focus-android
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2,128 | 1,260 | |
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9.7 | 9.3 | |
over 1 year ago | 2 months ago | |
Kotlin | Swift | |
Mozilla Public License 2.0 | Mozilla Public License 2.0 |
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focus-android
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URL Copying Fails on Focus for me
Please report bugs directly to the Firefox Focus developers.
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Firefox Focus "use google account to sign in" pop up, any way to get rid of it?
Since you use Firefox Focus, please report this to its developers. Maybe they can do something about it.
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Firefox Klar?
Not the only one who has noticed it: https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/focus-android/issues/6101
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Possibly a stupid question - why does firefox android app have trackers?
The only Mozilla-backed browser that doesn't have trackers or telemetry enabled by default is Klar (Play Store, Github) because they have to comply with Germany's, Austria's and Switzerland's laws.
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Cannot get rid of Site Exceptions Firefox Focus on Android
I filed https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/focus-android/issues/6888 for this. Feel free to chime in over there if you want to add a "me too" to the comments.
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Firefox Focus iOS: will we get multiple tabs support?
Found an old one, and it looks like they are waiting for Android multitasking features to be implemented.
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On Mobile: Firefox w/ addons VS. Firefox Focus
Focus uses a blacklist of known trackers.
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Firefox have a great desktop browser, but a not so great mobile browser
It seems that Fenix will support HTTPS only mode in very near future. At least, HTTPS only mode for Firefox Focus is actively developing. https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/focus-android/pull/5988
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Reddit links don't work in Firefox Focus anymore.
I think this is https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/focus-android/issues/5101
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Do not change my search engine!
Filing on Bugzilla for the android browsers gets a delayed response and follow up. It's better to go directly to the Github repo.
focus-ios
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Platform issues which disadvantage Firefox compared to first-party browsers
When Mozilla launched Focus for iOS in 2016, Apple had two WebKit implementations on iOS. Focus was implemented with UIWebView (slower, with more extensive content blocking capabilities), while Firefox was implemented with WKWebView (faster, with limited content blocking capabilities).[1]
Focus was Mozilla's way of offering Tracking Protection on iOS in some form without slowing down the performance of its main Firefox for iOS app. In addition to blocking ads within the Focus browser itself, Focus also provided iOS content blockers, which ironically (due to iOS content blockers being exclusive to Safari) allowed Focus users to block ads in Safari but not in Firefox for iOS.[2]
Focus migrated to WKWebView in 2017 after iOS 11 bridged WKWebView's feature gap, allowing Focus to retain its Tracking Protection feature through the transition.[3] With Firefox and Focus both on WKWebView, Mozilla then ported Tracking Protection to Firefox for iOS in 2018.[4] Tracking Protection improved Firefox for iOS, but could not be as comprehensive as the Safari-exclusive content blockers.
By that time, Mozilla had already launched Focus for Android in 2017 even though Firefox for Android already had the ability to block ads more comprehensively with extensions.[4] As a privacy-focused secondary browser, Focus was a niche app that turned out to be well-received by users, and Mozilla probably did not have a good reason to discontinue it even after Firefox for iOS gained Tracking Protection.
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12977855
[2] https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/introducing-fir...
[3] https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/focus-ios/issues/274
[4] https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/latest-firefox-...
[5] https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/firefox-focus-n...
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Firefox Focus for iOS: why can I only have four bookmarks?
Feature request is at https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/focus-ios/issues/2970 but it's been stale for a year.
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Focus now opens links in app? No!
The next update is supposed to fix this: Links should not open outside of Focus by default.
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Anyone use Firefox Focus on iOS 16? It crashes the entire OS, not just the app!
Just did, I'll link it here too just in case: https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/focus-ios/issues/3673
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Mobile Firefox Focus: Anyone feel weird about the spacing around elements?
Github: Firefox Focus for iOS
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Love Focus but it keeps crashing
Try reinstalling the app. If the problem persists, please use this page report crashes and bugs.
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Firefox Focus no longer allows copying a link without visiting the link. Anyone know how to turn this behavior off?
Someone mentioned this on Github months ago: Setting to disable link previews.
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Firefox Focus crashes on iOS 15
Please go to this page and click on New issue to report crashes and bugs.
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Firefox Focus App is Bloated
You can report issues directly to the developers of Firefox Focus for iOS on Github.
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Firefox Focus iOS: will we get multiple tabs support?
Someone opened a new Github issue to request it.
What are some alternatives?
opensnitch - OpenSnitch is a GNU/Linux interactive application firewall inspired by Little Snitch.
bypass-paywalls-firefox-clean
lynis - Lynis - Security auditing tool for Linux, macOS, and UNIX-based systems. Assists with compliance testing (HIPAA/ISO27001/PCI DSS) and system hardening. Agentless, and installation optional.
uMatrix - uMatrix: Point and click matrix to filter net requests according to source, destination and type
fdroid-firefox
ClearURLs-Addon - ClearURLs is an add-on based on the new WebExtensions technology and will automatically remove tracking elements from URLs to help protect your privacy.
linux-hardened - Minimal supplement to upstream Kernel Self Protection Project changes. Features already provided by SELinux + Yama and archs other than multiarch arm64 / x86_64 aren't in scope. Only tags have stable history. Shared IRC channel with KSPP: irc.libera.chat #linux-hardening
Neat-URL - Neat URL cleans URLs, removing parameters such as Google Analytics' utm parameters.
openbsd-wip - OpenBSD work in progress ports
copy-true-link - An add-on that copies True Link URL as shown at the status bar
firefox-profile-switcher - Create, manage and switch between browser profiles seamlessly.
webextensions-examples - Example Firefox add-ons created using the WebExtensions API