Firefox for Android

Tharic-Nar · 06-26-2012, 10:50 AM

New release of the Firefox browser for Android users is now out, if people want to give it a try. Seems to be a big improvement with a number of UI options that are likely to appear in the Desktop browser (rounded corners on tabs and such). https://play.google.com/store/apps/d....firefox&hl=en

madmat · 06-26-2012, 11:19 AM

I'd love to try it if my stupid smartphone would support it. Supports Opera but not teh fox.

RainMotorsports · 06-26-2012, 12:47 PM

Yeah that was in Fennec 12 and Beta 14 and up. Been waiting awhile for it to go stable. They actually skipped 11 12 and 13.

Can't get Sync working in this version though.

Rob Williams · 06-26-2012, 02:45 PM

Somehow my phone has never supported Firefox, despite having a compatible version of the OS. But regardless, the more time goes on, the less amount of interest I have in the desktop variant, so I can't see things being much better on a phone. I'll stick to Dolphin.

madmat · 06-26-2012, 02:56 PM

My OS is compatible but you have to have a minimum CPU clock speed for FF and mine doesn't meet the requirement.

Rob Williams · 06-26-2012, 06:09 PM

I am in the same boat then I'm sure. I still have an old 800MHz (I think) beater. Not that it matters much. What I'd really like to be able to run is Chrome, so that I could sync bookmarks between desktop and phone, but noooo, Android 4 only.

RainMotorsports · 06-27-2012, 01:46 AM

Any of you who do use it. If text seems to get big in areas where there is not a lot of writing. Set the font to tiny and it should look like it did in 10 and older. Dunno what the default is as I have to work off converted data until sync gets fixed.

RainMotorsports · 06-27-2012, 04:54 PM

Meh found out what the issue with Sync was. Its on Mozilla's help site. Apparently a problem with Android I can not have sync setup for 2 apps using the same thing.

I know in Beta 14 they were trying to merge Firefox Sync with Sync. I had 14, Beta 14 and Nightly installed with all of these now using that new method it would not work. Uninstalled the other sync works fine now.

Rob Williams · 09-20-2012, 07:25 PM

Alright, so I've been using Firefox for Android these past couple of days, and I have to say that I'm hugely impressed. While I find Chrome stable (for the most part) and Firefox not, PC-wise, I find the opposite to be true on mobile. Chrome stalls, crashes and is generally wonky too often. I then moved over to Firefox, and it's been a dream. Pages load fast, moving pages around is fluid and it generally looks way more attractive. I am rather impressed.

In the latest beta, there's a book-reading option as well that becomes enabled when the page is fully loaded. It looks pretty damn nice.

06-26-2012, 10:50 AM	#1
Tharic-Nar Techgage Staff Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: UK Posts: 1,151	Firefox for Android New release of the Firefox browser for Android users is now out, if people want to give it a try. Seems to be a big improvement with a number of UI options that are likely to appear in the Desktop browser (rounded corners on tabs and such). https://play.google.com/store/apps/d....firefox&hl=en __________________ PSU: Corsair 1000HX - Case: Thermaltake Xaser VI Full Tower - CPU: Intel Core i7 2600 @3.8GHz - Cooler: Thermaltake FRIO - Motherboard: ASUS P67 Sabertooth - Memory: 16GB Corsair Vengeance LP Arctic 1600 - GPU: 2x AMD Radeon HD 5870 - HDD: WD Caviar Black 1TB 6Gb/s - Audio: ASUS Xonar DX + Corsair HS1 USB Headset K/B: Corsair K90 - Mouse: Corsair M60 - Monitor: DELL U2410 - Speakers: Corsair SP2500 - Headset: Corsair HS1A - Mic: Blue Yeti USB Microphone - I need Fiber to fix my Irregular Bandwidth Syndrome -

06-26-2012, 11:19 AM	#2
madmat Soup Nazi Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: No soup for you! Posts: 1,636	I'd love to try it if my stupid smartphone would support it. Supports Opera but not teh fox. __________________ M4N82 Deluxe Phenom II 940 Black Edition quad core @ 3.5Ghz 2x1 gig OCZ PC26400 Platinum, 2x1gig GSkill PC26400 EVGA GTX260 Buncha drives, Some other stuff, Even more stuff, If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside. --Robert X. Cringely, InfoWorld magazine Sign Me!

06-26-2012, 12:47 PM	#3
RainMotorsports Partition Master Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 349	Yeah that was in Fennec 12 and Beta 14 and up. Been waiting awhile for it to go stable. They actually skipped 11 12 and 13. Can't get Sync working in this version though. __________________ Desktop i5 2500K @ 4.5Ghz \| ASUS P8Z68-V PRO \| 16GB Corsair Vengeance 1600 \| Seasonic X750 MSI GTX570 TF III @ 950/1900/2300 \| 2TB 5900 + 2X320GB 7200 RAID0 \| Zalman CNPS9900 MAX Laptop ASUS G50VT \| Core2Duo T9600 @ 3.3Ghz \| 9800M GS/GTS @ 650/1625/900 Phone Galaxy SII Epic 4G Touch \| CyanogenMod 9 (Nightly 6/20) \| FF11 Kernel \| FF18 Modem Last edited by RainMotorsports; 06-26-2012 at 01:44 PM.

06-26-2012, 02:45 PM	#4
Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,231	Somehow my phone has never supported Firefox, despite having a compatible version of the OS. But regardless, the more time goes on, the less amount of interest I have in the desktop variant, so I can't see things being much better on a phone. I'll stick to Dolphin. __________________ Intel Core i7-990X EE @ 3.43GHz, GIGABYTE X58A-UD5, Kingston 12GB DDR3-1333, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD, WD VR 1TB, WD 2TB, Seagate 2TB, LG BD-ROM, ASUS DVD-RW, Corsair 1000HX, Corsair H60 Cooler Corsair 800D, Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Gentoo (KDE 4.10, 3.7 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter <Toad772> I don't always drink alcohol, but when I do, I take it too far.

06-26-2012, 02:56 PM	#5
madmat Soup Nazi Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: No soup for you! Posts: 1,636	My OS is compatible but you have to have a minimum CPU clock speed for FF and mine doesn't meet the requirement. __________________ M4N82 Deluxe Phenom II 940 Black Edition quad core @ 3.5Ghz 2x1 gig OCZ PC26400 Platinum, 2x1gig GSkill PC26400 EVGA GTX260 Buncha drives, Some other stuff, Even more stuff, If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside. --Robert X. Cringely, InfoWorld magazine Sign Me!

06-26-2012, 06:09 PM	#6
Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,231	I am in the same boat then I'm sure. I still have an old 800MHz (I think) beater. Not that it matters much. What I'd really like to be able to run is Chrome, so that I could sync bookmarks between desktop and phone, but noooo, Android 4 only. __________________ Intel Core i7-990X EE @ 3.43GHz, GIGABYTE X58A-UD5, Kingston 12GB DDR3-1333, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD, WD VR 1TB, WD 2TB, Seagate 2TB, LG BD-ROM, ASUS DVD-RW, Corsair 1000HX, Corsair H60 Cooler Corsair 800D, Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Gentoo (KDE 4.10, 3.7 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter <Toad772> I don't always drink alcohol, but when I do, I take it too far.

06-27-2012, 01:46 AM	#7
RainMotorsports Partition Master Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 349	Any of you who do use it. If text seems to get big in areas where there is not a lot of writing. Set the font to tiny and it should look like it did in 10 and older. Dunno what the default is as I have to work off converted data until sync gets fixed. __________________ Desktop i5 2500K @ 4.5Ghz \| ASUS P8Z68-V PRO \| 16GB Corsair Vengeance 1600 \| Seasonic X750 MSI GTX570 TF III @ 950/1900/2300 \| 2TB 5900 + 2X320GB 7200 RAID0 \| Zalman CNPS9900 MAX Laptop ASUS G50VT \| Core2Duo T9600 @ 3.3Ghz \| 9800M GS/GTS @ 650/1625/900 Phone Galaxy SII Epic 4G Touch \| CyanogenMod 9 (Nightly 6/20) \| FF11 Kernel \| FF18 Modem

06-27-2012, 04:54 PM	#8
RainMotorsports Partition Master Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 349	Meh found out what the issue with Sync was. Its on Mozilla's help site. Apparently a problem with Android I can not have sync setup for 2 apps using the same thing. I know in Beta 14 they were trying to merge Firefox Sync with Sync. I had 14, Beta 14 and Nightly installed with all of these now using that new method it would not work. Uninstalled the other sync works fine now. __________________ Desktop i5 2500K @ 4.5Ghz \| ASUS P8Z68-V PRO \| 16GB Corsair Vengeance 1600 \| Seasonic X750 MSI GTX570 TF III @ 950/1900/2300 \| 2TB 5900 + 2X320GB 7200 RAID0 \| Zalman CNPS9900 MAX Laptop ASUS G50VT \| Core2Duo T9600 @ 3.3Ghz \| 9800M GS/GTS @ 650/1625/900 Phone Galaxy SII Epic 4G Touch \| CyanogenMod 9 (Nightly 6/20) \| FF11 Kernel \| FF18 Modem

09-20-2012, 07:25 PM	#9
Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,231	Alright, so I've been using Firefox for Android these past couple of days, and I have to say that I'm hugely impressed. While I find Chrome stable (for the most part) and Firefox not, PC-wise, I find the opposite to be true on mobile. Chrome stalls, crashes and is generally wonky too often. I then moved over to Firefox, and it's been a dream. Pages load fast, moving pages around is fluid and it generally looks way more attractive. I am rather impressed. In the latest beta, there's a book-reading option as well that becomes enabled when the page is fully loaded. It looks pretty damn nice. __________________ Intel Core i7-990X EE @ 3.43GHz, GIGABYTE X58A-UD5, Kingston 12GB DDR3-1333, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD, WD VR 1TB, WD 2TB, Seagate 2TB, LG BD-ROM, ASUS DVD-RW, Corsair 1000HX, Corsair H60 Cooler Corsair 800D, Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Gentoo (KDE 4.10, 3.7 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter <Toad772> I don't always drink alcohol, but when I do, I take it too far.

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