I’ve just been looking for a replacement for Firefox Beta.

  • tal@kbin.social
    17·
    1 year ago

    You’re probably gonna have to tell us what it is that you want and what it is that you don’t like about Firefox Beta.

  • wilberfan@lemm.eeEnglish
    91·
    1 year ago

    I find Kiwi Browser essential. It’s one of the only ones that you can install chrome extensions onto.

      • ijeff@lemdro.idM
        3·
        1 year ago

        I believe that’s an outdated Github link. The project moved here with releases here. The search engine stuff has always seemed like a non-issue to me. I run both Fennec and Kiwi but the latter gives me a true black UI and support for fully side-loaded addons (not just those already on the Firefox website).

          • ijeff@lemdro.idM
            3·
            1 year ago

            Definitely lags behind, but much better than 2 years! The Firefox variants unfortunately don’t really handle PWA properly. I was a long-time Firefox/Fennec user but the bugs pushed me toward Kiwi on mobile.

      • wilberfan@kbin.social
        1·
        1 year ago

        Thanks for your desktop addon guide. If there’s a way to manually install .xpis from, say, github, I’m in! 👍

        • wilberfan@kbin.social
          1·
          1 year ago

          I’ve been trying to follow your guide for an hour now–but I’m not getting access to any add-ons but the “compatible” ones. For example, when I search for ‘Cookiebro’, the only two choices it shows me are Ghostery and uBlock Origin.

  • FuriousFrodo@lemm.eeEnglish
    7·
    1 year ago

    Using Kiwi because it supports Twitter control panel and old reddit redirect extensions.

      • GamerBoy705@lemmy.world
        2·
        1 year ago

        Well, kiwibrowser/src isn’t updated because kiwibrowser/src.next is the actual up-to-date Kiwi Browser. Kiwi Next is similar to a beta version, and releases for Kiwi Browser are based on Kiwi Next. You can just compile Kiwi Next if you are paranoid. It’s the best Android Chromium browser.

        The whole search engine debacle was unnecessary, and that basically killed Kiwi’s reputation even though it really had zero impact on anyone or anything. I mean, if the default search engine is something you don’t prefer, it’s just a few goddamn presses to change it to whatever you want.

      • FuriousFrodo@lemm.ee
        1·
        1 year ago

        Well. Thanks for the info. Uninstalling

        Edit: I added few add-ons to my collection.but I’m unable to add it to my Android. What could be the issue?

          • FuriousFrodo@lemm.ee
            2·
            1 year ago

            Here’s what I did:

            • created a new collection and added few addons
            • copied the collection id from the URL
            • opened Firefox nightly and enabled custom collection menu
            • input the collection id
            • Firefox quits
            • when I open Firefox and click on Add-ons, there were no add-ons and there was an error that “Failed to query Add-ons”

            edit: added both collection id and the collection name as it appears on the URL. it is working now. Thank you for your help! :)

            • wilberfan@kbin.social
              1·
              1 year ago
              when I open Firefox and click on Add-ons, there were no add-ons and there was an error that “Failed to query Add-ons”

              edit: added both collection id and the collection name as it appears on the URL. it is working now.

              I’m getting this same error. Added the collection ID and the name where?

                • wilberfan@kbin.social
                  1·
                  1 year ago

                  It wasn’t at ALL clear to me that this entire process takes place in two DIFFERENT Firefoxes: one on a desktop or laptop install and THEN on your android device!! Maybe I read thru the instructions too fast (real men don’t read instructions 😉 ) but they all seem to say “…open Firefox…” without being clear WHICH Firefox they’re referring to.

                  I’ve now spent close to 3 hours trying to get 3 extensions to work/load properly into Fennec on the Android… Back to Kiwi! “It just works…” 😡

  • soyagi@yiffit.netEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    What kind of features are you looking for? I’ve been using DuckDuckGo as my primary mobile browser for a while now and have been very happy with it.

  • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.caEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Don’t forget that the browser has access to all of the data that you see on your display and everything you type in. All of it. So he careful who you trust. Is it a community software, is it non-profit, is it for profit, does it have a sustainable funding / business model.

  • aluminium@lemmy.worldEnglish
    41·
    1 year ago

    I think brave is pretty alright. Yes the crypto stuff is hella cringe and its chromium based but it works like charm.

  • habanhero@lemmy.worldEnglish
    42·
    1 year ago

    IMO Samsung Internet is one of the best Android browsers out there. Give it a try!

    • ItsComplicated@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I think it offers alot of great features if you use a samsung phone. However the adblockers are not as good as ublock on firefox!

      Therfeore I use both!!

      • habanhero@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        It’s not just for Samsung phones, it works perfectly on my Pixel and Razer Phone as well. The Adblocking is okay but the design + the dark mode for all websites is the killer feature for me.

        • ItsComplicated@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          1·
          1 year ago

          Dark Mode for websites is a wonderful feature! I have a Note20U so the note access is awesome. The font seems to also render better than Firefox.

          However, there are sites I can not stop ads on when using SI. Also no way to filter elements out. These are cases when I usually prefer Firefox.