Does Firefox support multiple windows on iPad OS yet? That was the reason I stayed with Chrome for so long, and also is why I've more recently switched to Edge as the only other cross-platform browser I could find that had that.

[–] sina@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Firefox on ios is barely more than just a skin to Safari.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 1 points 2 years ago

Its renderer is, yes. But not its UI, and the UI is the problem here.

[–] Micromot@lemmycook.de 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah it doesn't support any addons or simple features

[–] spikespaz@programming.dev 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I mean this with no personal enmity: piss off with your iPad. (Don't expect power user features to actually be good)

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone -1 points 2 years ago

Umm, why? With all due respect, why would you expect me to stop using a device that does everything I want it to perfectly well? I use Edge and it syncs with my Windows desktop and Android phone perfectly well. Both Edge and Google Chrome have supported this feature. It's only Firefox that is being a laggard.

This is not an iPad problem, it's a Firefox one.

[–] altima_neo@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Nah, Apple doesn't allow any other browser engines on iOS other than their own, so every browser available on it is just safari.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 1 points 2 years ago

Sure, but that's not actually my point.

Since 2018 or so, iPad OS has supported multiple windows of the same application, but only if the app developer supports it. Safari, of course, supported this immediately. Google got around to implementing it pretty quickly on Chrome. Edge took years before they finally got there last year or maybe the year before.

Firefox, last time I checked (which was admittedly a few months ago) still did not support it. Plus, on their GitHub page, there was some talk about trying to implement it in a really dumb way, with each window sharing all the same tabs—completely defeating the point of the feature, in my opinion.

When wanting sync between my desktop (Windows), phone (Android), and tablet (iPad OS), I don't really care what renderer is used under the hood. I care what name brand is on the browser and what it's able to sync with. Firefox syncs with Firefox, even when Firefox is secretly Safari.