TBH Chromium based browsers are kind of king on Android; there’s just too much optimization work from Google compared to Mozilla. And Cromite’s integrated adblocker/antifingerprinting is super fast.
That… and on Play Store Waterfox I’m seeing reviews like this:
After a September update, I noticed that my browser was randomly going back a page from time to time. At first, I thought it was an extension-related bug, but it eventually redirected me to some travel agency while I was looking up an image. I realized that this app had become adware and quickly uninstalled it. Severely disappointed, especially given the promises of a privacy-respecting Firefox fork.
Yeah, it’s big pages with tons of scrolling/media (like Tumblr) that make Android chug. Sometimes I type/paste really long things into text boxes, and mobile Firefox was nigh unusable for that.
Cromite seems much easier on battery too, especially in tandem with adblocking (as any extension slows browsers down).
None of this is necessarily true on desktop though. In fact, Firefox seems better than Cromite on Linux in similar scenarios, but the difference feels small since everything is so fast anyway.
Unfortunately, Chromium is quite fast on Android. I kept trying to use FF, but it chugs on big pages and eats way more battery.
Cromite was a good compromise, and I don’t know of a better adblocking/anti fingerprinting browser, especially on mobile.
Now, this is not true on desktop. FF is great. I dunno if its faster than stripped Chromium, but its fast enough to not really matter.
True, but there are alternatives to Chrome that use its engine, such as Brave. I have tried Chromite and it is very good.
Try waterfox. I switched because ff made my proc run like mad, waterfox has no such issues
I’m mostly concerned with page responsiveness, like scrolling big walls of text. That, and media support.
Mainline Firefox (with flags to disable the background stuff) has been best for me in that regard.
Sorry, was talking tablet wise, not desktop
Oh.
TBH Chromium based browsers are kind of king on Android; there’s just too much optimization work from Google compared to Mozilla. And Cromite’s integrated adblocker/antifingerprinting is super fast.
That… and on Play Store Waterfox I’m seeing reviews like this:
Peculiar, i haven’t seen any such behaviour. It gets a bit wiggy on tumblr, but i just assumed that’s because that site’s code is a hot mess
Yeah, it’s big pages with tons of scrolling/media (like Tumblr) that make Android chug. Sometimes I type/paste really long things into text boxes, and mobile Firefox was nigh unusable for that.
Cromite seems much easier on battery too, especially in tandem with adblocking (as any extension slows browsers down).
None of this is necessarily true on desktop though. In fact, Firefox seems better than Cromite on Linux in similar scenarios, but the difference feels small since everything is so fast anyway.