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15+ years ago Firefox was focused on a fast, stable browser. It was the alternative to the Mozilla browser. They did an excellent job of keeping it both. At som

15+ years ago Firefox was focused on a fast, stable browser. It was the alternative to the Mozilla browser. They did an excellent job of keeping it both. At some point they decided to make it an experimental browser. As soon as they started having regular breaking changes to plugins was when I switched to Chrome. I recently went back to Firefox on mobile, because I like the idea of not giving google all of my data. Also, they have ublock origin, privacy badger and noscript. I have to look at fewer advertisements, but it still isn't as stable or fast as Chrome. It would be great if they refocused on stable fast browsing or spun off a new browser for that purpose (and this time kept it that way when the stable/fast option becomes vastly more popular).

JohnTHaller 4y ago
Strange. I use Firefox on Android daily on both my phone and tablet and haven't seen it crash in months.
- daveguy 4y ago
  Well, that's kind of the point. I haven't seen Chrome crash in years and I use those plugins and a lot more on desktop. On Android I had the same stable fast experience as on desktop (and it wasn't even using ublock to filter 90% of the internet on Android). Chrome just seems a lot more stable and no slowdowns where I have to just close it. Sometimes the keyboard stops working on data entry with firefox. I have none of those problems when I switch back to Chrome. Maybe it's plugin support issues or maybe it's older-phone issues, but there are definitely issues that I don't have on Chrome using the same hardware.
stereoradonc 4y ago
Use Kiwi for Android. It is based on Chrome and has support for extensions. Win Win Situation for you
beej71 4y ago
I haven't benchmarked it, but FF seems as fast as Chrome to me and in my case, tabs definitely crash less frequently. And my overall memory usage is down. I switched back about 6 months ago and am completely pleased with the change. All that said, if they made it faster and more stable, I certainly wouldn't complain. :) One thing I have noticed is that a handful of websites just don't work and I have to view them in Chrome. I think this is a consequence of our homogeneous environment now.

JohnTHaller 4y ago

Strange. I use Firefox on Android daily on both my phone and tablet and haven't seen it crash in months.

daveguy 4y ago
Well, that's kind of the point. I haven't seen Chrome crash in years and I use those plugins and a lot more on desktop. On Android I had the same stable fast experience as on desktop (and it wasn't even using ublock to filter 90% of the internet on Android). Chrome just seems a lot more stable and no slowdowns where I have to just close it. Sometimes the keyboard stops working on data entry with firefox. I have none of those problems when I switch back to Chrome. Maybe it's plugin support issues or maybe it's older-phone issues, but there are definitely issues that I don't have on Chrome using the same hardware.

stereoradonc 4y ago

Use Kiwi for Android. It is based on Chrome and has support for extensions. Win Win Situation for you

beej71 4y ago

I haven't benchmarked it, but FF seems as fast as Chrome to me and in my case, tabs definitely crash less frequently. And my overall memory usage is down. I switched back about 6 months ago and am completely pleased with the change. All that said, if they made it faster and more stable, I certainly wouldn't complain. :) One thing I have noticed is that a handful of websites just don't work and I have to view them in Chrome. I think this is a consequence of our homogeneous environment now.