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I've switched over to Firefox on all devices. It's especially useful on Android because I can use uBlock and other useful extensions, where Chrome doesn't have

I've switched over to Firefox on all devices. It's especially useful on Android because I can use uBlock and other useful extensions, where Chrome doesn't have any. The only feature I hope for is "hit tab to search" after typing a domain name in the search bar. For example in Chrome I can type "youtube.com" and then hit tab, and then type in a search query.

numbers 8y ago
I'm on iOS using firefox and I had no idea you can install extensions on the Android version of firefox, that's very cool!
toflon 8y ago
I know it's not the same, but if you bookmark "https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%s" https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%s" and put in a keyword like "yt". You can type "yt whatever" in the addressbar and it will do a search on youtube.
- Zren 8y ago
  You can also use https://www.reddit.com/r/%S https://www.reddit.com/r/%S with a capital `%S` to avoid escaping the slashes, so you can type "r all/top" or with GitHub "g Zren/reponame"
  - remram 8y ago
    This is exactly what I needed. I set up this exact shortcut years ago, in Chrome, and have been slightly annoyed for months that "r sub/top" didn't work on Firefox. Thank you stranger.
- Vinnl 8y ago
  And if you set DuckDuckGo or Qwant or a different search engine that supports !bangs as your default search engine, you can use those in your address bar - so no need to configure !yt, !w, !s etc manually.
  - rasmussondk 8y ago
    https://www.givero.com https://www.givero.com has the full range of DDG bangs - and shares its revenue with good causes.
MattSteelblade 8y ago
I agree. I would absolutely love tab to search in Firefox. The bookmark keyword is inferior
0x5f3759df-i 8y ago
If you use DDG as your default search engine you can use bangs to get something kind of similar, typing "!yt search query" for example
samirm 8y ago
I just wish FF Focus would let you sync your browsing history :(
- hexandcube 8y ago
  But Focus doesn't store your browsing history.
  - samirm 8y ago
    Yeah I know, I'm just expressing my desire that it would. It's nice, clean, simple and nowhere near as "bloaty" (for lack of a better word) as normal FF on android. I use it as my default browser on my phone, but (for some reason[1]) every now and again it dumps articles I leave open and then I am no longer able to find and read them :/ [1] I have a feeling it happens after every update.
asdff 8y ago
By far the biggest annoyance with firefox on mobile is that when you open the browser, are presented with all your tabs, and a toolbar which only searches your open tabs rather than just being a toolbar that you can type in a website, or a search term, or also search amongst your open tabs.
- zeusly 8y ago
  that's not how my firefox on android behaves, I can search just fine from the new tab page
  - asdff 8y ago
    Might be an iOS thing then
snaky 8y ago
> uBlock and other useful extensions, where Chrome doesn't have any. The most underrated and undermarketed to the average user Firefox feature.
b5u 8y ago
I too have switched on both mobile (Android) and PC. The only thing I would really need now is that the sync is automatic and I don't have to manually trigger it. The main benefit would be to browse something on your phone then be able to access it on your desktop via Library > Synced Tabs - no need to send it or sync it manually (which require additional steps/taps).

numbers 8y ago

I'm on iOS using firefox and I had no idea you can install extensions on the Android version of firefox, that's very cool!

toflon 8y ago

I know it's not the same, but if you bookmark "https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%s" https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%s" and put in a keyword like "yt". You can type "yt whatever" in the addressbar and it will do a search on youtube.

Zren 8y ago
You can also use https://www.reddit.com/r/%S https://www.reddit.com/r/%S with a capital `%S` to avoid escaping the slashes, so you can type "r all/top" or with GitHub "g Zren/reponame"
- remram 8y ago
  This is exactly what I needed. I set up this exact shortcut years ago, in Chrome, and have been slightly annoyed for months that "r sub/top" didn't work on Firefox. Thank you stranger.
Vinnl 8y ago
And if you set DuckDuckGo or Qwant or a different search engine that supports !bangs as your default search engine, you can use those in your address bar - so no need to configure !yt, !w, !s etc manually.
- rasmussondk 8y ago
  https://www.givero.com https://www.givero.com has the full range of DDG bangs - and shares its revenue with good causes.

MattSteelblade 8y ago

I agree. I would absolutely love tab to search in Firefox. The bookmark keyword is inferior

0x5f3759df-i 8y ago

If you use DDG as your default search engine you can use bangs to get something kind of similar, typing "!yt search query" for example

samirm 8y ago

I just wish FF Focus would let you sync your browsing history :(

hexandcube 8y ago
But Focus doesn't store your browsing history.
- samirm 8y ago
  Yeah I know, I'm just expressing my desire that it would. It's nice, clean, simple and nowhere near as "bloaty" (for lack of a better word) as normal FF on android. I use it as my default browser on my phone, but (for some reason[1]) every now and again it dumps articles I leave open and then I am no longer able to find and read them :/ [1] I have a feeling it happens after every update.

asdff 8y ago

By far the biggest annoyance with firefox on mobile is that when you open the browser, are presented with all your tabs, and a toolbar which only searches your open tabs rather than just being a toolbar that you can type in a website, or a search term, or also search amongst your open tabs.

zeusly 8y ago
that's not how my firefox on android behaves, I can search just fine from the new tab page
- asdff 8y ago
  Might be an iOS thing then

snaky 8y ago

> uBlock and other useful extensions, where Chrome doesn't have any. The most underrated and undermarketed to the average user Firefox feature.

b5u 8y ago

I too have switched on both mobile (Android) and PC. The only thing I would really need now is that the sync is automatic and I don't have to manually trigger it. The main benefit would be to browse something on your phone then be able to access it on your desktop via Library > Synced Tabs - no need to send it or sync it manually (which require additional steps/taps).