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Chrome finally lets you move the address bar to the bottom, but not on Android (www.androidcentral.com)

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[-] netchami@sh.itjust.works 71 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Just wanted to mention that Firefox and Mull for Android allow you to do that. They are also much better than Chrome or any Chromium based browser, as they allow proper adblockers and they don't support Google's monopoly on the browser rendering engines which is just bad for the open internet in general. Mull also significantly improves your privacy by using many patches from the Tor Browser.

[-] TesterJ@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

The only downside to using Firefox on Android is that Google search results can take forever to load unless you clear site cookies. And Google Image search is awful.

However that's all fixed if you use Duck Duck Go instead.

[-] netchami@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago

You shouldn't use Google anyway. Honestly, fuck Google and their surveillance ecosystem. If you want Google search results, try Startpage, it's a meta search engine for Google. Whoogle is also an option, it's essentially a proxy for Google searches. But for me, DuckDuckGo's results are totally fine, I'm able to find anything I need.

[-] ultra@feddit.ro 13 points 1 year ago

+1 for duckduckgo. Google is mostly ads nowadays

[-] netchami@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

Ads and tracking. And censorship.

[-] renere@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 year ago

i believe that's all fixed if you install the Google Search Fixer, or at least ive never had problems using google search on firefox android after installing that

[-] netchami@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

I believe that it's also fixed by just using DuckDuckGo. Fuck Google, if you want Google search results, try Startpage, it’s a meta search engine for Google. Whoogle is also an option, it’s essentially a proxy for Google searches. But for me, DuckDuckGo’s results are totally fine, I’m able to find anything I need.

[-] canihasaccount@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Or Kagi. I couldn't do DDG but Kagi was good enough for me to finally switch off of Google.

[-] LoyalOrange503@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

or use bing, I've switched to bing recently and it's be come an overall. more enjoyable experience. Of course, using something like Duck Duck go instead of using a big company alternative is better in any case.

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[-] ultra@feddit.ro 5 points 1 year ago

And also fennec

[-] netchami@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

Fennec is just Firefox Nightly without the Firefox branding. Mull is superior as it uses patches from the Tor Browser and settings from Arkenfox user.js, it greatly improves your privacy.

[-] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 43 points 1 year ago

Wow how horrible... continues to use firefox

[-] agame@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago

Anyways.

[-] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 34 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Why would Google code for its opponent's OS first? Not that I use Chrome, anyway. Firefox has had that feature for ages.

[-] Tayphix@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago

Google constantly does this. Never makes any sense.

[-] evo@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

Does it matter? The iOS app and Android app are almost certainly made by two different teams that operate independently.

[-] Moneo@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Probably because safari has it that way by default.

[-] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

The reason is probably really mundane, like the iOS Chrome team and Android Chrome team not working in lockstep or something of the sort. Like the iOS team planned it for 2023 Q4 and the Android team for 2024 Q1

[-] mojo@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago

The technology just isn't there yet

[-] tankplanker@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

It used to be able to do it via an experimental feature, then they took that feature away. https://www.dignited.com/114084/how-to-relocate-the-chrome-address-bar-on-your-android-device/

It smacks of some VP of product development hating on the concept, despite it being optional, and wont back down over the decision. Most likely they used the navigation buttons on the bottom and this caused their great big sausage fingers a problem.

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[-] Illuminostro@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Somehow Chromium based Vivaldi pulled it off.

[-] aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago

Swore there was a flag that allowed you to do this years ago.

[-] ijeff 20 points 1 year ago

There was. It was removed a few years ago (https://www.androidpolice.com/2020/05/29/chromes-duet-bottom-bar-interface-is-probably-gone-for-good/).

[-] aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago

Google removing features, and bringing them back pretending they are new. A tale as old as time.

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[-] TheMadnessKing 9 points 1 year ago

Chromium Forks like Cromite and Brave have this feature already.

[-] netchami@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 year ago

Fuck Chromium. Don't support Google's monopoly on web rendering engines and use Firefox or Mull for Android as well as LibreWolf on desktop.

[-] TheMadnessKing 2 points 1 year ago

I use both. Firefox for most of my work and Chromium for sites that usually don't work well on FF.

[-] Hawk@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 year ago

I would recommend arkenfox over librewolf, that way you can use an up to date browser, with the same privacy and greater flexibility to enable features you may want (e.g. no letterbox etc).

[-] netchami@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

LibreWolf massively improved it's update schedule and you can disable any feature you dislike. They have a separate page in the normal user-facing settings for disabling stuff like letterboxing, no need to use about:config. It's better for new users, but also just more convenient for power users. Having to explain how to harden Firefox to a new user would not be ideal.

[-] Illuminostro@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Vivaldi also.

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[-] Swarfega@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

Being at the bottom makes more sense on today's larger phones. I'm just so used to it being at the top it's hard to get used to it being at the bottom of the screen.

[-] Suburbanl3g3nd@lemmings.world 6 points 1 year ago

My old windows phone did this and I loved it. I'm surprised its taking Google this long to do this. Not that I use chrome but still

[-] netchami@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Firefox on Android has had this for quite a long time

[-] Wistful@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 year ago

It never made sense to me, UX wise, to be up on handheld devices (one handed ones especially).

[-] Haveanicedayman@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Omg, why not for Android too? It's way easier to reach bottom than the top.

[-] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

It actually exists in the codebase, but is disabled. 'The feature is not yet available for Android but was previously tested on the platform.'

Cromite browser let's you do this.

[-] netchami@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Use Firefox. And also switch away from Google as your search engine. DuckDuckGo is great but if you want Google search results, try Startpage, it’s a meta search engine for Google. Whoogle is also an option, it’s essentially a proxy for Google searches. But for me, DuckDuckGo’s results are totally fine, I’m able to find anything I need.

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[-] LoyalOrange503@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

lol, if chrome isn't going to allow it on android then what's the point? Safari offers it (if it's the only feature you care about), and is a lot better then chrome.

[-] jetsetdorito@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

funny enough.. it was a feature flag to move it to the bottom on android for a while before but they removed that too

[-] Wrongleverkrunk@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Eww

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