on mobile. I've been trialing various versions of it over the years in desperate hope that it would get to a usable state, because the mobile browser ecosystem is bleak other than Firefox - it's the only browser with actual features I want. I was only held back from it by performance. So in that sense, I'd say it's a complete gamechanger on mobile, much more than on desktop.

seren 9y ago
And yet all the Quantum code is not yet on Firefox Android 57, so it will get actually better quickly.
- bobajeff 9y ago
  Yeah but it's still noticably more usable because of the UI change in this release. It basically looks more like Chrome for Android; where as before it looked like a Android Cupcake app.

y_u_no_rust 9y ago

People still use smartphones? LOL

CapsAdmin 9y ago

The biggest selling point for me with firefox on android is the ability to use an adblocker. There's no way I'm going to consider using chrome on android unless it supports extensions like ublock and whatnot.

KozmoNau7 9y ago
UBlock Origin in dynamic mode is absolutely essential, I will not use a browser where it is not available. So that means Firefox on mobile, and it makes browsing much less aggravating.