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Firefox on Android is not amazing, it is on the contrary quite annoying and has gotten more so over the years * Tabs get stuck frequently, and can only be revi

Firefox on Android is not amazing, it is on the contrary quite annoying and has gotten more so over the years * Tabs get stuck frequently, and can only be revived by closing, then undoing close. * Can no longer access about:config in release builds * Bookmarks got demoted in favor of Pocket, can no longer set bookmarks as default home page * URL autocompletion got dumbed down, first on mobile and then also on desktop * etc.

erinaceousjones 2y ago
My experience with Firefox Nightly for ~1 year below. Ironically, the nightly sounds more consistently stable than the current release build then!: * Never had this tabs problem * I can see about:config * Bookmarks are fine and there's no mention of Pocket. Bookmarks show up ON the homepage, but yeah not being able to set a bookmark / any URL AS a homepage is a bit of an annoying feature lack * URL completion works as I expect it to, although it does bug me how it strips the protocol from the URL so I have to manually type in `http:// http://` for plaintext sites even when I've visited them before; depending on who you ask that is considered a "security feature" but kinda annoying. Other than that, I start typing in a URL and it shows me suggestions from my history followed by option to use my preferred search engine to search it. All in all, I've not really felt FF (even nightly) be particularly different or unstable to using chrome. Second comment I've made in this thread where I'm replying (ever so helpfully) "Huh, but it works for me" so I'll stop now :-). I promise the Mozilla Foundation aren't bribing nor blackmailing me.
- oldmariner 2y ago
  I don't remember seeing Pocket, so I went back to the settings to look. There's an option to have "Thought-provoking stories" which in smaller text says "Powered by Pocket". Considering I didn't even realize it said Pocket the first time around, I think bookmarks are more prominent over Pocket, so I don't see bookmarks being demoted in favor of Pocket.
  - csande17 2y ago
    For a while, bookmarks were demoted in favor of Collections, a jankier version of bookmarks that didn't sync properly to desktop and included a button to open all of them at once in multiple tabs. Collections are still there, but they've made it easier to use regular bookmarks too, so now Firefox for Android just has two versions of bookmarks in it for some reason. Entirely unrelated to Pocket, as far as I know, except in the general sense of Mozilla having bad ideas related to bookmarks.
- Aardwolf 2y ago
  > Bookmarks show up ON the homepage How? For me the closest thing I can get is "recent" bookmarks, but if you didn't bookmark a page recently it shows nothing at all, not even a link to all bookmarks, on the new tab page
jgalt212 2y ago
Pocket is the worst. It tried to get me to read some article where the author was whinging that her daughter was pretty and people were complementing her as such. https://time.com/6990734/ugly-side-of-pretty-essay/ https://time.com/6990734/ugly-side-of-pretty-essay/
- Geezus_42 2y ago
  You clearly did not understand that woman's point.
  - ndriscoll 2y ago
    I don't understand her point. I guess that she's uncomfortable with human aesthetics? Why would being pretty require sacrifices in health and self-respect? One of the largest factors in looking good is being in good shape/physically healthy. Avoiding skin damage from UV is also a big one. Why would you lose self-respect for looking good?

erinaceousjones 2y ago

My experience with Firefox Nightly for ~1 year below. Ironically, the nightly sounds more consistently stable than the current release build then!: * Never had this tabs problem * I can see about:config * Bookmarks are fine and there's no mention of Pocket. Bookmarks show up ON the homepage, but yeah not being able to set a bookmark / any URL AS a homepage is a bit of an annoying feature lack * URL completion works as I expect it to, although it does bug me how it strips the protocol from the URL so I have to manually type in `http:// http://` for plaintext sites even when I've visited them before; depending on who you ask that is considered a "security feature" but kinda annoying. Other than that, I start typing in a URL and it shows me suggestions from my history followed by option to use my preferred search engine to search it. All in all, I've not really felt FF (even nightly) be particularly different or unstable to using chrome. Second comment I've made in this thread where I'm replying (ever so helpfully) "Huh, but it works for me" so I'll stop now :-). I promise the Mozilla Foundation aren't bribing nor blackmailing me.

oldmariner 2y ago
I don't remember seeing Pocket, so I went back to the settings to look. There's an option to have "Thought-provoking stories" which in smaller text says "Powered by Pocket". Considering I didn't even realize it said Pocket the first time around, I think bookmarks are more prominent over Pocket, so I don't see bookmarks being demoted in favor of Pocket.
- csande17 2y ago
  For a while, bookmarks were demoted in favor of Collections, a jankier version of bookmarks that didn't sync properly to desktop and included a button to open all of them at once in multiple tabs. Collections are still there, but they've made it easier to use regular bookmarks too, so now Firefox for Android just has two versions of bookmarks in it for some reason. Entirely unrelated to Pocket, as far as I know, except in the general sense of Mozilla having bad ideas related to bookmarks.
Aardwolf 2y ago
> Bookmarks show up ON the homepage How? For me the closest thing I can get is "recent" bookmarks, but if you didn't bookmark a page recently it shows nothing at all, not even a link to all bookmarks, on the new tab page

jgalt212 2y ago

Pocket is the worst. It tried to get me to read some article where the author was whinging that her daughter was pretty and people were complementing her as such. https://time.com/6990734/ugly-side-of-pretty-essay/ https://time.com/6990734/ugly-side-of-pretty-essay/

Geezus_42 2y ago
You clearly did not understand that woman's point.
- ndriscoll 2y ago
  I don't understand her point. I guess that she's uncomfortable with human aesthetics? Why would being pretty require sacrifices in health and self-respect? One of the largest factors in looking good is being in good shape/physically healthy. Avoiding skin damage from UV is also a big one. Why would you lose self-respect for looking good?