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Try the very latest release (81). I wrote earlier[0] that FF79 was too slow to start, buggy on tab switches, and missing most recent sites on the new tab. That

Try the very latest release (81). I wrote earlier[0] that FF79 was too slow to start, buggy on tab switches, and missing most recent sites on the new tab. That's all been fixed as of FF81 as far as I can see. I also really like the new swipe-url-to-switch-tabs feature =D [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24280554 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24280554

panpanna 6y ago
Just updated and you are correct, 81 feels much snappier!
TheRealPomax 6y ago
Then try it on a tablet, and go "What is this BS?" and start using Chrome, despite the fact that there is no NoScript, about:config, etc. Oh wait, no, just NoScript, because about:config doesn't work in Firefox for Android anymore.
- Dahoon 6y ago
  About:config works just fine on my Android phone with Firefox 81.1.1-beta5. What seems to be the problem?
  - neckardt 6y ago
    about:config was not working on my Android phone, 80.1.3. Ran the latest update to 81.1.1, still not working. Guess it might be in the next release?
    - dblohm7 6y ago
      It is only enabled on Nightly and Beta.
      - neckardt 6y ago
        Why is that? about:config is something I use all the time.
        marumari 6y ago
        Because huge chunks of are broken in the new browser engine, and could leave your browser in an unrecoverable state.
        dblohm7 6y ago
        (I work on GeckoView at Mozilla.) about:config prefs are not "broken," but many of them work much differently in GeckoView than they work in desktop. Setting some prefs to the wrong value could completely disconnect Gecko from the embedding app.
        marumari 6y ago
        I guess we just have different definitions of what "broken" means, since disconnecting Gecko sounds fairly broken to me. :)
conradfr 6y ago
The last update seems to have added yet another unnecessary click to access a pinned site (whatever it's called). It used to be "click on the url bar -> click big site preview", now it's "click on the tab counter -> click the plus icon -> click to dismiss some overlay -> click small site icon". Thanks Mozilla, I hate it.
- antman 6y ago
  Same think with sharing button, also added a significant delay to the sharing menu for good measure.
- endless1234 6y ago
  Yeah, it's not great. But you can get to "new tab" by longpressing the tab counter thingy. Yep, I noticed it by accident.
  - conradfr 6y ago
    Ha, not bad, it puts the action where you finger is already on the screen and it removes on step (the url/search overlay). Thanks !

panpanna 6y ago

Just updated and you are correct, 81 feels much snappier!

TheRealPomax 6y ago

Then try it on a tablet, and go "What is this BS?" and start using Chrome, despite the fact that there is no NoScript, about:config, etc. Oh wait, no, just NoScript, because about:config doesn't work in Firefox for Android anymore.

Dahoon 6y ago
About:config works just fine on my Android phone with Firefox 81.1.1-beta5. What seems to be the problem?
- neckardt 6y ago
  about:config was not working on my Android phone, 80.1.3. Ran the latest update to 81.1.1, still not working. Guess it might be in the next release?
  - dblohm7 6y ago
    It is only enabled on Nightly and Beta.
    - neckardt 6y ago
      Why is that? about:config is something I use all the time.
      - marumari 6y ago
        Because huge chunks of are broken in the new browser engine, and could leave your browser in an unrecoverable state.
        dblohm7 6y ago
        (I work on GeckoView at Mozilla.) about:config prefs are not "broken," but many of them work much differently in GeckoView than they work in desktop. Setting some prefs to the wrong value could completely disconnect Gecko from the embedding app.
        marumari 6y ago
        I guess we just have different definitions of what "broken" means, since disconnecting Gecko sounds fairly broken to me. :)

conradfr 6y ago

The last update seems to have added yet another unnecessary click to access a pinned site (whatever it's called). It used to be "click on the url bar -> click big site preview", now it's "click on the tab counter -> click the plus icon -> click to dismiss some overlay -> click small site icon". Thanks Mozilla, I hate it.

antman 6y ago
Same think with sharing button, also added a significant delay to the sharing menu for good measure.
endless1234 6y ago
Yeah, it's not great. But you can get to "new tab" by longpressing the tab counter thingy. Yep, I noticed it by accident.
- conradfr 6y ago
  Ha, not bad, it puts the action where you finger is already on the screen and it removes on step (the url/search overlay). Thanks !