New "Firefox Focus" for iPhone has been launched by Mozilla, the company behind the web browser Firefox. In a move to keep Internet user's browsing activities private, private browsing has been made available for iOS and iPhone users.
New "Firefox Focus" for iPhone will block ad trackers and erase browser history, passwords, and cookies from the mobile browser. According to Techcrunch, Mozilla claims that the new "Firefox Focus" for iPhone will be able to load web pages more quickly due to the block on ads and other web trackers that slow down browsing performance and page loading time.
To make browsing even more efficient, the new "Firefox Focus" for iPhone will also be simplified and won't have any features like tabs or even a favorites list. Instead, Mozilla Firefox will focus as an originally designed ad-blocking utility for the iPhone's Safari browser.
The feature is still available in the new app, but this time, it also works as a separate mobile browser. The new "Firefox Focus" for iPhone will allow users to toggle on or off the data you want to block, like ad trackers, analytics trackers, social trackers, or other content trackers.
When you just want a super simple, fast mobile Web experience–-no tabs, no menus, no pop-ups–-Firefox Focus is here: https://t.co/5JHobX3Np0
— Firefox (@firefox) November 17, 2016
For now, the new "Firefox Focus" for iPhone will be using Yahoo Search as the default search engine, despite Yahoo's recent data breach and privacy issues the company is currently facing. However, search engine choice will be available in a later update, cites Techcrunch.
The new "Firefox Focus" for iPhone will be overly simplified. However, per the Guardian, Mozilla's mobile web browser will have one handy feature: a one-click erase button on the right corner of the browser which will let users clear all the information used while surfing the net through Firefox focus.
This will help users who do not want to leave information or traces of their online activities. But the new "Firefox Focus" for iPhone does not offer much to mobile users.
The iPhone's Safari web browser has a private browsing mode, and certain apps in the Apple store offer blocking ads and web trackers. Be competition aside, Mozilla hopes that the new "Firefox Focus" for iPhone will give convenience, as the ultimate selling point.
