Firefox: Private, Safe Browser

I have been using Firefox as my sole browser since 2008. They have had a fantastic and secure browser for a long time and it has been a great relationship. Apple products on the other hand are complete garbage in the usability department. I bought a Mac mini in 2014 because my hard drive went out on my 5 year old gateway laptop, within 18 months the Mac mini was unusably slow. And now for my Ipad I got this little dandy last year and I have never owned another piece of technology so infuriating in my life, the one respite was the fact that I had Firefox on it, the one program I knew would never let me down. I was asked to do a major update a couple months ago, and I figured what’s the harm Firefox has never steered me wrong. When the update was complete, lo and behold I have lost all my loveable Firefox usability. They have updated me to what is little more than a safari skin. I am permanently unable to access any of my Firefox account information. I can’t change my password because all of my information will be lost and with it still working on my other devises (pc and galaxy) I cannot afford to risk losing that information. This one star review is not for Mozilla as a company but their decision to bow to apple and its BS. Hello! We really appreciate you took the time to share your experience using Firefox. The app has been significantly improved since you shared your review with us. We hope you’ll try it again and let us know about your experience!

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Many Thanks to Firefox and The Developers for their very helpful response to my Pocket problem as indicated by my previous review (see What Happened?, below). I am happy now. I was having a problem trying to make Pocket go away. Now I know how to do it and how to get it back if I choose to do so. I have already re downloaded the app. I'm leaving my older review below for reference. Once again, thank you. Original Title : What Happened? I used to love Firefox. But I had a problem clearing something from the browser and I therefore chose to delete the app with the intention of downloading it again. And so I did. But when I downloaded it, I saw a different app. It was Firefox, but it was loaded with Pocket and I couldn’t get the things off the Home Page. I do not want Pocket on my browser. I find it frustrating. It’s like having ads all over the screen. It’s distracting too. I tried to learn how to remove Pocket, but I couldn’t. The results are that I deleted the app, and I don’t know if I ever will use it again. I’m totally disappointed!! (This is where the developer responded to my review titled, What Happened?). Hello! We're sorry for the hassle you experienced. If you'd like to give Firefox another try in the future and you'd like to disable Pocket, you can do so by following these steps: Tap the menu button to open the menu panel > Tap Settings > Tap Home > Tap the Trending on Pocket toggle to turn it off. Hope this helps!

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- Open source: helps with security - dark theme. I don’t really understand why edge and chrome can’t do this I think these folks found a really nice solution by building it in proper. Dark mode is not a niche at all. Reading at night is horrid on a white background. I never could stand it. - talk about privacy focused, look at the firefox business model - speed, and user interface. - stable and fast, and standards based. Not sure why there aren’t more downloads for firefox. Especially because of the dark background i find it to be one of the more useable browsers.u fact it had one before safari did. My one ask to the devs as far as features if we aren’t talking security which i always want more of: please add the profile switching (make it convenient) like chrome. It’s a useful way to manage. browser state and usage. I get it’s an advanced feature, but if i’m doing something for work like testing webpages, and making tracking harder or just managing browser state by profile it helps.

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I was a computer scientist, systems analyst and support technician for 51 years. I am also a woman. I have exclusively used Firefox since it’s inception. I have always been impressed that it is nonprofit. In 2013, I had 2 PC’s and my bank card. Having hacked the stolen computers, the perp was able to access my bank account and steal $300,000. She was able to gain remote access to my other computers and commit other crimes. I was able to track her activities, but law enforcement did nothing, because they didn’t believe a woman could know that much about computers and the law. Using Firefox, I was able to protect myself from this known hacker. Any time she broke through Firefox’s secure settings, if Firefox didn’t first notify me, I would notify them, and my accounts would again be sufficiently secured. The techs at Internet Explorer or Chrome wouldn’t have done the same. I am forever grateful to the people who have made Firefox possible. I love Nightly. Not only will I always exclusively use Firefox, I have promoted it to all of my clients, and anyone else who would listen because they cared about safety when on the Web. I will continue to do so because I have faith and experience that no other browser can even come close to what Firefox can do. Thanks for taking the time to share your experience and how useful Firefox has been for you. We hope we get to be a part of your workflow for many years!

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This is a really good browser, they really did a good job on mobile with keeping it privacy friendly. They give you lots of control. I also like how you can't screenshot in private mode. One thing that holds me back from rating it 5 stars however, is the lack of a copy image feature. They even added a copy image location feature. Now, I'm not sure if Google made it difficult for non-chromium based browsers to implement a copy image feature like chrome has, but this is still worth looking into.

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The add ons can be difficult to manage, the browser settings are rather lacking in certain areas, and from past experience the whole app tends to glitch or stop working completely overtime. However, when working properly, I will take Firefox all day over Chrome. Chrome may have more settings, extensions, and more productive, but it also comes with ole creepy stalker uncle Google too. Ew, no.

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No ads, which is what I love, but using the desktop mode is glitchy af and it drives me completely bonkers. The toggle for this mode gets stuck on on, yet it displays the mobile view, and there's no way to fix it but to close the tab and open a new one. I know Google is selling my soul one byte at a time but I might have to go back to chrome anyway just to hold on to my sanity.

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I’ve enjoyed my experience with Firefox on my desktop, but with this iOS version I haven’t so much. The app needs some work. Like others who have written reviews, the bookmarks are kind of a mess. The bookmarks issue is also present on the desktop version but it is compounded on iOS. I shouldn’t have to tap through “desktop bookmarks” to get to bookmarks and they shouldn’t be buried in the hamburger menu. There should be an icon in the toolbar for easy access. Why separate bookmarks into mobile and desktop? It’s not 2008. Cellphones are extremely powerful and the experiences should be married fully, including bookmarks. It should just be “bookmarks toolbar” and that’s it. The rest of the bookmarks we save can be organized by the user. Not by putting them in “bookmarks menu” (what does that even mean) or “other bookmarks” (other than what?). Outside of bookmarks, the night mode should have a setting to automatically match the system. Night mode isn’t very good regardless though so I often have to turn it off. The dark mode never actually switches to match the system. I have to manually go in and toggle on and off to get it to work. Tabs completely reload when I go back into them when they should save my place so that’s frustrating. Please fix all of these things. In short, the app needs work. Thank you for your feedback. If you wish to share more details on how we can keep improving Firefox for iOS, you can do so by posting your idea to our feedback site at https://mzl.la/sumo-connect

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I like it for the most part. It's fast. I like the layout I like the collections. Using menus on sites is hit or miss however. This is a big inconvenience to have to switch to another browser and see if they work there. Some drop down menus for example don't work in Firefox but if I switch the edge or opera they work fine. I'm editing this down a star because drop down and selection menus are not working on a bunch of shopping sites and it is super annoying.

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Very disappointed. The good news: Firefox is much faster than Chrome. The bad news: There is no longer an option to print (or print to PDF). And I really, REALLY need to be able to print (especially to PDF) directly from my browser. Sadly uninstalling and going back to Chrome -- or Opera, or almost any browser that lets me print (to PDF).

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I have used Firefox on and off now for a span of seven years, and I keep checking in to see if they fixed their terrible bookmark UX, and I am disappointed every time. Let me go into detail. For as long as I can remember, the most frustrating aspect of mobile Firefox is accessing bookmarks. Too many taps!! There should be a library icon on the navigation bar at the bottom, you tap ONCE and it shows you your bookmarks. More specifically the user should be able to customize what bookmarks they want to see right up front. For me, all my bookmarks live in the Bookmarks toolbar. I never put bookmarks into the Bookmarks menu - I mean, does anyone? Second point, right now when you tap the menu and tap “Your Library” it slides up this pane which displays your bookmarks, great - however, it’s super annoying to dismiss. If you don’t land your finger exactly on the right spot and swipe down, you end up swiping something else. There should be a “Done” element or some other way to dismiss that pane other than swiping. Even tapping on the gray swipe element to dismiss would be ok. I really love what Mozilla is doing with Firefox, with emphasis on security and privacy, but their UX/UI needs some serious attention. Even the desktop browser looks dated and has issues. These things wouldn’t bother your average user that much, but as a UX/UI designer myself - it grinds my gears. Hello! The app has been significantly improved since you shared your review with us. We hope you’ll try it again and let us know about your experience!

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I don’t like to buy a brand new phone every couple years due to the cost, both to me and the environment. Firefox is my go-to browser and has been for years, but since the latest update I’ve grudgingly gone back to the default browser (safari). It takes sometimes a full minute to load a page, and even when loaded clicking on links or buttons or text fields on mobile sites can cause it to stutter again, or crash altogether. If I go to Home Screen for even a moment to check my calendar or respond to a text, the page will spontaneously reload when I return (to clarify, without closing the app, simply viewing anything other than the app for even a second while keeping it open triggers this). As a test, I spent 10 minutes trying to log into a social media account on Firefox before giving up and did it on Safari in seconds. Maybe it’s an issue of resources, but Safari seems able to allow my old decrepit phone do web browsing just fine so clearly it’s *possible*, and just not a priority for Firefox developers. Which may be fair, but is unfortunate for me and anyone else who values privacy but can’t afford the latest hardware. I’ll regrettably have to start looking for another browser that attempts to protect consumer privacy, because Firefox constantly reminding me what it was like to browse websites in the 90s isn’t the kind of nostalgia I enjoy.

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