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I have two complaints about Firefox Focus on iOS:

First, when typing into the address bar, you must finish and tap “search” or “go” or else all you typed will go away if you switch to another app and back again. Firefox Focus shouldn’t forget what you’re doing unless you hit the garbage can icon or force close the app.

Second, if you’re typing, and you tap anywhere I’ve marked in red in the screenshot, it erases the search/url text you’ve typed, and you have to start over. It didn’t used to do this when Firefox Focus first came out. It would be fine to put a garbage can icon somewhere in that area, but the area now that deletes what you’re typing is bigger than the keyboard, and I’ve mis-tapped there way too many times.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Have you submitted feedback to Mozilla?

[–] Zachariah 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Not yet. It’s been bothering me a while. I ended up with time to document it, but I’m not at my computer currently, so I’ll do that later.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Bugzilla is somewhat usable from a phone

[–] Zachariah 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Thanks, I’ve never tried via mobile. It’s been a while since I’ve added or commented on Bugzilla.

[–] RestrictedAccount 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It sounds like you want regular Firefox

[–] Zachariah 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I use that, too, but I do like the single tab workflow for many tasks I do.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Use a private tab and close it again

[–] Zachariah 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yes, there are use cases for your suggestion, but it doesn’t make the bugs in Focus go away.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

No for sure. But filing a bug on bugzilla may. It may be that there are Mozilla people in this community, but unlikely that posting obvious bugs on Social Media will get them fixed.

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