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/
this post was submitted on 11 Aug 2023
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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
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Cookie banner reduction already exists usint uBlock. You just need to enable some additional lists
uBlock settings > filter list > annoyance > AdGuard/uBO - Cookie Notices
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That's the reason why I use Firefox on Android.
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).
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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.....
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
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Can someone TLDR please ?
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
Oh cookies auto delete here I come
Sick! I just switched to Firefox nightly so I can use ublacklist on mobile.
I've used Firefox Nightly for ages, and admittedly, it sometimes lets a crashing bug through. But it was worth it for stuff like old.reddit redirect on tablet, lol. I just don't want the stupid "USE OUR APP" banners while searching.
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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.
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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.
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.
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)
Yeah, and it only worked on some add-ons, for some reason.
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Woah that’s awesome. So ublock origin on android Firefox? Freaking nice!
uBlock on Firefox mobile has been out for a while now
From the beginning. Even when Firefox had to restrict the mobile add-ons a few years ago, uBlock was one of the few that remained.
uBlock, Dark Reader, Privacy Badger, ClearURLs, DecentralEyes. They have all been there the whole time
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you can use ublock origin on android firefox right now.. been using it for years.
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.
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Is there an extension for hiding the annoying attempts of reddit web app trying to get you to install their app, then login through Google? Still find myself there when it's from a Google search.
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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.
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!
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
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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)
This is seriously cool. I've been waiting for this for a while.
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