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Great, another random Mozilla project that will be dead within 18 months. Meanwhile, Firefox Mobile is still half broken.

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kiwih 3y ago
What's broken about Firefox mobile? I use the browser exclusively on my android phone (it's even set as the default webview); I don't think I have any notable pain points.
- mey 3y ago
  Will mostly second this, only issue I seem to have is YouTube, everything else works pretty damn well.
- goneri 3y ago
  The tab freeze frequently and you need to kill the application.
  - BHSPitMonkey 3y ago
    I can't think of any times this has happened to me, at least in the last few years. (Using a Pixel 6, with hundreds of open tabs I have a habit of forgetting to close.)
  - prophesi 3y ago
    Given Android's ecosystem, this is likely a device specific problem and is why I dislike developing for Android but love running Android myself.
  - kiwih 3y ago
    Seconding the other comments here, I don't think I've ever had a tab freeze on my phone (OnePlus 7). Might be a device problem?
- xigoi 3y ago
  It still doesn't support most plugins, even though they promised to add them.
  - Vinnl 3y ago
    There's a timeline for that now: > In August we encouraged developers to start preparing their desktop extensions for Firefox Android open availability on addons.mozilla.org (AMO). The project is progressing well and we’re on track to launch the open mobile ecosystem on AMO in December. https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2023/09/27/test-firefox-android-extensions-and-help-developers-prepare-for-an-open-mobile-ecosystem-in-december/ https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2023/09/27/test-firefox-andr...
  - drannex 3y ago
    You can enable that option fairly simple, I've been using nearly all of my desktop extensions since 2020 on mobile.
    - xigoi 3y ago
      More simple than the known method of creating a list with the extensions you want and adding them to the list, then installing them, which is hacky and annoying?
toofy 3y ago
firefox is my main browser on mobile.. am i missing something?

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kiwih 3y ago

What's broken about Firefox mobile? I use the browser exclusively on my android phone (it's even set as the default webview); I don't think I have any notable pain points.

mey 3y ago
Will mostly second this, only issue I seem to have is YouTube, everything else works pretty damn well.
goneri 3y ago
The tab freeze frequently and you need to kill the application.
- BHSPitMonkey 3y ago
  I can't think of any times this has happened to me, at least in the last few years. (Using a Pixel 6, with hundreds of open tabs I have a habit of forgetting to close.)
- prophesi 3y ago
  Given Android's ecosystem, this is likely a device specific problem and is why I dislike developing for Android but love running Android myself.
- kiwih 3y ago
  Seconding the other comments here, I don't think I've ever had a tab freeze on my phone (OnePlus 7). Might be a device problem?
xigoi 3y ago
It still doesn't support most plugins, even though they promised to add them.
- Vinnl 3y ago
  There's a timeline for that now: > In August we encouraged developers to start preparing their desktop extensions for Firefox Android open availability on addons.mozilla.org (AMO). The project is progressing well and we’re on track to launch the open mobile ecosystem on AMO in December. https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2023/09/27/test-firefox-android-extensions-and-help-developers-prepare-for-an-open-mobile-ecosystem-in-december/ https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2023/09/27/test-firefox-andr...
- drannex 3y ago
  You can enable that option fairly simple, I've been using nearly all of my desktop extensions since 2020 on mobile.
  - xigoi 3y ago
    More simple than the known method of creating a list with the extensions you want and adding them to the list, then installing them, which is hacky and annoying?

toofy 3y ago

firefox is my main browser on mobile.. am i missing something?