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yoti
Strollin' around
Status: New idea

I've recently made the switch to Firefox as my default browser on Android, for convenient syncing, as it's my default browser on my Linux desktop. there's one ingenious Chrome feature I miss in my mobile experience. that is the 'Contextual Search' or 'Touch to Search'. I think it can be done better in Firefox mobile.

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it's a multifunctional bar that pops from the bottom (within a convenient thumb-reach), that can do numerous things:

  • run a quick search, on top of your viewed tab, of a highlighted term.
  • display a dictionary definition of the highlighted term (incredibly useful when reading articles). or if a whole sentence is selected, it shows a full translation of it to your language.
  • open links in a pop up preview panes (which is very time saving when browsing through a blog/magazine or doing a research, when you want to peek into a page or article to see if it's for your liking). 

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edit, a suggestion I came up with:

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would love to hear your thoughts 🙂

7 Comments
Status changed to: New idea
Jon
Community Manager
Community Manager

Thanks for submitting an idea to the Mozilla Connect community! Your idea is now open to votes (aka kudos) and comments.

Eelalzep
Strollin' around

Indeed it would be very amazing to have. I just find out FF didn't have it(Kinda dumb of me tho,lol).

Mustard4092
New member

I use the Chrome function many times everyday. It's so useful for me that I wouldn't use any other browser without the functionality, even if they offer extensions. Unless there is an extension that does that, which I'm not sure can be programmed.

yoti
Strollin' around

@Mustard4092totally agree. it's such a key feature that eases out the mobile browsing experience. I don't understand how it isn't shipped by default in all mobile browsers...

I do use Firefox even without the feature. I do not wish to use Google products... but I've missed this feature dearly since I made the switch.

sebsdnl
New member

It's a great idea

ffffff
Making moves

These are all features I really missed when switching to Firefox.

Reading is one of the easiest ways to find new words, so it makes sense that a web browser—perhaps the most popular reading tool worldwide—should have a readily available dictionary. Opening new tabs to search is disruptive, we can do better (as Chrome has shown).

oo24
New member

I want to switch from Chrome to Firefox but unfortunately this essential functionality is missing. Please implement!