Firefox is one of the best privacy-focused browsers, available for Android phones and tablets, and it is developed by the American Mozilla Foundation.
Mozilla Firefox (or as it was previously known as Phoenix and then Firebird) is a free, open-source web browser that works on multiple platforms, and the Mozilla Foundation and many volunteers are working on its development.
Working on Firefox, the Mozilla Foundation seeks to develop a fast, scalable browser that is separate from the company's other software suite. This browser has won many praises in many media outlets.
With more than 25 million downloads in the first 99 days of version 1.0, Firefox had the highest download rates online among free and open source software, and on October 19, 2005, Firefox reached 100 million downloads, less than a year after the release came out. The first (344 days only).
But why this admiration?
Firefox has many features including a pop-up blocker, tabbed browsing, live bookmarks, and extensions to add new features, although many browsers have Some of these features, Firefox was the first to have all these features and was welcomed by everyone.
Firefox has attracted attention as an alternative to other web browsers, such as Internet Explorer, which is built into Microsoft Windows, and Safari, which is built into Apple's Mac OSX operating system. .
The developer of the application has updated the browser and made it available on smartphones and gave it a new look in addition to more privacy and quick access features.
When you open the application on the phone, you can click on the shield icon, through which you can stop the trackers and detect the number of trackers that have been blocked via the browser.
The browser also offers you the feature of shortcuts to help you access your favorite sites quickly and easily, and the company has also made improvements for versions that run on other systems.
In addition to autofill passwords, users can create new passwords. Or open accounts using only biometric data such as fingerprints and facial recognition.
When you close your browser after browsing, all traces of your browsing history are deleted. You can also clear your current session data by clicking the trash can icon.
If you switch to another app on your phone, a notification to end your browsing session will appear in the phone's notification area. The browser is also characterized by being easy to use, excellent user interface, and fast performance. It also issues periodic updates constantly that constantly improve its performance, and it is available for free on the Google Play Store.
User Experience
Writer Elisha James, technical page editor at Techradar, which specializes in technology, reviews her experience using the Firefox browser.
In 2008 the author has been using Mozilla Firefox for two years after splitting from Internet Explorer. But out of professional necessity, I had to switch to Google Chrome.
For the most part, the switch to Google Chrome has worked for me, as it has features that weren't available in Firefox at the time, such as the ability to sync and access tabs from other devices or save all my bookmarks under one profile that I can Transfer it to other computers.
Then over the years, the author found that Google became more intrusive and, like many other big companies, began tracking and aggregating data and creating bespoke profiles that could be sold to marketing firms. It is a profitable business for them, but it is a nail in the coffin of Internet privacy, says the author.
Another nail in the coffin of privacy
The writer finds that another nail in the privacy coffin is the fact that Chrome's market share has skyrocketed during this time period. In 2008 when the author first switched to Chrome, Google and Mozilla weren't far from each other but now it's different.
That is why Elisha returned to using Firefox in 2019 and found it to be a great browser that has all the features of Chrome and more. The browser does not track you like other browsers, as Google’s Chrome browser has a set of ad blocking features known as “AdBlock” that keeps your Your data is out of the hands of marketing companies looking to compile detailed profiles made from your browsing history.
However, Chrome browser collects the information itself and there is no restriction on this access. There are also talks about Google cracking these adblock extensions in 2023 with a massive update.
The writer says that Mozilla does not have any of these issues, as the browser does not track you at all, but rather it has built-in cookie protection and offers VPN services at a low price.
So you can add AdBlock, uBlock Origins, or any other extension you prefer to stop ad tracking, knowing that Firefox won't invade your privacy.
While Google Chrome has a good set of extensions, Firefox has much more than that, the writer says, a wide range of internet trackers that most websites use have been blocked.
And unlike Chrome, Firefox is so anti-tracking that outside forces (whether at work or school) are unable to install extensions and trackers in the browser.
One of the features that the writer needed when she switched to Chrome previously was the ability to sync and open the same tabs on different devices, a feature that later proved indispensable in college especially when I started writing professionally as a video game tech journalist.
The ability to save all the reference pages was vital to her so that she would not lose access to them in the event of a computer failure.
But now Firefox has all these features and is incredibly easy to use.
The writer says that the browser itself saves your bookmarks and settings under a single profile, which you can transfer to multiple computers and even the mobile version of the browser. From there you can sync tabs between all your devices and open them wherever you want. You can even send tabs directly from one device to another, allowing you to open them instantly without searching for them.
All bookmarks are saved under your profile, giving you full access to them across any device as soon as you sign in.
Firefox doesn't eat up processor power like Chrome
A big complaint among most Google Chrome users is that the browser consumes your CPU.
Although this is a problem for any computer, having a browser that constantly consumes nearly half of your processing power is a major problem especially for laptops or other devices with poor RAM.
This is why Firefox is such a good solution to this problem, that it uses your CPU much less than Chrome while still providing a fast browsing experience. Therefore, the user can continue to open as many tabs as he wants, without affecting the efficiency of his device.