Private browsing is basically unusable on iOS
The 'Open Private Browsing' shortcut from the app icon has been broken for years. Long-press on the Firefox icon → "New Private Tab" → it opens a normal tab instead.
Once inside the app, it now takes five taps just to start typing in a private tab:
Open Firefox Tap the tabs icon in the bottom-right Tap the mask/private icon at the top Tap the "+" to open a new private tab Tap one last time on the address bar to actually start typing
Address bar autocomplete doesn't work at all — not even for bookmarks or sites you visit often. You have to type the full URL every single time, including dots, hyphens and the extension. This causes constant typing mistakes.
You also can't open any bookmark directly into a private tab.
Private browsing has become so frustrating that it's basically unusable, and this has been going on for years. Private mode is one of Firefox’s most important features. These basic issues really need to be fixed.
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Hi, which Firefox version are you using?
"... and this has been going on for years." I've been using Firefox on iOS for years, always on the latest version. I'm currently on 149.3, but it doesn't matter — every version has worked exactly the same way for years. Nothing has changed.
If so, I would ask to for an issue (for the private browsing icon option) on the Firefox for iOS tracker. This doesn't seem to be widely reproducible, so it's better to let the developers look into your case. Please also feel free to share a link to the created issue here.