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I'm a huge proponent of Firefox on desktop, but the new Firefox on mobile is just awful awful awful. I've switched to Vivaldi and it's just much snappier and d

I'm a huge proponent of Firefox on desktop, but the new Firefox on mobile is just awful awful awful. I've switched to Vivaldi and it's just much snappier and doesn't have the papercuts FF mobile is currently struggling through. Total rewrites are cool, but they're real rough around the edges at first.

Mudface_72 6y ago
Try firefox lite, get it on uptodown or apkmirror. Its has a region lock an the ppay store.
Mudface_72 6y ago
Try firefox lite on android, you can dl the apk on uptodown or apkmirror, its region locked in the playstore.
CivBase 6y ago
> I'm a huge proponent of Firefox on desktop, but the new Firefox on mobile is just awful awful awful. I strongly disagree. There are certainly issues, many of which are a result of the recent redesign, but I still find it a much better experience than Chrome on mobile and I think calling it "awful" is hyperbolic. Here are some examples of why I think FF > Chrome on mobile: Firefox mobile supports extensions which I consider necessary at this point, such as uBlock Origin. I can put the address bar at the bottom, where my fingers are. The reader features makes many websites much easier to read - particularly on mobile. Chrome defaults to opening things in tab groups now, which I find to be much more finicky to use than normal tabs. Bookmarks are for saving pages long-term, not tabs.
vharuck 6y ago
I'm with you. I preferred the previous version of Firefox on Android. Since switching to the new version: - I've noticed it crashes much more. - It still doesn't support all the extensions I used to have, like uMatrix. - All my bookmarks disappeared when it updated to the new version. I know syncing bookmarks would've let me recover, but I didn't realize it'd happen on the first place. And it seems like an easy problem to Amos even if a user didn't sync.
- Daho0n 6y ago
  Doenonenof you points: You can't really blame Firefox for not supporting uMatrix since it isn't developed anymore.
- kiwijamo 6y ago
  I've not noticed a crash in the several months I've been using the new version. Have you tried the usual things like clearing cache/data, reinstalling, etc? It took me a while to get used to it (especially the move of the address bar to the bottom) but I'm quite happy with it now. It also supports uBO which blocks pretty much all the ads. I agree it's disappointing what they have done with extensions though. Syncing to Firefox on my laptop is quite good though and very useful for looking up history e.g if I remember finding a good website I don't have to worry about recalling whether I was using my mobile or my laptop when I found it. All my history across all devices are there so I'll easily find whatever it is I was looking for.
heavyset_go 6y ago
I've been using Firefox on Android for several years, and I like the new Firefox for Android.

Mudface_72 6y ago

Try firefox lite, get it on uptodown or apkmirror. Its has a region lock an the ppay store.

Mudface_72 6y ago

Try firefox lite on android, you can dl the apk on uptodown or apkmirror, its region locked in the playstore.

CivBase 6y ago

> I'm a huge proponent of Firefox on desktop, but the new Firefox on mobile is just awful awful awful. I strongly disagree. There are certainly issues, many of which are a result of the recent redesign, but I still find it a much better experience than Chrome on mobile and I think calling it "awful" is hyperbolic. Here are some examples of why I think FF > Chrome on mobile: Firefox mobile supports extensions which I consider necessary at this point, such as uBlock Origin. I can put the address bar at the bottom, where my fingers are. The reader features makes many websites much easier to read - particularly on mobile. Chrome defaults to opening things in tab groups now, which I find to be much more finicky to use than normal tabs. Bookmarks are for saving pages long-term, not tabs.

vharuck 6y ago

I'm with you. I preferred the previous version of Firefox on Android. Since switching to the new version: - I've noticed it crashes much more. - It still doesn't support all the extensions I used to have, like uMatrix. - All my bookmarks disappeared when it updated to the new version. I know syncing bookmarks would've let me recover, but I didn't realize it'd happen on the first place. And it seems like an easy problem to Amos even if a user didn't sync.

Daho0n 6y ago
Doenonenof you points: You can't really blame Firefox for not supporting uMatrix since it isn't developed anymore.
kiwijamo 6y ago
I've not noticed a crash in the several months I've been using the new version. Have you tried the usual things like clearing cache/data, reinstalling, etc? It took me a while to get used to it (especially the move of the address bar to the bottom) but I'm quite happy with it now. It also supports uBO which blocks pretty much all the ads. I agree it's disappointing what they have done with extensions though. Syncing to Firefox on my laptop is quite good though and very useful for looking up history e.g if I remember finding a good website I don't have to worry about recalling whether I was using my mobile or my laptop when I found it. All my history across all devices are there so I'll easily find whatever it is I was looking for.

heavyset_go 6y ago

I've been using Firefox on Android for several years, and I like the new Firefox for Android.