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Firefox for iPhone and iPad Launches on App Store
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Good! I didn't notice I had an update pending. Thanks for the info!
EDIT: How could I forget to mention Private Browsing in my previous list?
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And I thought the guys doing the latest Steve Jobs movie missed the boat. Firefox... wtf? It's only been how many years?
Serious UX issue. Same situation in Chrome as well.
Why reach all the way up on the screen when this sort of crucial feature is supposed to be easily accessible (E.g. on the bottom)?
Not so sure about serious UX issue. I think it boils down to what you're used to doing. The bottom of the screen is no more accessible than the top.
100% what I bolded from your comment. For me it more of a small annoyance than an actual problem. I use Chrome because it integrates nicely across all my devices. If I could set it as my default browser on my iPad and MBA it would be nice. It's not an issue on my PC's or Android devices because I control the defaults. Again, would be nice, but it's not something that's all that crucial... but it would be nice.
Text Edit is a Text Editor. Word is a Word Processor. Text Editors are used for writing files that will never be printed out (IE, for writing data files like HTML, JSON, or XML, or for writing code files, like C, Py, JS, etc.) while Word Processors are for writing files that will be printed.
Word Processors include Word, Pages, Google Docs (or whatever they call it now), Open Office, Libre Office, Lotus Symphony... I think I probably covered all the major ones.
Text Editors include Notepad (the built in on Windows), Text Editor (built in on OS X), Sublime Text (the best one), Vim, Emacs, Text Wrangler... and there's probably a few other major ones that I'm forgetting right now.
Don't mix them up. They have entirely different purposes. If you want to compare M$ Office to something, compare it to iWork, Open Office, Libre Office, or Lotus Symphony. Don't compare it to a Text Editor. You shouldn't ever type code in M$ Office. You shouldn't ever make a PDF in Sublime Text.
This thread has really fallen apart into pointless bickering without any substantiated facts. A totally pointless flame/browser war.
Are there any real reasons to swap to Firefox for iOS?
The only thing I really want is to sync tabsbetween Chrome on Windows and Safari on iOS and OS X. Right now Safari syncs between iOS and OS X but I can't sync it with Chrome on Windows and vice versa.
Are there any real reasons to swap to Firefox for iOS?
The only thing I really want is to sync tabsbetween Chrome on Windows and Safari on iOS and OS X. Right now Safari syncs between iOS and OS X but I can't sync it with Chrome on Windows and vice versa.
Is it just me or is the UI a little smoother on this than Safari? I'm noticing the transition when I drag from the side to go back, for example.
I'll use it as a second browser if I need to sync with my preferred desktop browser. I think there are many good reasons to choose Firefox on the desktop. It works on all major platforms, performs well, has the best extension ecosystem, respects your privacy (e.g. sync uses true end-to-end encryption), and is not controlled by a giant company that lives off tracking and datamining everything we do.
It would be fantastic if they could all agree on a common syncing protocol. Will never happen though.
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Firefox's the default browser on my Mac, and I've never used Safari on iOS, so for me it would be, swapping from Dolphin to Firefox.
Mozilla engineer here,
We do have bookmark syncing support in 1.1
1Password: working on it https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1162174
We're seeing what we can do provided we would need access to private API's from Apple (as do all other 3rd party browsers), but we're investigating the potential for the future.
I just looked on the App Store site and don't see it. Did it get pulled down?
Following a soft launch and months of testing, Mozilla has released Firefox for iOS on the App Store for free. The WebKit-based web browser for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch features a Firefox-like design, Intelligent Search, Firefox Accounts, Visual Tabs, Private Browsing mode on iOS 9 or later and more.
The web browser's features are best suited for users that also use Firefox on Mac or PC:
Intelligent Search: Suggested search results and list of search options, including Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, Twitter, Amazon and WordPress
Firefox Accounts: Firefox browser history, passwords and open tabs synced between Firefox on the desktop and your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch
Visual Tabs: A card-based grid of intuitive visual and numbered tabs easily let you find content for future reference
Private Browsing: Firefox won't remember any of your history or cookies, but new bookmarks will be saved
Mozilla Firefox was once a leading desktop web browser for PCs and Macs, but it has lost significant market share since Google launched its own Chrome web browser in late 2008. Firefox is now the fourth most popular desktop browser in many countries, trailing behind Chrome, Internet Explorer and Safari.
Mozilla was initially opposed to releasing Firefox on iOS because of Apple's policy that requires third-party browsers to use its own WebKit framework and JavaScript engine, but the company eventually reversed course and announced plans to release an iOS app in December 2014.
Firefox for iOS is free on the App Store for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch and requires iOS 8.2 or later. The app is written in Swift 2.0 and open source on GitHub.
Article Link: Firefox for iPhone and iPad Launches on App Store
No, it's there, but doesn't show up in the app store search function yet. Just use the link provided in the Macrumors article.
I'm inclined to try switching to Firefox on my iOS devices as I use it on my desktop. However I find the current implementation of tab switching is too cumbersome. I thought tabbed browsing on the iPad should be having tabs that we can switch in a tap just like Safari and Chrome, what's up with that?!
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You can set it as your default browser on your MBA. I have Firefox as my default on my MBP, with the AdBlock, Ghostery, and NoScript add-ons. It gives me protection from dodgy websites, if I don't recognize them right away.
I use Chrome (without the NoScript add-on) for websites that I trust, like my bank and brokerage. I don't usually need to disable Ghostery and/or AdBlock, but occasionally have to do so temporarily.
Note, there's a bug we're aware of on the top-sites panel, all our tiles are squished. Fixed in version 1.2 we're working on.
I can't leave safari with content blockers, I don't want to see another ad or pop up ever...
Fanboys love Safari, I get that. But it's a terrible browser. Unless of course you love having your browser chew up all available memory.
Variety is always a good thing. Now people can use either browser they choose. Or for people like me I use both. Each browser is better at different things and I use the strengths of both at different times.
iOS Safari is the best browser because it's tied with everything else on an OS level with links like with Text messages , Email and etc.