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What differentiates the different firefox versions? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

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I've been told about Mull and fennec, but what about:

(From what I understand)

Firefox Focus: blocks trackers and erases browsing history
Firefox Nightly: new updates every night
Firefox Klar: german version of focus
Iceraven Browser: 3rd party fork with more add ons

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[–] drawerair@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

If Firefox focus Android has user-friendly tab management, it'll be my main browser. Its native ad blocker is 👍. 1 may say that there's Firefox Android + Ublock origin. But I <3 Firefox and I'm :) they have a native ad blocker.

[–] GenderNeutralBro@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 10 months ago

Firefox Focus is an Android browser that's always in Private Browsing mode, and has tracker blocking and content blocking built-in. It does not have all of the advanced features of the regular Firefox app.

Firefox Nightly is the cutting-edge development version of Firefox. This is built from the latest codebase automatically on a nightly base, as the name implies. If you want the newest features ASAP and don't care about bugs or stability issues, this is the one for you. Personally I would recommend using Firefox Beta instead, which sits in the middle -- more tested than Nightly, more cutting-edge than regular Firefox.

Firefox Klar is the German-language version of Firefox Focus. I think the only technical difference is that it has telemetry disabled by default. (You can turn that off in Firefox Focus as well, under Settings > Privacy & Security).

Never heard of Iceraven before. Apparently it's a fork of Mozilla's development version of a new Android app codenamed Fenix. Hopefully someone else can chime in with more insight into these two.

[–] shreddy_scientist@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If it aint broke, don't fix it, and mull works very well. While it's nice to see alts becoming more widely available, it's still mull or bust in my book!

[–] Delusion6903@discuss.online 1 points 10 months ago

Mull would be perfect if it weren't for the stuttery scrolling. It doesn't refresh the screen as quickly as Firefox for some reason.

[–] antidote101@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Given Germany has some of the strictest privacy laws, I'm betting Klar is the honest version of focus. The fact that both exist separately makes me question Firefox's commitment to privacy.

Looks sus.

[–] Aurix@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If you think it is suspicious you should be able to spot it in the open source repository. Otherwise see the other, and probably only, reason for the different name.

[–] antidote101@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

Oh simple, I just have to go through every line of code - so simple! /s

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Firefox focus also has the epic feature of not being able to add new bookmarks for some goddamn reason and also needing to close the app if the webpage doesn’t let you scroll up.

[–] Blum0108@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

It's not a bug, it's a feature!