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Funny how people were interpreting the survey itself as a way to pretend that everybody wanted AI even when they didn't - yet somehow it was possible that it didn't end up in the top 10 ๐
(Also understandably, this won't be 1:1 the roadmap, for the caveats they mentioned in the post. Still helpful!)
Because people don't understand statistics. The survey was very well made.
Agreed, the survey was pretty decent. My biggest complaint, however, was that there wasn't an option for "don't want," only "want least." Sometimes I got three options that I actually do want, and sometimes I got two that I definitely don't want, and I think it would be useful to communicate that.
How do you weigh a Don't Want with Want Most? A 0.1 weighting is much more useful than a negative weighting. And it is rightfully phrased so.
I would weigh a don't want the same as want least. I just had a couple situations where two options were both "don't want," and I wish I could have communicated that instead of picking one to be in the middle. I don't think the same should be true of "want most" though, I should be forced to rank those. But for two things I really don't care about, ordering doesn't convey any extra useful information.
The view tracker is an interesting proposition I currently use uMatrix to have fine-grained control over what is getting loaded amd some sites are downright unholy in how much thrid-party stuff gets loaded to display a site.
RIP PWAs
I'm surprised "Customizable UI" was so high, I'm pretty sure I was one of those who marked it down as "want least." I guess it's cool, but I prefer the browser to get out of my way instead of being something I spend time messing with.
That said, I'm happy and not particularly surprised that AI didn't show up anywhere in the top-10.
Guys, can't seem to find split view. Search hasn't been helpful nor going through the settings. Any tip on how to find/use it?
I think you might be looking for this?
Yes, that's it. Didn't realise it's an add-on. Thanks, Charmain Meow (spare the sparrows this time ๐ ).
This is gonna be very useful! ๐
Unfortunatly this wasn't Android exclusive. The Firefox Android App sucked ass in the past and will probably suck ass for the foreseeable future. There are currently multiple support and Reddit threads going about insane battery drain and heat build-up caused by the Firefox App (even when suspended and battery optimized). The UI is barebones and lacks basic features like closing tabs from the navigation bar or opening new tabs by scrolling left on the rightmost tab. Even something as simple as having actual tabs akin to the desktop version is not present, instead you have a tab list or grid view that barely manages to load previews for each open website. The native video player also hasn't been touched in a literal decade.
All in all Firefox Android is a horrible experience that has only the ability to use extensions going for it.
Really? Performance-wise, Firefox on Android runs great for me. No battery drain.
It is lacking in a lot of features though.
At least for me, it does. It got so bad that watching a Twitch stream caused my phone to overheat to the point of freezing up and turning off. In comparison, the offical Twitch app doesn't cause the same issue, neither does Brave. Watching YouTube on Firefox drains the battery basically 2% per minute. OK, my phone is older and runs a custom rom, but other apps run flawlessly.