Confusing message from firefox.com/pair on iOS
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Description
Description
When signing up a new phone and linking it to an existing account, you're told to visit firefox.com/pair to link your account. If you do this on Firefox iOS on iPad you don't get the helpful message "use a computer" message.
Steps to reproduce
With Firefox on iPadOS, visit firefox.com/pair and observe the message.
Expected result
On Firefox on an iPhone you get the following message:
Connecting your mobile device with your Mozilla account
Open Firefox on your computer, visit firefox.com/pair, and follow the on-screen instructions to connect your mobile device.
Actual result
On Firefox on iPadOS you get this message:
Oops! It looks like you’re not using Firefox.
Switch to Firefox and open this page to connect another device.
Environment
Firefox 132.1 (47104)
iPadOS 18.1.1
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Research direction
Start at the firefox.com/pair entry point and reproduce the behavior on iPadOS, then compare it with the iPhone response shown in the issue. Done means Firefox on iPad displays the helpful computer-linking message instead of the "not using Firefox" message.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- ios, typescript
- Domain
- frontend, mobile-dev
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100