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Firefox to become first mobile browser to support desktop extensions later this year (blog.mozilla.org)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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Source: https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2023/08/10/prepare-your-firefox-desktop-extension-for-the-upcoming-android-release/

Archived version: https://archive.ph/x9dHq

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[–] rob_t_firefly 79 points 1 year ago (2 children)

That's nice, maybe they can finally re-enable about:config in the damn thing too. They removed it from mobile Firefox years ago and the lack of it aggravates the hell out of me.

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's available in nightly (and I think dev) builds

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

If you don't want to use the potentially unstable Nightly, Dev or Beta, you can use Fennec (stable builds with dev features).

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

probably in normal Firefox too, it's just hidden in all of them

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Fennec still supports it, just as it supports add-ons from the official Mozilla store. Don't see any reason why I should go back to the official app.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is there an easy way to migrate from the official app to Fennec? Keeping accounts, extensions and settings?

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

If you have enabled the sync feature in Firefox, it seamlessly works with Fennec; as does the integration between Fennec and Firefox Desktop. Simply log on with your Firefox account in Fennec, and you won't even feel the difference.

[–] kenbw2 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How do I make use of this? I can't see a way to install them on my Fennec from F Droid

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You have to add a custom addons collection. That's how.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

I haven't gotten around making them and using them, and it seems every guide online is vastly out of date