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I have two complaints for Firefox Mobile (Android. 1. `about:config` is disabled on Stable branch, if you want to access it you need to use the Beta branch. Wh

by m-p-3 5y ago

I have two complaints for Firefox Mobile (Android. 1. `about:config` is disabled on Stable branch, if you want to access it you need to use the Beta branch. Why is that the case? You don't see the same arbitrary limitation on desktop. 2. It seems to have issue loading a page randomly from time to time, and even trying to reload or open a different URL doesn't work, kinda like as if the tab itself crashed and became unresponsive. I haven't found a cause yet, and I don't know if I'm the only one.

nonbirithm 5y ago
Just to add another data point, I also experienced the second issue when trying to navigate between links with Fenix on many different occasions, including the period I was writing this post. However, I chose not to mention it because I also wasn't able to reliably reproduce it.
- commoner 5y ago
  I used to experience this issue when I had manually configured my DNS over HTTPS (DoH) settings on Firefox for Android in about:config, and had set network.trr.mode to 3 (force DoH). Changing it to 2 (prefer DoH, use normal DNS as fallback) fixed the issue for me. https://wiki.mozilla.org/Trusted_Recursive_Resolver#DNS-over-HTTPS_Prefs_in_Firefox https://wiki.mozilla.org/Trusted_Recursive_Resolver#DNS-over...
dont__panic 5y ago
Agreed about point 1 -- it seems silly to disable "advanced" features on the Stable distribution of the browser. Of course, clearly someone at Mozilla thinks this is a good idea because they do the same damn thing on desktop -- you can't disable add-on certificate checks on Stable, but you can on the Beta/Nightly/Developer Edition branches. We all found out the hard way a couple of years ago when all the FireFox add-ons stopped working just because someone forget to renew a certificate.
cptskippy 5y ago
The lack of about:config bugs me as well. I believe this lockout coincided with the introduction of Mobile Friendly Add-Ons. The pages not loading is something that started with-in the last year and it seems to be getting worse. I open a lot of things in new tabs and at least 10% of the time it fails.

by m-p-3 5y ago

nonbirithm 5y ago

Just to add another data point, I also experienced the second issue when trying to navigate between links with Fenix on many different occasions, including the period I was writing this post. However, I chose not to mention it because I also wasn't able to reliably reproduce it.

commoner 5y ago
I used to experience this issue when I had manually configured my DNS over HTTPS (DoH) settings on Firefox for Android in about:config, and had set network.trr.mode to 3 (force DoH). Changing it to 2 (prefer DoH, use normal DNS as fallback) fixed the issue for me. https://wiki.mozilla.org/Trusted_Recursive_Resolver#DNS-over-HTTPS_Prefs_in_Firefox https://wiki.mozilla.org/Trusted_Recursive_Resolver#DNS-over...

dont__panic 5y ago

Agreed about point 1 -- it seems silly to disable "advanced" features on the Stable distribution of the browser. Of course, clearly someone at Mozilla thinks this is a good idea because they do the same damn thing on desktop -- you can't disable add-on certificate checks on Stable, but you can on the Beta/Nightly/Developer Edition branches. We all found out the hard way a couple of years ago when all the FireFox add-ons stopped working just because someone forget to renew a certificate.

cptskippy 5y ago

The lack of about:config bugs me as well. I believe this lockout coincided with the introduction of Mobile Friendly Add-Ons. The pages not loading is something that started with-in the last year and it seems to be getting worse. I open a lot of things in new tabs and at least 10% of the time it fails.