Ask HN: What would you want in an ideal web browser?

Re:Ask HN: What would you want in an ideal web browser? by wtbob on Monday August 17, 2015 @06:56AM (#10072286)

If you're using Android, then Firefox supports ad blocking.

If you're not using Android…well, that's the choice you made.

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Re:Ask HN: What would you want in an ideal web browser? by TorKlingberg on Monday August 17, 2015 @10:45AM (#10073307)

Last time I checked ad blocking on Android was quite difficult to set up. It requires root, it runs as a background process, and I need to set up a proxy for each wifi connection. When the adblock process died, the internet connection would stop working completely.

I just want an ad blocker in the browser, like on the desktop.

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Re:Ask HN: What would you want in an ideal web browser? by Spivak on Monday August 17, 2015 @12:37PM (#10074216)

Ad blocking on Android system wide using something like AdAway ranges from easy to impossible depending on the phone but you can install the same ad blocking extensions on mobile Firefox that you have on the desktop without any trouble.

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Re:Ask HN: What would you want in an ideal web browser? by TorKlingberg on Monday August 17, 2015 @01:04PM (#10074451)

Thanks, I should give Firefox on Android an other try.

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Re:Ask HN: What would you want in an ideal web browser? by wtbob on Monday August 17, 2015 @08:25PM (#10076958)

> Last time I checked ad blocking on Android was quite difficult to set up.

Nope, just install Firefox, go to Tools:Add-ons, find AdBlock Plus or uBlock Origin, install it, and never see an ad again. No rooting, no proxying, no goofiness.

Only works in the browser, but it works well enough for me.

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