Brave, Mozilla, Vivaldi see browser installs rise on iOS
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Thanks to Europe forcing Apple to offer a browser choice screen. Now, about ditching WebKit ...

Since Apple implemented a browser choice screen for iPhones earlier this month to comply with Europe’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), Brave Software, Mozilla, and Vivaldi have seen a surge in the number of people installing their web browsers.

It’s an early sign that Europe’s competition rules may actually … get this … enhance competition – an outcome that skeptics deemed unlikely.

  • gedaliyah@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
    3·
    8 months ago

    Firefox has tab switching exactly like you describe. The only exception is that i don’t think it will automatically open a new tab.

      • gedaliyah@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
        4·
        8 months ago

        ⋮ --> Settings --> Customize --> Scroll down to gestures --> Swipe toolbar sideways to switch tabs

        At least this is for android. It may be identical for iOS?

        • Dojan@lemmy.world
          2·
          8 months ago

          There’s no Gesture section at all on iOS, checked both in the in-app settings as well as the app settings in the Settings app. Honestly the settings page is a bit of a travesty in terms of UX design. There’s a “Theme” section that when clicked, takes you to an on/off switch for “Use system theme” and nothing else. Why not just have the switch directly on the main settings page? Maybe under its own subsection, but not a completely different page?

          I installed Firefox on my Pixel 6 (work phone, pretty much only use it for Teams and two authenticator apps), and it’s a completely different experience.

          The iOS version wastes a lot of space, and there’s a lot less room for customisation.

          On Android the setting was under Settings > Customise which by itself has a decent amount of settings.

          And the iOS settings page, slightly scrolled down to hide my email address, looks like this (imgur link).