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Firefox Android to scrap URL from new address bar

13 points by montroser 2y ago

montroser 2y ago
Firefox Nightly now has a double-height address bar with only the domain, instead of the full url. And then a non-optional second row with a toolbar containing dedicated back and forward buttons. No option to turn this insanity off...
- rolph 2y ago
  use prior version and turn the upgrades off. kludge through upgrades, and roll your own improvements. it works for me, but i also have time and tools.
not_your_vase 2y ago
> only domain is visible Another victim of copy-Apple-syndrome :( Safari on iOS/iPadOS has been doing this since ages (and I dislike it also there). I guess the usual Firefox story follows: in the first 3-4 major versions there will be an hidden about:config flag to change it back to the original behavior, and then it gets removed it also, saying that "nobody used it" (because nobody knew it existed).
- montroser 2y ago
  Yeah. As if URLs are somehow "not for regular people". That only the dorks and nerds could possibly understand such things. The idea that we must hide this type of information both underestimates humanity and undermines the whole concept of the world wide web.
1oooqooq 2y ago
anyone still using Firefox from the play store is a fool. the fdroid build removed a lot of insanity Mozilla puts on the Android build for no reason other than being idiots and pleasing shady deals with google
- HackingWizard 2y ago
  Can you share some examples?
  - 1oooqooq 2y ago
    mozilla builds firefox for android (fennec). a perfectly functional browser. Then they remove: - dev tools (understandable, but it's weird because it works perfectly if you dont' remove) - the ADDED code to create a list of white-listed extensions! And never updated the list in over a decade! - they prevent you from accessing about:config - they remove 80% of the settings from the settings screen. - They disable user.js and user.css - they add full google suit client library code when they only claim to use the screen cast (which do not require the full client, which is only needed if you also show ads from google network...) - probably many more things - the f-droid build just don't do any of that crap. simply builds and packages and distribute. a perfectly functional browser. With a fully verifiable build too! because you didn't add external binaries and undocumented steps.
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13 points by montroser 2y ago

Firefox Nightly now has a double-height address bar with only the domain, instead of the full url. And then a non-optional second row with a toolbar containing dedicated back and forward buttons. No option to turn this insanity off...

rolph 2y ago
use prior version and turn the upgrades off. kludge through upgrades, and roll your own improvements. it works for me, but i also have time and tools.

not_your_vase 2y ago

> only domain is visible Another victim of copy-Apple-syndrome :( Safari on iOS/iPadOS has been doing this since ages (and I dislike it also there). I guess the usual Firefox story follows: in the first 3-4 major versions there will be an hidden about:config flag to change it back to the original behavior, and then it gets removed it also, saying that "nobody used it" (because nobody knew it existed).

montroser 2y ago
Yeah. As if URLs are somehow "not for regular people". That only the dorks and nerds could possibly understand such things. The idea that we must hide this type of information both underestimates humanity and undermines the whole concept of the world wide web.

1oooqooq 2y ago

anyone still using Firefox from the play store is a fool. the fdroid build removed a lot of insanity Mozilla puts on the Android build for no reason other than being idiots and pleasing shady deals with google

HackingWizard 2y ago
Can you share some examples?
- 1oooqooq 2y ago
  mozilla builds firefox for android (fennec). a perfectly functional browser. Then they remove: - dev tools (understandable, but it's weird because it works perfectly if you dont' remove) - the ADDED code to create a list of white-listed extensions! And never updated the list in over a decade! - they prevent you from accessing about:config - they remove 80% of the settings from the settings screen. - They disable user.js and user.css - they add full google suit client library code when they only claim to use the screen cast (which do not require the full client, which is only needed if you also show ads from google network...) - probably many more things - the f-droid build just don't do any of that crap. simply builds and packages and distribute. a perfectly functional browser. With a fully verifiable build too! because you didn't add external binaries and undocumented steps.
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