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Unfortunately I have a similar experience with FF on Android. A more jittery experience and a bigger batter drain than Chrome, even without any extensions insta

Unfortunately I have a similar experience with FF on Android. A more jittery experience and a bigger batter drain than Chrome, even without any extensions installed. I'll plug my main mobile browser which is now Samsung's internet. I gave it a hesitant try after being disappointed by FF and I'm positively surprised. The UI customization options are even better than Firefox.

Zuiii 4y ago
Samsung's internet has a misguided "feature" where it will change some colors but not others when night/dark mode is active. Do not use it if you rely on accurate color reproduction. Expect a decease in usability (dark text on dark backgrounds, light on light) on reading some sites.
brokenodo 4y ago
Note that the Samsung Internet privacy policy is awful. They collect: “The information we obtain in this manner may include, identifiers associated with your devices, types of devices, web browser characteristics, device and operating system type and characteristics, language preferences, clickstream data, your interactions with Samsung Internet (such as the web pages you visit, links you click and features you use), dates and times of your use of Samsung Internet, and other information about your use of Samsung Internet.” https://developer.samsung.com/internet/privacy-policy-us.html#Childrens-Personal-Information https://developer.samsung.com/internet/privacy-policy-us.htm...
- ThePowerOfFuet 4y ago
  If you hadn't replied with this, I would have. Thank you for spreading this.
- dutchCourage 4y ago
  Thanks for the heads-up, this is pretty bad indeed. There's truly no escaping the fight between convenience and privacy. Sigh
GekkePrutser 4y ago
The rewrite was pretty bad yes but it's good again now. I never use chrome anymore on my Android devices. Only things that still bother me on FF is not having access to all extensions and not having pull to refresh.
- noisem4ker 4y ago
  "Pull to refresh" has been in Firefox for Android for years. See Settings > Customise > Gestures. About not having the full extension catalog available out of the box: it's pitiful, but if you're determined to install non pre-allowed extensions, you can do so using Nightly and with a custom add-on collection. See https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2020/09/29/expanded-extension-support-in-firefox-for-android-nightly/ https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2020/09/29/expanded-extensio....
  - GekkePrutser 4y ago
    Huh, I don't have Pull to Refresh under Settings > Customise > Gestures. I wish I did. I only have "Scroll to hide toolbar" and "Swipe toolbar sideways to switch tabs" This is in Firefox 108.1.0 which is the latest. I know you can mess with Nightly to allow other addons but I don't really like using nightly to be honest. This feature should really be in the mainline too.

Zuiii 4y ago

Samsung's internet has a misguided "feature" where it will change some colors but not others when night/dark mode is active. Do not use it if you rely on accurate color reproduction. Expect a decease in usability (dark text on dark backgrounds, light on light) on reading some sites.

brokenodo 4y ago

Note that the Samsung Internet privacy policy is awful. They collect: “The information we obtain in this manner may include, identifiers associated with your devices, types of devices, web browser characteristics, device and operating system type and characteristics, language preferences, clickstream data, your interactions with Samsung Internet (such as the web pages you visit, links you click and features you use), dates and times of your use of Samsung Internet, and other information about your use of Samsung Internet.” https://developer.samsung.com/internet/privacy-policy-us.html#Childrens-Personal-Information https://developer.samsung.com/internet/privacy-policy-us.htm...

ThePowerOfFuet 4y ago
If you hadn't replied with this, I would have. Thank you for spreading this.
dutchCourage 4y ago
Thanks for the heads-up, this is pretty bad indeed. There's truly no escaping the fight between convenience and privacy. Sigh

GekkePrutser 4y ago

The rewrite was pretty bad yes but it's good again now. I never use chrome anymore on my Android devices. Only things that still bother me on FF is not having access to all extensions and not having pull to refresh.

noisem4ker 4y ago
"Pull to refresh" has been in Firefox for Android for years. See Settings > Customise > Gestures. About not having the full extension catalog available out of the box: it's pitiful, but if you're determined to install non pre-allowed extensions, you can do so using Nightly and with a custom add-on collection. See https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2020/09/29/expanded-extension-support-in-firefox-for-android-nightly/ https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2020/09/29/expanded-extensio....
- GekkePrutser 4y ago
  Huh, I don't have Pull to Refresh under Settings > Customise > Gestures. I wish I did. I only have "Scroll to hide toolbar" and "Swipe toolbar sideways to switch tabs" This is in Firefox 108.1.0 which is the latest. I know you can mess with Nightly to allow other addons but I don't really like using nightly to be honest. This feature should really be in the mainline too.