Firefox 2023
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I was trying out UT on the Pinephone and just out of curiosity, I set up Libertine and tried Firefox. To my amazement, it seemed to be working pretty well
Has anybody tried this on other Focal devices?
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@moodroid Yes, I have Firefox running on my JingPad and on my Pixel 3a, both on Focal. It runs quite well, especially when adding the MOZ_USE_XINPUT2=1 environment setting to the launch command in the .desktop file.
I have yet to try it in Libertine on my Pinephone though. But your results have encouraged me to do so
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@arubislander said in Firefox 2023:
, I have Firefox running on my JingPad and on my Pixel 3a, both on Focal. It runs quite well, especially when adding the MOZ_USE_XINPUT2=1 environment setting to the launch command in the .desktop file.
Could you do a little tuto about that ? If it can improve user experience about Firefox. Should it work on all phones ? Even if xenial is 'outdated', should it work with it ? Thanks
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Most "non-native" apps now works better in focal because of the use of xwayland instead of the long dead xmir
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@domubpkm Lika a YT video? Or a wirteup? The former will never happen, the latter could take a while...
But no, the Xenial version of FF is too old, it would not work with that.
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@arubislander Ok will not work with Xenial.
It is you who sees the form which seems to you the most assimilable for everyone. I especially remember that you have launched an idea that improves/could improve the Firefox experience with focal. Nothing in a rush. -
@arubislander Do you know whether it is possible to install focal on a BQ Aquaris 10 HD (I see you've got one)? I checked the update channels but focal doesn't show up win the list
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@gdegrez there is no Focal for any of the BQ devices. There was some promising work initiated but other priorities likely took precedence.
As a general rule though, if Focal is not selectable during install or as an update channel, that is because it is not available for the designated device.
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@arubislander said in Firefox 2023:
@gdegrez there is no Focal for any of the BQ devices. There was some promising work initiated but other priorities likely took precedence.
Well, I guess that the overwhelming majority of the community thinks that the main interest of UBtouch is for smartphones, whereas I personally think its main advantage is for tablets.
But it is also true that the BQ devices are a rather old hardware.As a general rule though, if Focal is not selectable during install or as an update channel, that is because it is not available for the designated device.
OK. Good to know.
Thanks.
