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I switched to firefox after NEVER using it before when google started forcefully logging me in. Honestly, i havnt missed it all. Firefox on mobile is awesome -

by weq 5y ago

I switched to firefox after NEVER using it before when google started forcefully logging me in. Honestly, i havnt missed it all. Firefox on mobile is awesome - plugins work! Plus, no longer does google know where i am anymore. Its ability to track and suggest ads to me is pathetic.

chii 5y ago
> no longer does google know where i am anymore i doubt it - they probably know just as much from extrapolation off other data points, even if the browser data point is gone.
echelon 5y ago
My one gripe about Firefox mobile is that "pull down to refresh" and other common gestures don't work. Unless I'm missing something, there aren't settings available to enable this. Is this some kind of patented behavior that Mozilla is afraid to implement?
- rmbyrro 5y ago
  That we have to worry whether "pull down" is patented shows how far the patent system is from fulfilling its promise.
  - echelon 5y ago
    I was curious, so I just looked it up. "pull down to refresh" is patented by Twitter: https://www.theverge.com/2013/5/21/4350826/twitter-pull-to-refresh-patent-innovators-patent-agreement-announced https://www.theverge.com/2013/5/21/4350826/twitter-pull-to-r... And Firefox implements the feature in Nightly (this is an old thread, so perhaps it has already landed in mainline) : https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/nzfcak/why_do_we_not_have_pull_to_refresh_on_firefox/ https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/nzfcak/why_do_we_n...
- JeremyNT 5y ago
  On Android, "pull down to refresh" exists, and (I think?) it was enabled by default. (I find it a little obnoxious actually, as I frequently accidentally hit it trying to scroll back up)
unityByFreedom 5y ago
> plugins work! Only certain ones from their recommended program. Add-on support on mobile is still very limited from what it could be.
- leodriesch 5y ago
  Not certain with this, but it might be a limitation of the Play Store rules. You are not allowed to publish some sort of App Store on the Play Store, which the Firefox Extension Store would kind of be.

by weq 5y ago

chii 5y ago

> no longer does google know where i am anymore i doubt it - they probably know just as much from extrapolation off other data points, even if the browser data point is gone.

echelon 5y ago

My one gripe about Firefox mobile is that "pull down to refresh" and other common gestures don't work. Unless I'm missing something, there aren't settings available to enable this. Is this some kind of patented behavior that Mozilla is afraid to implement?

rmbyrro 5y ago
That we have to worry whether "pull down" is patented shows how far the patent system is from fulfilling its promise.
- echelon 5y ago
  I was curious, so I just looked it up. "pull down to refresh" is patented by Twitter: https://www.theverge.com/2013/5/21/4350826/twitter-pull-to-refresh-patent-innovators-patent-agreement-announced https://www.theverge.com/2013/5/21/4350826/twitter-pull-to-r... And Firefox implements the feature in Nightly (this is an old thread, so perhaps it has already landed in mainline) : https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/nzfcak/why_do_we_not_have_pull_to_refresh_on_firefox/ https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/nzfcak/why_do_we_n...
JeremyNT 5y ago
On Android, "pull down to refresh" exists, and (I think?) it was enabled by default. (I find it a little obnoxious actually, as I frequently accidentally hit it trying to scroll back up)

unityByFreedom 5y ago

> plugins work! Only certain ones from their recommended program. Add-on support on mobile is still very limited from what it could be.

leodriesch 5y ago
Not certain with this, but it might be a limitation of the Play Store rules. You are not allowed to publish some sort of App Store on the Play Store, which the Firefox Extension Store would kind of be.