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.
Hopefully it won’t break too many forks.
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)
Fortunately IceRaven supports pretty much all extensions. Only few of them actually work however.
Yeah, and it only worked on some add-ons, for some reason.
Well that’s nice. But how many developers will care to make Android extensions at this point? Also will the current unsupported extensions in custom collections stop working?
Nice, no more nightly and beta for me…
Fennec from F-Droid is a way to go. It lets you enable extensions and is based on stable release
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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.
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
Wish it were as easy to use as Samsung Internet browser dark mode. You can enable/disable with just 2 taps: settings > enable/disable.
Also Samsung Internet buttons & layout can be customised, you can have the search bar on top or bottom and most importantly? There is a “tap to go up” feature. It’s one feature I sorely miss switching from IPhone :(
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I don’t even have to do that. Dark Reader on Firefox is synced to my system settings. So my dark mode is set to a timer, which automatically turns it on, including Dark Reader.
Can I log in to my Google account though, in the actual browser? Firefox is fantastic,l and those features are amazing, but I keep all my browsing, bookmarks, and so on in one place, my Google account.
I need to be able to look something up on my pc or tablet etc which all run chrome, and be able to find that quickly on my phone by typing into the address bar, etc.
I don’t usually care much about integrations but this one is too convenient to give up.
And I suppose, thinking about it, it would have to support multiple profiles too, because I have my personal Google account profile in Chrome, then my work Google profile, etc. Different sets of bookmarks and settings and so on for the different needs.
No, you won’t get Google profile sync built into Firefox. They have their own Firefox profile sync.
Firefox has its own syncing system via a Firefox account that’ll sync your bookmarks, open tabs, history, logins, etc…
Firefox on desktop does support multiple profiles, but they are nowhere near as convenient as Chrome’s which is just a few clicks.
Cookie banner reduction already exists usint uBlock. You just need to enable some additional lists
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.
I also used this list as a custom adlist to bypass seemingly all paywalls
Saving this one, thanks!
uBlock settings > filter list > annoyance > AdGuard/uBO - Cookie Notices
I really did not like the search bar at the bottom. Thankfully, you can move it back up!
I found it unexpectedly appealing on the bottom, but good to know you can move it up! Extra point for Firefox.
Nice
Does this mean that I’ll be able to get temporary containers on Firefox Android?
That extension requires rather deep integration into the UI, which I don’t think is possible for Android extensions. So, I doubt, it will become available…
Some parts of the container API is not available on Android unfortunately. No container extension will work until that is fixed.
https://github.com/stoically/temporary-containers/issues/465
I wonder if hidden tabs are. It’s not that I want tab groups on mobile, but it’d be interesting to see attempts, specially with how absolute dogshit grouped tabs are on mobile chrome, specially if there’s pop ups involved (an inversion from desktop chrome, which has the best grouped tabs)
@gaul I’m sick of FF. I don’t understand why they crippled it for Android.
Im only using it because the other choice is Chrome.
Let People Do Things Without Being Forced To Do Other Things They Dont Want To Do.
Great i have been using all my fav extensions for a while in the beta version. Great news nonetheless!
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Okay, whoop.
Let me fucking download my files to where I want to on mobile, goddamnit.
That’s 100% Google’s fault. Firefox has no control on over this, Android prevents apps from accessing the full file system now.
There’s no need to access the full file system to download to wherever the user wants. In fact the user might not want to use the local file system, but instead a “cloud” storage provider app!
The Storage Access Framework is built precisely for this.
Android has locked down free access to storage in recent versions. Blame Google.
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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!
