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Firefox has a problem and Android phones are affected by it (does that help all of you down voters?l (www.androidheadlines.com)
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Does fennec get around this?

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[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 months ago (3 children)

I can't handle scrolling with Mull. Otherwise, I love it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You'll probably have the same issue with any Firefox fork. It works fine for me, but I have pretty low standards I guess.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

No. It's horribly hideous on Mull and not bad on either Firefox or Fennec.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I hate to be that person, but it's completely fine for me. Then again, I use Firefox on my old phone (Moto G) and Mull on my new phone (Pixel 8), so maybe it impacts certain models more than others? Both seem totally fine to me, with Mull on the Pixel being more pleasant due to better hardware.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I'm on a Pixel 8 myself. Compare scrolling on Mull and Firefox. I can't believe you won't notice. But if you do, you won't be able to unsee it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

I just tried Fennec and Mull from F-Droid on the wikipedia main page (clicked English), and they're both about the same. I'm also on GrapheneOS with no Google Play services installed, so maybe you're seeing something I'm not.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

with uBlock muting all 3rd party it scrolls fine here

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

I wish I could agree

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

whats wrong with mull's scrolling?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

you can change that in about:config, i think privacy.resistFingerprinting is the culprit

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That sounds like it's all or nothing. I realize that any item turned off makes you more unique but not every site is making fingerprints using every feature.

I want to resist fingerprinting without decreasing the functionality of my phone. Only change the refresh rate.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I agree that's a problem, but refresh rate is one of the fingerprinting methods, and resistFingerprinting doesn't offer finetuning options (except canvas permissions?), which is what prevents me from using it

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

All true. But I would prefer fine tuning and taking my chances with refresh rate. Still, I'm back on Mull for now.