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Re:How Firefox Got Fast Again by on_and_off on Monday November 13, 2017 @03:18PM (#15689824)
and this is where Chrome has a good hook on me.

In order to switch, both FF desktop and mobile need to be better than Chrome.

Does FF support a version of Chrome tabs too ?

Damn, they have built themselves a good moat just with features I will miss.

Re:How Firefox Got Fast Again by allenz on Monday November 13, 2017 @03:36PM (#15689989)
I prefer FF over Chrome on mobile. FF mobile allows extensions such as uBlock Origin and Google Link Fixer which I find essential. FF supports sending tabs to other devices, if that's what you mean by Chrome tabs.
Re:How Firefox Got Fast Again by jazoom on Monday November 13, 2017 @03:51PM (#15690123)
Firefox on Android has awful scrolling physics. I will never be able to use it while the scrolling is different to every other app on my phone.
Re:How Firefox Got Fast Again by mozoldie on Monday November 13, 2017 @04:16PM (#15690327)
Last I checked they were using the native Android scrolling physics. I could be mistaken though.
Re:How Firefox Got Fast Again by jazoom on Monday November 13, 2017 @04:35PM (#15690472)
If so then I don't know why it has felt so different to every other app on all 3 of my Nexus devices (currently the 6P).
Re:How Firefox Got Fast Again by allenz on Monday November 13, 2017 @04:05PM (#15690241)
I guess it depends on the phone. Scrolling is smooth on my HTC One.
Re:How Firefox Got Fast Again by jazoom on Monday November 13, 2017 @04:33PM (#15690470)
It's definitely smooth. Too smooth, in fact. It feels like my finger is slipping on the screen. No other app does this.
Re:How Firefox Got Fast Again by mcjiggerlog on Monday November 13, 2017 @07:03PM (#15691416)
Glad I'm not the only one - I love everything else about the app but, as you said, it scrolls differently to every other app on my phone. So frustrating. Sticking with Chrome for now.
Re:How Firefox Got Fast Again by NikolaeVarius on Monday November 13, 2017 @04:01PM (#15690206)
FF is insanely slow on mobile. Scrolling in janky and rendering seems to be about 50% slower than Chromium
Re:How Firefox Got Fast Again by Y_Y on Monday November 13, 2017 @05:14PM (#15690779)
Maybe it's your phone?
Re:How Firefox Got Fast Again by NikolaeVarius on Monday November 13, 2017 @07:09PM (#15691451)
Nexus 6 and yet doesn't make sense that all my non Firefox browsers are perfect
Re:How Firefox Got Fast Again by inanutshellus on Monday November 13, 2017 @03:32PM (#15689943)
I don't know about iOS but the Firefox Android app is great and works with Firefox Sync, of course.
Re:How Firefox Got Fast Again by Spivak on Monday November 13, 2017 @03:55PM (#15690157)
Yes it does. The feature is called Custom Tabs in FF but it's there.
Re:How Firefox Got Fast Again by on_and_off on Monday November 13, 2017 @05:39PM (#15690961)
Will it sync with another browser though.

That's asking a lot (chrome does not do that AFAIK) but that's the only way to allow me to use multiple browsers on different devices fluidly (and also to continue using chrome where it has an edge, like on mobile with chrome tabs)

Re:How Firefox Got Fast Again by NoGravitas on Tuesday November 14, 2017 @08:19AM (#15694700)
The Firefox equivalent of Chrome Custom Tabs on Android is Firefox Focus, IMO. I use Focus for opening links from other apps, but full Firefox (beta) for actual browsing.