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Check about:config apz.allow_zooming is set to true or do a fresh install and wipe all configs if that doesn’t do it, native pinch zoom was added in version 83

mdoms 6y ago
It's a fresh install and that's enabled. Let's be clear here: there is pinch to zoom. But it's an extremely half-assed implementation that is most certainly NOT native and feels terrible. I like Firefox but this has been a deal breaker for me for literally years. I don't understand why their zooming and scrolling can be so good on Android but so awful in Windows.
- haxiomic 6y ago
  When you pinch does it jump between zoom levels in large increments or is it smooth? The large jumping was the old behavior – check about:config's browser.gesture.pinch settings are all empty and not mapped to ctrl+ or anything. I haven't tried on Windows but on macOS the native zoom is smooth and pretty good As a last ditch attempt you could try https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/multi-touch-zoom/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/multi-touch-z... But if that doesn't work it may hint that pinch gestures aren't being passed to firefox properly; try pinch zooming on maps.google.com, if that doesn't work then maybe there's a deeper issue going on
  - mdoms 6y ago
    It no longer jumps in big increments but it's still janky and very much non-native.
    - jamienicol 6y ago
      Why do you mean by non-native? If it's janky it might "just" be a performance issue. If you could grab a profile from profiler.firefox.com that would be much appreciated
      - mdoms 6y ago
        By non-native I mean non-native. I am definitely not going to do that, I will simply keep using Edge.
        jamienicol 6y ago
        I'm really struggling to understand what you mean by "non-native" other than "different to edge". But even that's not useful: different how? Too fast, too slow, too sensitive, not sensitive enough?

mdoms 6y ago

It's a fresh install and that's enabled. Let's be clear here: there is pinch to zoom. But it's an extremely half-assed implementation that is most certainly NOT native and feels terrible. I like Firefox but this has been a deal breaker for me for literally years. I don't understand why their zooming and scrolling can be so good on Android but so awful in Windows.

haxiomic 6y ago
When you pinch does it jump between zoom levels in large increments or is it smooth? The large jumping was the old behavior – check about:config's browser.gesture.pinch settings are all empty and not mapped to ctrl+ or anything. I haven't tried on Windows but on macOS the native zoom is smooth and pretty good As a last ditch attempt you could try https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/multi-touch-zoom/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-GB/firefox/addon/multi-touch-z... But if that doesn't work it may hint that pinch gestures aren't being passed to firefox properly; try pinch zooming on maps.google.com, if that doesn't work then maybe there's a deeper issue going on
- mdoms 6y ago
  It no longer jumps in big increments but it's still janky and very much non-native.
  - jamienicol 6y ago
    Why do you mean by non-native? If it's janky it might "just" be a performance issue. If you could grab a profile from profiler.firefox.com that would be much appreciated
    - mdoms 6y ago
      By non-native I mean non-native. I am definitely not going to do that, I will simply keep using Edge.
      - jamienicol 6y ago
        I'm really struggling to understand what you mean by "non-native" other than "different to edge". But even that's not useful: different how? Too fast, too slow, too sensitive, not sensitive enough?