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[โ€“] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The only reason I haven't switched to Firefox from Chrome fully is because for some reason Firefox for Android still doesn't have tabs for large screen devices. Mozilla says it's not a priority. ๐Ÿคท

[โ€“] dantheclamman 7 points 1 year ago

Yes, it really sucks. I am in the same boat. Samsung Internet on my tablet; really wish I had FF on it.

[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Firefox for Android removing the ability to open local html files killed it for me. Currently on Vivaldi.

[โ€“] QuazarOmega 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If that's your only gripe with it, you can still access them by using one of the simple web servers available running inside Termux, that will also allow you to avoid CORS related problems, in fact it is the currently suggested method on MDN

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yeah, nah. I've already got enough unnecessary apps and services with Android.

Thanks for the workaround, though.

[โ€“] QuazarOmega 4 points 1 year ago

I mean you'd be running the server only when actually needed, but I understand it is a bit of a hassle to do every time as well

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why did they remove it though? I was surprised too when I found out I needed to run local webserver to access local html files

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It was because of 'security', which was never explained. And it doesn't make much sense when other browsers can and do alow it. I'll see if I can dig up some historical links if I remember tomorrow.

Last time I checked,there was still no acknowledgement of it and appeared to be no intention of ever addressing it. The fact that they're now telling people to run a webserver suggests that nothing has changed โ˜น๏ธ