Did Google ever say why it killed the bottom address bar in Chrome? (And what's your fave browser?)

Mike@lemmy.world to Android@lemmy.world – 4 points –

Because damn that's annoying. With phones being massive now, it makes little sense to make us reach up to the top of the screen to swipe between tabs. Do all their chrome devs just have super long fingers..?

I tried switching to Firefox, which has the URL box at the bottom, but the lack of tab grouping (not the same thing as Firefox's tab collections) is really annoying. I've come to love that feature in Chrome!

So, next question... What's your fave browser on Android, and how well does it handle syncing with the desktop?

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I use Firefox Nightly on both desktop and Android. It has the option to have the address bar on bottom on mobile. I love being able to use all the extensions on my phone. uBlock Origin is the best content blocker available. I can syn and see my tabs on other devices.

uBlock Origin plus consent-o-matic are must-haves in my opinion. The latter automatically denies & closes all cookie nag screens.

How does Consent-o-matic compare to I Still Don't Care About Cookies?

Never tried that one, so I really can't tell. c-o-m sets all the GDPR tags as well, if the other one does the same, they'd be more or less identical I'd say.