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(Android Authority) Don’t expect Firefox for Android to get tablet UI anytime soon (www.androidauthority.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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TL;DR (From Android Authority)
• Mozilla responded to a review mentioning the lack of tablet UI optimization for Firefox on Android.
• Mozilla confirmed that its team is not working on optimizing the tablet experience at the moment.
• Mozilla did, however, say that it hopes to revisit tablet optimization when time and resources permit.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 9 months ago

There's a tablet UI on the way. This is a simple case of someone not checking the new mockups

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago

I'm not sure what needs optimizing. It's fine on Pixel Tablet.

[–] Carighan 8 points 9 months ago

That's disappointing, really.

The lack of even something like keyboard shortcuts just makes Firefox feel really really unfinished on tablets.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

I maybe biased (typing from Fold 4), but this seems to be important to me, doing this makes Firefox seem like a laggard and behind the chromium world.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Regardless, this is important.

This means that, for tablet users, the option is between Chromium on Android or WebKit on iOS, unless they're using a Windows or Linux tablet.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

I use Firefox everyday on my Samsung tab and works fine

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Wtf is this company's focus even

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Reports say AI.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

I say dumb.