Firefox for Android Community Forum

Unless I'm mistaken, the Android Firefox app used to have group tabs and was replaced by Collections. Personally, I find it less user friendly and requires more clicks while ending up with a worse version of what Group Tabs accomplished. It essentially operates as a weird mix of Group Tabs and Bookmarks while being worse than both.

Cons of Collections:

• There is no differentiation between tabs in a collection and not in a collection.
• There is no quick swapping between tabs in a collection.
• There is no option to Close all tabs in a collection but there is one to Open all tabs. This just looks messy.
• Collections can only be opened from Homepage, not the Tabs screen.
• Saving a collection requires long-press, select tab(s), tap Collection icon, then select a Collection. Group tabs requires longpress, select multiple, tap group icon OR drag and stack tabs.

Pros of Collections:

• Neatly stored on Homepage instead of taking up a Tab slot on Tab page. (which could be fixed be programming group tabs ability to be stored on Homepage and re-opened with option).

All in all it is just a 5/10 feature in functionality. Even less so when taking into account that Android Firefox also has Bookmarks and Shortcuts. Please go back to drawing board on this one, it's really one feature I miss about Chrome (and what I thought Firefox used to have).

On android, it is possible to change the search engine of the search bar on the home screen. There you can select a Search Engine App, like Google, Qwant or Startpage.

However, Firefox is currently not available as a selectable option there. Adding it there would make it possible for those searches to be handled by firefox.

Here is a like from the Google Documention explaining it more. https://support.google.com/android/answer/14661350?visit_id=638898573078368897-2813460311&p=change_search_engine&rd=1

Hi, I can't seem to load some sites, both on mobile and desktop. I've checked my settings and can't find a reason. These sites throw an "address not found" error, but work just fine in other browsers. Examples include websites of two cities near me: https://pardubice.eu/ https://www.hradeckralove.org/

Any ideas what could be causing this? Thanks

I’ve been noticing some performance hiccups when trying to use certain interactive websites on firefox for android. one example is spell bee unlimited, a browser-based word puzzle game. It works fine on chrome, but on firefox, the input sometimes lags, freezes, or the page becomes unresponsive during longer sessions.

I'm wondering if there's something specific in how firefox for android handles javascript-heavy or interactive content? could it be related to memory management or background activity?

would appreciate any insight—or if there are any browser settings I can tweak to help improve performance with this type of content.

Thanks!

I’ve been noticing some performance hiccups when trying to use certain interactive websites on firefox for android. one example is spell bee unlimited, a browser-based word puzzle game. It works fine on chrome, but on firefox, the input sometimes lags, freezes, or the page becomes unresponsive during longer sessions.

I'm wondering if there's something specific in how firefox for android handles javascript-heavy or interactive content? could it be related to memory management or background activity?

would appreciate any insight—or if there are any browser settings I can tweak to help improve performance with this type of content.

Thanks!

After I changed the LCD screen on my Sony Xperia L3, when I tried to back on Internet line, and use my Firefox app it says that Firefox only connects to the Internet with secure connection. I couldn't use my Firefox since, basically there is no Internet connection on my Firefox app, and never forget that, my Internet connectivity is the best and I don't have any problem with that. How to sign in to my Google account to get my connections with the Internet back again? Could you please help me, I can't use my Firefox anymore!

Not sure if this is the right place to get this to the devs. The checkmark as a save function in bookmarks being taken out is potentially damaging to the user in they may accidently modify the bookmark and lose it forever. I just had a very risky accident modifying a bookmark title not realizing clicking out would permanently delete it. A link to a website that doesn't exist anymore. It doesn't take much to modify "___.com/isiuc7" and permanently lose either the link or the title which contains info "2021 directory"

I hope this issue can be pushed up the chain in priority. Adding back a save before you leave function even if not in the form of a checkmark.

Hi there. I wanted to switch my account from my current (A15) to my new device (A16), but the problem is I searched for the QR code option and it's not there at all. Is this an issue or i misplaced the option?

In the last couple of weeks I've found that when I'm watching YouTube on Firefox for Android and I go fullscreen, the progress bar at the bottom of the screen has disappeared and the play/pause, previous and next buttons are lower than the centre of the screen.

I thought it was going to be due to one of the adblocking and sponsor-skipping extensions I have, but disabling then did nothing so I tried clearing the site data. Bingo! Picked a random video, went full screen, all the controls appeared again. But then I signed back into my YouTube/Google account and the problem recurs.

I've tried the same process on Firefox for Android 141.0.1, Firefox for Android Beta (not sure what version, that was a few days ago), and Firefox Focus 141.0.1. Chrome works fine, but I don't want to use Chrome because.... Chrome.

Any ideas from anyone what might be causing this/whether there is a fix

Hello, I am using Android version of Firefox and noticed one unpleasant bug with downloading a file. After downloading a file, one file is written in downloads, but the archiver shows that the format is unknown or the file is damaged, and there are 2 files instead of 1. Don't know how to correct?

according to [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/getting-started-firefox-android-tabl...] this article by mozilla any tablet bigger than 7" screen should be getting a ux that is designed for tablets . my device is a Samsung galaxy tab s10 ultra , which comfortably exceeds the mentioned 7" and yet, the UX on my device is that of a phone, where everything looks comically stretched and the screen space is wasted . most notably the navigation bar looks so silly, where my tabs can only be viewd by clicking the tab icon. I couldn't find anything in the settings that can change these options.

'When i open Mobile Firefox browser and try to login in income tax officials' website for itr. Then log in button does not work and give response on clicking. What should i do. Other browser work very well.

When I use an app and what to make in app purchase via Google pay the browser page with pay-gate errors out.

This happens at least when trying to pay for phone service ("Môj Orange" app in Slovakia) and train ticket (Můj Vlak app in Czechia).

The purchase proceeds as following: 1. In app I click to pay 2. In app Browser window opens with a pay-gate of a bank. Inside this window I can pay via Debit card immediately or click on GooglePay option. I click on GooglePay. 3. The webpage crashes.

How do I solve this? Obviously when I chose different browser as default, the problem goes away.

I am open to help solving this problem. I hate using Google Chrome on everything. I like Firefox but not being able to make online purchases conveniently is a big deal.

After some update somewhere and/or replacement phone change, I cannot connect to the wireless internet thru phone unless the WiFi is on, but when out of range away from WiFi the web page shows Address Not Found or Unable To Connect. Cannot find answers by searching. Thank You