Comments on: Brand New Firefox Beta Released on Android, Say Hello to a New UI and Flash Support

By: lamenting

lamenting — Wed, 16 May 2012 07:23:00 +0000

There’s a reason this story only has 15 comments – Firefox is awful on Android and nobody cares. Every version that comes out I uninstall with a few minutes. It’s slow and it can’t render pages properly.

I used to be a huge Firefox fan on PC.. but switched when Chrome came out and never went back.

Time for them to pack it in.

By: TheOiulkj

TheOiulkj — Wed, 16 May 2012 02:58:00 +0000

google fanboys gonna fan.

Chrome is one of the slowest mobile browsers I’ve used. Almost as bad as firefox. The interface is better, but still just as buggy.

Opera and dolphin mini are my go-to browsers for now, though I can’t say that they’re groundbreaking either. But at least they don’t crash… all the time.

I’ll have to try out the new firefox, can’t say that my hopes are too high though.

By: Bobby Phoenix

Bobby Phoenix — Wed, 16 May 2012 00:08:00 +0000

I’ve been using this version of the UI since the very early nightly builds months ago. It has come so far, and for me is working awesome. It’s so close between this and Chrome, but I think FF will win simply because of native Flash support. Opens fast, renders great. Very snappy and smooth overall. Tons of extensions. What a nice change from the old FF mobile versions.

By: Scott Bowen

Scott Bowen — Tue, 15 May 2012 21:04:00 +0000

I’ll try it out… but Chrome is my best friend…

By: John

John — Tue, 15 May 2012 20:55:00 +0000

Ahh..cool

By: New_Guy

New_Guy — Tue, 15 May 2012 20:54:00 +0000

Your native browser (and most others) should “reflow” the text when you zoom in; making the words fit perfectly (or close to) within the screen so you don’t have to side scroll through the whole article. Kind of anoying not to have when you are reading Droid-Life on a 4.3″ screen…

Guess that means I’ll have to get a Galaxy Note =)…

By: RW-1

RW-1 — Tue, 15 May 2012 20:35:00 +0000

Not even bothering, stock browser with QC’s FTW.

By: John

John — Tue, 15 May 2012 20:34:00 +0000

reflow option? what’s that

By: New_Guy

New_Guy — Tue, 15 May 2012 20:22:00 +0000

It’s actually working very nicely for me. Very smooth and snappy. The only thing is that there is no reflow option at all. kind of sucks to not have that on a phone’s interface, but meh…

By: moelsen8

moelsen8 — Tue, 15 May 2012 20:12:00 +0000

bah i’ve stopped checking firefox updates out for the same reason. it’s been an unusable mess for like 2 years now.

By: Chris Allen

Chris Allen — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:53:00 +0000

hmmm will it actually work this time?

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:51:00 +0000

Use Opera Mobile if you need Flash support, that’s what I do.

By: Josh Groff

Josh Groff — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:44:00 +0000

Used to use it because it was bundled with ARHD ROMs, great browser.

By: Smooth918

Smooth918 — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:42:00 +0000

I still Love Chrome, and it is still my default Browser on my Vaio & GN, never did care for Firefox, not even on the Desktop. But Chrome is only lacking in Flash and I need my Flash for certain sites. Well many years ago there was an IE alternative cause Lord knows I can’t stand that FkdUp Azz Browser. But anyway Maxthon was that Browser and today, the Ole Faithful has a Mobile version thats extremely fast and supports Flash. If its speed and flash you need check this link: http://goo.gl/pDZac

By: Murphy

Murphy — Tue, 15 May 2012 19:32:00 +0000

We are,