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I just switched to the current Android Firefox a few weeks ago and I must say I find it very hard to go back to Chrome. uBlock and Dark Reader make the phone b

I just switched to the current Android Firefox a few weeks ago and I must say I find it very hard to go back to Chrome. uBlock and Dark Reader make the phone browsing experience a remarkable amount more pleasant. Chrome's general UI interaction is definitely more polished and snappier all around, but browsing mobile with good ad blocking, and not getting blasted in the face by stark white pages more than covers for Firefox's warts.

eco 7y ago
It should probably be noted that this Firefox Preview they are announcing doesn't yet have Add-On support. But I agree, uBlock Origin makes the mobile web far less painful. Also, I'll point out that you want to be using uBlock Origin, not uBlock. As I recall, Raymond Hill (the creator of uBlock) decided to hand over uBlock Firefox to one of the contributors to offload some of the maintenance burden but then the new owner immediately started trying to monetize it which prompted him to create uBlock Origin.
- rando9297 7y ago
  Last time I checked, Raymond Hill's website didn't even have a donation button. This is an incredibly generous stance for him to take but if he doesn't want money himself maybe he could collect funds for a charity. I really feel I owe someone for this software.
  - the_pwner224 7y ago
    It's free (libre) software; you don't owe anyone. Eventually you will encounter a bug or translation/documentation error in some free software; taking some time to fix that would help everyone. And so would making software to fix a problem and then releasing it under a free license. It might not happen in the near future, but chances are eventually you'll get to contribute something. And even if you don't, just accept uBO as a gift from a nice person.
  - Qub3d 7y ago
    Raymond outlines his reasons for refusing donations on the ublock wiki, if anyone is curious: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Why-don't-you-accept-donations%3F https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Why-don't-you-accept-... One thing he (rightfully) points out is that the real power of ad-blocking solutions comes from the community-maintained blocking lists. In theory one could manually block every url they run across, but in practice we can use these tools (or a tool like pi-hole) almost effortlessly.
    - matz1 7y ago
      Can't he just accept donations while also maintaining the same 'no expectation' attitude ? Isn't it what donation is ?
      - gruez 7y ago
        on the other hand, political "donations"
        matz1 7y ago
        Or just simply called donation
    - Simon_says 7y ago
      In theory I could do every computation my CPU does, but I don't want to.
  - davidgerard 7y ago
    He wants people to donate to the people compiling the block lists.
- dochtman 7y ago
  In my experience the built-in tracking protection (now enabled by default) does a pretty good job.
- vorticalbox 7y ago
  I just have blockade installed and have ad blockimg acroos all my apps. FF with add-ons run noticeable slower than brave. https://blokada.org/index.html https://blokada.org/index.html
basch 7y ago
Behind the Overlay, and uMatrix as well. My favorite quadfecta of extensions.
kevin_b_er 7y ago
You better hope they add it soon. Firefox 69 will BE this browser.
mkbkn 7y ago
There's Firefox Lite also. Excellent browser with in-built ad blocking and minimal RAM usage. But I think it's available for Asian countries only.
howlett 7y ago
I tried switching a couple of times but every time I face the same issue - the "touch" response is just _bad_ and I can't seem to be able to fix it. For example the "[-]" link on hackernews is almost impossible to click. I have to brute-force it by clicking multiple times, same applies for other websites where it doesn't seem to pickup the closest link I click. On the other hand, the "Firefox Focus" app and Chrome do not seem to have this issue. Is there any way to fix this, because it's literally the only thing that stopping me.
Markoff 7y ago
you can have dark mode and ad blocker in snappier Brave, Bromite or Kiwi, as well as pull down to refresh

eco 7y ago

It should probably be noted that this Firefox Preview they are announcing doesn't yet have Add-On support. But I agree, uBlock Origin makes the mobile web far less painful. Also, I'll point out that you want to be using uBlock Origin, not uBlock. As I recall, Raymond Hill (the creator of uBlock) decided to hand over uBlock Firefox to one of the contributors to offload some of the maintenance burden but then the new owner immediately started trying to monetize it which prompted him to create uBlock Origin.

rando9297 7y ago
Last time I checked, Raymond Hill's website didn't even have a donation button. This is an incredibly generous stance for him to take but if he doesn't want money himself maybe he could collect funds for a charity. I really feel I owe someone for this software.
- the_pwner224 7y ago
  It's free (libre) software; you don't owe anyone. Eventually you will encounter a bug or translation/documentation error in some free software; taking some time to fix that would help everyone. And so would making software to fix a problem and then releasing it under a free license. It might not happen in the near future, but chances are eventually you'll get to contribute something. And even if you don't, just accept uBO as a gift from a nice person.
- Qub3d 7y ago
  Raymond outlines his reasons for refusing donations on the ublock wiki, if anyone is curious: https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Why-don't-you-accept-donations%3F https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Why-don't-you-accept-... One thing he (rightfully) points out is that the real power of ad-blocking solutions comes from the community-maintained blocking lists. In theory one could manually block every url they run across, but in practice we can use these tools (or a tool like pi-hole) almost effortlessly.
  - matz1 7y ago
    Can't he just accept donations while also maintaining the same 'no expectation' attitude ? Isn't it what donation is ?
    - gruez 7y ago
      on the other hand, political "donations"
      - matz1 7y ago
        Or just simply called donation
  - Simon_says 7y ago
    In theory I could do every computation my CPU does, but I don't want to.
- davidgerard 7y ago
  He wants people to donate to the people compiling the block lists.
dochtman 7y ago
In my experience the built-in tracking protection (now enabled by default) does a pretty good job.
vorticalbox 7y ago
I just have blockade installed and have ad blockimg acroos all my apps. FF with add-ons run noticeable slower than brave. https://blokada.org/index.html https://blokada.org/index.html

basch 7y ago

Behind the Overlay, and uMatrix as well. My favorite quadfecta of extensions.

kevin_b_er 7y ago

You better hope they add it soon. Firefox 69 will BE this browser.

mkbkn 7y ago

There's Firefox Lite also. Excellent browser with in-built ad blocking and minimal RAM usage. But I think it's available for Asian countries only.

howlett 7y ago

I tried switching a couple of times but every time I face the same issue - the "touch" response is just _bad_ and I can't seem to be able to fix it. For example the "[-]" link on hackernews is almost impossible to click. I have to brute-force it by clicking multiple times, same applies for other websites where it doesn't seem to pickup the closest link I click. On the other hand, the "Firefox Focus" app and Chrome do not seem to have this issue. Is there any way to fix this, because it's literally the only thing that stopping me.

Markoff 7y ago

you can have dark mode and ad blocker in snappier Brave, Bromite or Kiwi, as well as pull down to refresh