• GenEcon@lemm.ee
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    I use FF on android for a couple months now. Solid browser and sync to desktol and add blocker are nice.

    BUT: their page reloading is far too aggressive. You can’t buy anything online, since once 2FA is required and you need to open your bank app, confirm, and switch back, the page reloads and the 2FA didn’t get through. Tickets and such are the only reason I have still chrome installed.

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        1 year ago

        Possibly, but previously I’ve been able to load a site, open a media-rich page in a new tab, then close that tab to go back to the original page.

        On a newer build of FF for Android, that first page is re-loaded from the internet.

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      Hmm, I’m not experiencing that. Could Android (well, the flavour used by your phone) be killing background apps too aggressively or something like that?

      Edit: could also be a RAM thing. I have 12GB.

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        I’m not experiencing that issue either and I have half the amount of RAM that you do. I’ve noticed an unnecessary autorefresh only after closing out of the browser for a long time, never in the middle of switching between apps. But, that does sound like annoying behavior.

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          You can get 32GB of laptop RAM for like $60 to $80 if you find sales, and even one 16GB stick would be an upgrade for you. Modern bloat is so bad that having 8 gigs of RAM is the equivalent of having 4 a few years ago.

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        1 year ago

        I also feel RAM too aggressive since A13, but it could be my custom ROM as well.

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      I feel this pain. But you try to stop a video that started playing in Firefox. I dare you.

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      Huh, good to know.
      I’ve found edge to be quite aggressive on the reloads as well (at least, on desktop).
      Makes it difficult for developing anything that has to deal with tabs going to “sleep” (like websocket reconnects, rehydrations, reauths).

      I’m a hair away from ditching chrome