Re:Chrome 69: “www.” subdomain missing from URL
by efreak on Thursday September 06, 2018 @06:51PM
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Firefox focus isn't firefox, though, it's a private-browsing-only browser, and it's built on an entirely different engine (chromium, iirc). There's no tabs, history, saved logins, or anything else. It's far from being a full-featured browser. Want to disable javascript or images for a while because you're on data? Too bad, you can't.
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Re:Chrome 69: “www.” subdomain missing from URL
by mqlkib on Friday September 07, 2018 @04:36AM
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I'm using Firefox Klar (Firefox Focus for Germany): I have tabs (you can't open an empty tab, but you can open links in a new tab), the session history is enough for my needs, and I can disable JS under settings (and also web fonts, but not images (that's a pity)).
For logins I'm using Keepass Android Offline, Firefox Focus/Klar can use it as autofill service (neither normal FF nor Chrome can do this).
So for me FF Klar/Focus is the best Android browser at the moment, it superseded the normal FF (with ad blocker) on my phone.
Edited: bad autocorrects from Gboard.
Re:Chrome 69: “www.” subdomain missing from URL
by mythmon_ on Thursday September 06, 2018 @07:13PM
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You're right that Focus is not a full fledged browser, though it is actively being revamped to use GeckoView instead of Chromium. I think the change is in beta right now.
Mozilla is also starting to put more resources into Android (GeckoView, etc). Hopefully we'll see some exciting things in this realm soon.