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  • rabeccawilliams@r.nfEnglish
    1·
    3 days ago

    To prepare your Firefox desktop extension for the upcoming Android release, ensure it’s compatible with Firefox for Android, follow Mozilla’s guidelines, test thoroughly on Android devices, and update your extension’s manifest file accordingly. More information can be checked at https://kochsahne.com/

    • kratoz29@lemm.eeEnglish
      11·
      11 months ago

      That’s the reason why I might start to use FF again (tbh at this point I don’t see why to use anything else).

      • Camilo@discuss.tchncs.de
        91·
        11 months ago

        I am using Firefox as well and I don’t think I’d go back to Chrome, but I wish it supported progressive web apps a bit better!

        • kratoz29@lemm.eeEnglish
          1·
          11 months ago

          Well, on a second thought I guess they don’t have much tabs control, so that is a bit of a bummer.

          • Camilo@discuss.tchncs.de
            2·
            11 months ago

            Not for chrome, but there are forks that have adblocking capabilities.

            Kiwi is a browser that lets you install extensions, so you can install an ad blocker

            Or Brave, that includes it as a browser feature. But Brave has had many weird features and taken many weird decisions, so people recommend just moving to Firefox

        • Jules 🍺@mastodon.me.uk
          1·
          11 months ago

          @Camilo @kratoz29 I don’t think Firefox is any worse at progressive enhancement than chrome, most developers don’t even consider it so perhaps chrome is better at running poor code than Firefox, but that is not a good reason to use it, just encourages poor coders and coding

    • scarilog@lemmy.world
      31·
      11 months ago

      Fr. Chrome on android is much more stable in my experience. But Firefox still wins due to adblock + sweet sweet dark mode.

    • BaroqueInMind@kbin.social
      168·
      11 months ago

      Are you a developer? If not then the only thing you need to know is that Mozilla is essentially announcing enabling desktop extensions to be able to work on mobile

    • deweydecibel@lemmy.worldEnglish
      48·
      11 months ago

      Firefox Mobile supported add-ons for many years, but due to having to change some things under the hood a few years ago, add-ons got restricted a bit (though you could still use them).

      They’re basically announcing they finally fixed the issue and they’re coming back.

      • Gamey@feddit.rocks
        6·
        11 months ago

        More than just a bit, they only approved a few at all as far as I could tell fron the years of using the browser but yea.

    • SootySootySoot [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
      40·
      11 months ago

      Firefox for Android previously only supported a limited number of select extensions. They’re finally opening it up so you can use any extension.

    • Knusper@feddit.de
      33·
      11 months ago

      They don’t spell this out, but my interpretation is that extension devs will be able to publish extensions for use on Android, without Mozilla explicitly approving each one of them.

      Many desktop extensions work as-is on Android, so when this goes live, we’ll likely see dozens, if not hundreds, of extensions becoming available in the following weeks.

  • oranges@lemmy.ml
    74·
    11 months ago

    Glad I made the switch back to FireFox a year or two ago. As a Dev, I was entrenched in Chrome and it wasn’t an easy move but with the path Google are currently treading around ad serving, blocking the ad blocks etc. I feel I made the right choice…

    • arc@lemm.ee
      19·
      11 months ago

      I use Firefox on Android and it’s great. Ad blocking is the big one but it’s just a good browser. I deleted the Twitter and Reddit apps recently and Firefox lets me bookmark the sites on the launcher so it’s like a separate “app” but not taking up 100s MB of space and I can block ads on these sites. I’m hoping that I’ll be to use the Twitter desktop extension that prunes even more junk out of the experience - recommendations, what’s trending and other clickbait garbage

      • RickyRigatoni@lemmy.ml
        81·
        11 months ago

        Do you have anything installed to make them stop bugging you about using their awful apps?

        • sznio@beehaw.org
          1·
          11 months ago

          The site formerly known as Twitter has full PWA support. At least it had the last time I checked.

          It should work exactly the same as a normal app.

  • 👁️👄👁️@lemm.eeEnglish
    69·
    11 months ago

    Niceee, Firefox Android needs more attention. It’s such an underrated browser. It’s non chromium, search bar on bottom by default, uBlock Origin, https-only mode, cookie banner reduction (soon), the best reader mode of all browsers, and addon support.

    • c1177johuk@lemmy.world
      12·
      11 months ago

      Cookie banner reduction already exists usint uBlock. You just need to enable some additional lists

      • 👁️👄👁️@lemm.eeEnglish
        4·
        11 months ago

        Oh yeah I went crazy and enabled all the annoyance filters, including every other filter lol. Browsers will never be able to keep up with the uBlock Origin extension. It’s probably the single most privacy preserving software out there.

    • wipeitonthedog@lemmy.world
      1·
      11 months ago

      For me it’s the ability to install extensions. I can’t browser without the dark reader extension. If I look at bright screens for long time, I get a headache and won’t get sleep

  • Quacksalber@sh.itjust.works
    49·
    11 months ago

    Reads like they are finally returning to full addon support. I’ve been using Firefox for Android long enough to remember that, before the grand redesign, they supported all addons and let you access about:config.

    Back then, I was using uMatrix on FfA, now I am forced to use NoScript, which is more fickle to use and less stable.

    • UnverifiedAPK@lemmy.ml
      22·
      11 months ago

      Finally. You’ve been able to use desktop addons this whole time, but you have to do a whole runaround:

      • Create Firefox account
      • Sign in on desktop
      • Install the add-ons you want
      • Create an app collection and publish it
      • Sign in on mobile
      • Enable developer mode
      • Download your custom app collection
      • (Optional: sign out on both devices)
  • EeeDawg101@lemm.ee
    378·
    11 months ago

    Woah that’s awesome. So ublock origin on android Firefox? Freaking nice!

    • maketheworldcute@feddit.de
      14·
      11 months ago

      I use it since maybe a year now on Android and it’s amazing. The toggeling of the overlay and weird zap objects/overlays function takes some getting used too but otherwise its just like on the Desktop.

      • deweydecibel@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        11 months ago

        Yeah, the way Firefox manages addon interfaces on mobile makes it really unintuitive to use ublock’s tools, but you can absolutely use them with some practice and patience. Personal filters makes so many websites usable.

        Hopefully whatever this update is will make using the element zapper/filter easier.

  • Hutch@lemmy.caEnglish
    201·
    11 months ago

    This is great news, I’ve just switched to Firefox & Firefox Focus on Android as a longtime user of Mobile Chrome and Desktop Firefox. It always felt weak on mobile, but things have changed. Still hating the purple though, and the placement of the new tab button but that’s a small price to pay.

  • T (they/she)@beehaw.org
    191·
    11 months ago

    I’m already using extensions on Android with Firefox Nightly but yeah I guess that’s nice

    • lolgcat@lemmy.ml
      4·
      11 months ago

      Yeah it’s been nice but it has come with a bit of a learning curve. The process now is much more straightforward. Maybe devs will be more inclined to build since the userbase has future.

  • Gamey@feddit.rocks
    121·
    11 months ago

    So we finally get some major functionality back? I never cared about that redisgn but removing proper extension support was a really shitty part of it that I did care about!

  • bet@lemm.ee
    10·
    11 months ago

    If this comes through, I might no longer need Iceraven (andoid firefox with full addon support, like before they tore it out; I use it for Singlefile)

    • sznio@beehaw.org
      1·
      11 months ago

      You know, I always thought Android Firefox always had full addon support. I’ve got uBlock Origin now, and I remember having Stylus/TamperMonkey.

  • ChristianWS@lemmy.eco.br
    112·
    11 months ago

    Alright, so what extensions are you guys looking forward to? On mobile I don’t think about it too much cause most of the websites I use on Desktop I use as apps on Android, so a couple of website specific extensions are useless for me

    • hypertown@lemmy.world
      2·
      11 months ago

      Fennec from F-Droid is a way to go. It lets you enable extensions and is based on stable release