Ok my fellow nerds, #fennec, a #Firefox version compiled for #fdroid, doesn't load websites 80% of the time, completely randomly. I searched for solutions and concluded that since nothing works it must be #android itself that nerfs the competing browser.
My question is, how dumb is using something based on WebView, actually? I installed #Fulguris and it's blazing fast, seems to be working 100% of the time. It's open.
Since I have no experience with android development, is WebView chromium in disguise or is it fine? And I opening myself to all of the Google malpractice through it? I wish I could use Fennec but it turns literally useless, when I can't even load wikipedia most of the times.
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in reply to Licho • • •Android WebView
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in reply to yoasif • • •I tried #WebLibre (in #Fdroid #browser category) for the same reason and it has some interesting features. The only issues I had right away were it doesn't use Firefox sync (so no passwords, bookmarks and history transfert or tabs sharing) and "Google Safe Browsing" couldn't be disabled.
f-droid.org/packages/eu.weblib…
WebLibre: Private Browser | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository
f-droid.orgMark Isherwood
in reply to Licho • • •your issue with Fennec sounds a lot like this bug that was found in the latest version.
gitlab.com/relan/fennecbuild/-…
Temporary work around at the moment is to lock your phone, wait a couple of seconds and unlock it again. Fixes it again for a little while. Hopefully a fix out for it soon.
Version 142 fails to load sites after first restart (#134) · Issues · relan / fennecbuild · GitLab
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in reply to Mark Isherwood • • •FoxoBread
in reply to Licho • • •Ah, so it's not just this one experiencing this. Fun.
Has stopped loading things after a recent update. Its guess is some DNS failure, probably caused by some change to enhanced privacy stuff.
It'll look into this further now. Good start will be a rollback to a previous version.
WebView is what chromium is using.
Just depends what you wish to use. Not got any experience with the browser you mention, but if you trust it, it's probably okay. If the browser uses the system WebView, it can actually slightly lower your attack surface, assuming the implementation is remotely up to date.
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in reply to FoxoBread • • •@fox someone in the comments pointed out there's an open issue in fennec repository about it ^^
kind.social/@markisherwood/115…
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2025-09-05 13:36:12
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in reply to Licho • • •Hadn't had federated by the time it wrote its previous toot.
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in reply to Licho • • •They are aware of the bug.142.0.1 should do the trick!
gitlab.com/relan/fennecbuild/-…
Version 142 fails to load sites after first restart (#134) · Issues · relan / fennecbuild · GitLab
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