Android & Firefox

[Bob Jonkman]

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I thought Firefox might be different on Android than it is on the Desktop.

My Android Firefox is slow and sluggish, and makes everything else on
the phone slow and sluggish too, so I generally use the standard
browser, and only use Android Firefox when I want something that's
been synced from my Desktop Firefox, or there's a page that won't
scroll in the standard browser (anybody try to view the Toronto Star
on mobile lately? Maybe that's intentional to boost circulation of the
dead tree edition).

- --Bob.



On 14-02-06 02:05 PM, Stephen W. Clarke wrote:
> Bob,
> 
> I think part of the issue is that there seems to be a special 
> version of firefox for android. My system does have a keyboard so
> I can do the CTRL+SHIFT+M but nothing happens when I do. I also
> tried down grading to install the "default zoomlevel" add-on, but
> it's not compatible with v26,v25 or 24. When I tried to install v23
> it would not start without crashing on Android 4.0.4.
> 
> On the plus side, Opera does support full HD resolution, so I'm 
> going to see if I can get things working with it.
> 
> Stephen
> 
> 
> Aruna wrote:
>>>> Stephen, there is another add-on by Chris Pederick I use 
>>>> regularly called Web Developer
> 
> There's a built-in developer tool in desktop Firefox to simulate 
> various screen sizes called "Responsive Design View". Press 
> CTRL+SHIFT+M to constrain the Firefox display to a particular size.
> There are some standard sizes, but you can add your own custom
> screen size.
> 
> I don't know how you'd do CTRL+SHIFT+M on a tablet or phone, 
> though. Desktop Firefox has a menu option under "Web Developer, 
> Responsive Design View".
> 
> --Bob.
> 
> 
> 
> On 14-02-06 11:28 AM, Aruna Hewapathirane wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> <snip>
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Aruna,
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thanks for your tip. Just a note. It doesn't work with 
>>>>>> firefox 27 yet. I'm going to see if I can downgrade the 
>>>>>> firefox version I'm using.
>>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Stephen, there is another add-on by Chris Pederick I use 
>>>> regularly called Web Developer 
>>>> <http://chrispederick.com/work/web-developer/>, scroll down 
>>>> and you will see the download links. It adds a bar at the
>>>> top that has a option called 'resize' and the last option in
>>>> that is 'View responsive Layouts' and this works well but am
>>>> not certain it will override the android settings which
>>>> makes your Firefox think it's a mobile device. Give it a try
>>>> and if unsuccessful I guess then downgrade ?
>>>> 
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