anyone else experiencing the same bug as me? i updated Fennec #fdroid to version 142 on my phone and it exhibits this strange behaviour where if i opened the app and typed anything into the address bar (a search query, a website), it just wouldn't load. even though i know i'm properly connected to the internet, the progress bar will get stuck on like 25% or so. doesn't matter if i switched tabs or opened new ones, they will all get stuck.

but! if i say, summoned Fennec through a link from an external app (Google app search, a link in Discord), it'll only get stuck like that for a little before just proceeding to open the page like usual. no clueless waiting, no drama. and all the other tabs would work too... until i closed the app. opening it fresh again throws me back at square one with the mysterious, endless loading of... something??

#android #foss #fennecfdroid #firefox

For users of Firefox Mobile (the Fennec F-Droid version) experiencing hangs when loading certain pages, see this blog post for workarounds:

https://f-droid.org/en/2025/08/28/twif.html

#FirefoxMobile #FirefoxAndroid #Fennec #FennecFdroid

found the relevant #FirefoxMobile #Fennec #FennecFdroid bug:

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1986096

I'm tired. very tired. I do not want to have to disable my fricking ad blocker to figure this out.

This week in #FDroid (TWIF) has been live since last week, what you've missed:

* More categories and a Client bugfix WiP
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The browser I use on Android (Fennec F-Droid) just switched my default search engine back to Goggle, and what's worse, completely removed Mojeek and Brave as search options. This is an anti-feature!

It would be great if F-Droid builds of Android browsers stripped out the code that pulls dick moves like this.

#search #SearchEngines #Android #WebBrowser #FDroid #FennecFDroid

Good news! Next release of Fennec browser will support UnifiedPush. And IronFox plan to do it as well!

You'll be able to receive push notifications for many more apps if you're not using Play services, thanks to web apps.

#Android #UnifiedPush #FennecFDroid #IronFox #Firefox

This week in #FDroid (TWIF) is live:

* Bimba test version out too soon
* "Co" stands for "community" in #CoMaps
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Plan your next update: https://f-droid.org/2025/06/12/twif.html