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		moosingin3space on Aug 18, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Firefox Focus – A new private browser for iOS and ... On Android, Focus appears to use the Gecko renderer. My guess is that the DDG app uses the system webview.

feikname on Aug 18, 2017 [–]

It uses Android WebView componenent (in 1.2.1, I am not sure about future releases.)

You can install the Gecko version if you compile the code yourself for now. Although I believe they will probably switch to Servo instead of Gecko once it is ready.

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