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What differentiates the different firefox versions? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/firefox@lemmy.ml
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I've been told about Mull and fennec, but what about:

(From what I understand)

  • Firefox Focus: blocks trackers and erases browsing history
  • Firefox Nightly: new updates every night
  • Firefox Klar: german version of focus
  • Iceraven Browser: 3rd party fork with more add ons
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[–] beta_tester@lemmy.ml 14 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

Firefox just added addon support officially on mobile. All other firefox browsers that enabled them in the past do not differ in this regard anymore.

Focus and klar are the same with a diffrrent name: wtf firefox? It's a very lightweight, very fast browser which enhances privacy a little bit, especially locally.

Nightly is the developer version of firefox if you want to help firefox and discover bugs use it, you won't experience many bugs though. Unless you really use the latest features. There may be other bugs though, use at your own risk.

For the serious privacy minded person you should use mull or at least fennec. If mull is too hardened for you, you can soften it again by disabling the settings.

[–] SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 9 months ago

Thanks for that!

[–] RQG@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Mobile add-ons. Nice!

[–] miostetsson@feddit.de 0 points 9 months ago

On January 25, 2016, Mozilla announced in its press blog that the Firefox Focus web browser will be called Firefox Klar in German-speaking countries. The reason for this is that the publishing and media group Burda, which owns the magazine Focus, is a partner of Mozilla. (Wikipedia)

[–] shreddy_scientist@lemmy.ml 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If it aint broke, don't fix it, and mull works very well. While it's nice to see alts becoming more widely available, it's still mull or bust in my book!

[–] Delusion6903@discuss.online 1 points 9 months ago

Mull would be perfect if it weren't for the stuttery scrolling. It doesn't refresh the screen as quickly as Firefox for some reason.

[–] GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 9 months ago

Firefox Focus is an Android browser that's always in Private Browsing mode, and has tracker blocking and content blocking built-in. It does not have all of the advanced features of the regular Firefox app.

Firefox Nightly is the cutting-edge development version of Firefox. This is built from the latest codebase automatically on a nightly base, as the name implies. If you want the newest features ASAP and don't care about bugs or stability issues, this is the one for you. Personally I would recommend using Firefox Beta instead, which sits in the middle -- more tested than Nightly, more cutting-edge than regular Firefox.

Firefox Klar is the German-language version of Firefox Focus. I think the only technical difference is that it has telemetry disabled by default. (You can turn that off in Firefox Focus as well, under Settings > Privacy & Security).

Never heard of Iceraven before. Apparently it's a fork of Mozilla's development version of a new Android app codenamed Fenix. Hopefully someone else can chime in with more insight into these two.

[–] drawerair@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

If Firefox focus Android has user-friendly tab management, it'll be my main browser. Its native ad blocker is 👍. 1 may say that there's Firefox Android + Ublock origin. But I <3 Firefox and I'm :) they have a native ad blocker.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Firefox focus also has the epic feature of not being able to add new bookmarks for some goddamn reason and also needing to close the app if the webpage doesn’t let you scroll up.

[–] Blum0108@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

It's not a bug, it's a feature!