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I await the usual complaints about Mozilla's side projects as well as the dependence on the search box money from Google. Firefox is never going to be a thing

I await the usual complaints about Mozilla's side projects as well as the dependence on the search box money from Google. Firefox is never going to be a thing as long as humanity moves from desktops to mobiles where changing the built in browser is very uncommon.

KingOfCoders 3y ago
I use FF on desktop and mobile (although FF on mobile crashes on me, sometimes does not refresh etc.- Android)
- tempest_ 3y ago
  So do I, but I am here with you on hacker news and this site is not a representative sample at all. I have never had mobile FF crash on me, largely been a good experience.
  - anonymousab 3y ago
    > I have never had mobile FF crash on me A few months ago they released a version of Nightly that would crash for most users on startup every time. It was up on the Play store for several days. That would normally be a buyer-beware situation as with any dev build, but Mozilla had purposely locked several important features - such as about:config configuration and loading any extension - behind the Nightly version, forcing users into that kind of experience.
  - KingOfCoders 3y ago
    Most of the problems I have are that when opening a new tab, FF does not show the content. I need to copy paste the url to another tab, and then it works.
nicoburns 3y ago
> as long as humanity moves from desktops to mobiles where changing the built in browser is very uncommon. That might change soon. Seems the EU is planning to mandate allowing the browser to be changed on iOS.
jjordan 3y ago
Using Dark Reader on Firefox Mobile is worth the price of admission. Most people don't know about plugins though, other than maybe adblock.
this_user 3y ago
It would help if their mobile browser were actually good. But ever since their rebuild a few years back, one still can only use a very limited number of addons, and there are still some bizarre GUI behaviours that should be easy to fix. Perhaps giving people a reason to install FF Mobile by offering the superior product should be their focus instead of their myriad of doomed side projects.

KingOfCoders 3y ago

I use FF on desktop and mobile (although FF on mobile crashes on me, sometimes does not refresh etc.- Android)

tempest_ 3y ago
So do I, but I am here with you on hacker news and this site is not a representative sample at all. I have never had mobile FF crash on me, largely been a good experience.
- anonymousab 3y ago
  > I have never had mobile FF crash on me A few months ago they released a version of Nightly that would crash for most users on startup every time. It was up on the Play store for several days. That would normally be a buyer-beware situation as with any dev build, but Mozilla had purposely locked several important features - such as about:config configuration and loading any extension - behind the Nightly version, forcing users into that kind of experience.
- KingOfCoders 3y ago
  Most of the problems I have are that when opening a new tab, FF does not show the content. I need to copy paste the url to another tab, and then it works.

nicoburns 3y ago

> as long as humanity moves from desktops to mobiles where changing the built in browser is very uncommon. That might change soon. Seems the EU is planning to mandate allowing the browser to be changed on iOS.

jjordan 3y ago

Using Dark Reader on Firefox Mobile is worth the price of admission. Most people don't know about plugins though, other than maybe adblock.

this_user 3y ago

It would help if their mobile browser were actually good. But ever since their rebuild a few years back, one still can only use a very limited number of addons, and there are still some bizarre GUI behaviours that should be easy to fix. Perhaps giving people a reason to install FF Mobile by offering the superior product should be their focus instead of their myriad of doomed side projects.