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Mozilla will open Firefox for Android for more extensions (blog.mozilla.org)
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[–] 51 points 3 years ago (7 children)

I use FF on android for a couple months now. Solid browser and sync to desktol and add blocker are nice.

BUT: their page reloading is far too aggressive. You can't buy anything online, since once 2FA is required and you need to open your bank app, confirm, and switch back, the page reloads and the 2FA didn't get through. Tickets and such are the only reason I have still chrome installed.

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  • [–] 74 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    This is Android aggressively killing apps, not Firefox.

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  • [–] 8 points 3 years ago

    Possibly, but previously I've been able to load a site, open a media-rich page in a new tab, then close that tab to go back to the original page.

    On a newer build of FF for Android, that first page is re-loaded from the internet.

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  • [–] 44 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (2 children)

    Hmm, I'm not experiencing that. Could Android (well, the flavour used by your phone) be killing background apps too aggressively or something like that?

    Edit: could also be a RAM thing. I have 12GB.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago

    I'm not experiencing that issue either and I have half the amount of RAM that you do. I've noticed an unnecessary autorefresh only after closing out of the browser for a long time, never in the middle of switching between apps. But, that does sound like annoying behavior.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Wow, I'm pretty sure my laptop has less RAM than that. ~Cherri

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    You can get 32GB of laptop RAM for like $60 to $80 if you find sales, and even one 16GB stick would be an upgrade for you. Modern bloat is so bad that having 8 gigs of RAM is the equivalent of having 4 a few years ago.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I feel this pain. But you try to stop a video that started playing in Firefox. I dare you.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Its in notification with background play lol

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago* (2 children)

    Yes but a video should stop if you swipe away the apps card from multitasking view. This action is tantamount to closing the app.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    Mine stop maybe because i have background battery restriction/autostart prevention. Not sure tho

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Huh, good to know.
    I've found edge to be quite aggressive on the reloads as well (at least, on desktop).
    Makes it difficult for developing anything that has to deal with tabs going to "sleep" (like websocket reconnects, rehydrations, reauths).

    I'm a hair away from ditching chrome

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