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vermaden

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The way I browse the Internet on my laptop is different then browsing it on my phone. I often open tabs with pages 'to check later' on a device that is not crippled (I prefer to use laptop) but in many places I only have only phone with me - so after I gather some tabs - I then share them to my email/whatsapp/whatever and then open them on laptop.

... and no - I do not want to 'Sign In' into Firefox as things (and tabs) I do on a laptop are entirely different then the ones on the phone.

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Yeah I'm sure this is a rare use case - just sending them over to the desktop straight away via sync is way faster. I also browse differently on my phone than on my desktop, but I don't see how linking the devices hampers that in any way.

(In fact, I don't think it "syncs" tabs in the first place, as in, makes sure you have the same tabs open on both devices? It just makes a list of tabs on your other devices available, and allows you to manually send individual tabs.)

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SlurpingPus

I do not want to 'Sign In' into Firefox


Sending the tab to the desktop Firefox via sync instead of keeping it open actually perfectly fits your use-case. Seeing as that's exactly what you're doing, only manually.

things (and tabs) I do on a laptop are entirely different then the ones on the phone.


Nothing changes from normal usage when tab syncing is enabled, except that the list of tabs opened on the phone is available in a special tab on the desktop, and vice versa. Only explicitly sent tabs are opened on the other device.

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Relevant XKCD.

I know this wasn't a bug fix. But it does sound like quite a niche use case. Does the built in browser sync not work for you, assuming you're sharing the links between devices?

I'm personally sad they removed the button to open the current page in a non private tab. I use Firefox on mobile almost exclusively in private mode (yay for not collecting 100s of tabs), but sometimes I quickly want to save a tab between sessions without bookmarking it.

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No because that's not how Android works. If the app is updated, it is also closed and from that point on you'll have the new version. If you're using it while it is updating in the background, it'll literally just disappear.

But i did check in the store to make sure it's updated. I also manually force closed it just to convince you. Option is still there.

To be clear it's in the tab overview, where you see all your open tabs. For me there's the '...' menu in the top right, and it's in there, as it always has been. But it looks different from your screenshot, I dunno where that was taken.

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I also have 148.0.1. I think I've understand the difference. I'm not trying to select any tabs at all. I just open the menu and select "share all tabs", which is exactly what you're saying you're missing in your OP though?

In case that is relevant, I'm on Android version 15. Since your screen looks quite a bit different from mine.

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