Maybe also try making Firefox tablet compatible like almost every other browser.
Currently it’s just a bloated phone UI on tablet, it’s the one thing stopping me from using as my daily browser on mobile devices.
Mozilla tells extension developers to get ready to finally go mobile
Submitted 1 year ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.theregister.com/2023/11/03/mozilla_android_extensions/
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hellequin67@lemm.ee 1 year ago
BitingChaos@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I installed Firefox (Android version) on a Chromebook to see if I could keep 2 browsers with separate profiles and setups.
The Firefox browser on a Laptop computer looked awful. A narrow phone UI, but stretched really, really wide. It made no attempt at utilizing a wide tablet layout.
Kazumara@feddit.de 1 year ago
It’s weird, this is presented as new, but I had adblock on Firefox on Android from the start.
That and flash support were two of the major reasons for using Firefox on Android in the first place. This was back around 2010, when most porn sites still used flash players for video. Then flash died, that was fine. Then at some point Mozilla reduced the available extensions a lot, but at least some adblocker was still available.
redcalcium@lemmy.institute 1 year ago
They only allow a handful of curated extensions on mobile. You’ll have to use the nightly build and jump through some hoops to install arbitrary extensions on mobile (mostly to allow devs to test their extension). Looks like they’ll finally lift the restriction soon.
elphez@lemmy.world 1 year ago
It’s also worked on beta builds for some time now as well. Which is nice since you only get prompted to update every now and then instead of daily.
AdmiralShat@programming.dev 1 year ago
They rebuilt the mobile browser, if I’m not mistaken. It’s why the extensions stopped for a long time.
Potatos_are_not_friends@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Android + Firefox & adblock is the only way to browse.
Sometimes I have to open something in Android + chrome.
Why tf can a mobile news site allowed to embed a video ad, a video in the bottom corner, and a sticky banner?!
PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 1 year ago
I’ve had ublock origin on Firefox Android for at least a year… And my old Samsung S7 had Firefox with plugins for even longer.
So confused.
fatalError@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
Firefox nightly on android supported desktop extensions for quite some time. It wasn’t that easy to install them, but once I did they worked fine. Maybe a bit more slugish than in pc, but that’s expected given the resources limitatuon on mobile.
TonyOstrich@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Not all extensions though. I want to be able to use the User Agent switcher that I use on desktop and when I add that to the extension collection it causes none of the extensions to appear in Firefox mobile.
AdmiralShat@programming.dev 1 year ago
I don’t understand why we can’t use about:config in the default version.
fatalError@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
I think you can set a custom user agent in about:config, but obviously isn’t as conveniant as a quick toggle from an extension.
XEAL@lemm.ee 1 year ago
And Fennec!
mao@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
Wtf?? Thanks! Now I wonder what other features are hidden here
pdxfed@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Awesome. As a recent convert after Google’s acceleration of bullshit this year, I was surprised at the gap between mobile app and browser and frankly had difficulty understanding it. Glad to hear there will be an alignment coming.
Harpsist@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’m confused. What the hell am I using on my ff if not extensions? (add ons)
I’m a little confused now.
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 year ago
There are only 22 add-ons for the mobile version, and they were all hand-picked or made by the devs to be ported. It doesn’t have support for the whole system like on desktop, where there are thousands of add-ons.
DontTreadOnBigfoot@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Desktop Firefox has waaaaay more extension options than mobile currently
jray4559@lemmy.sdf.org 1 year ago
Took long enough. What the hell was the holdup?
jayandp@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Article says they were paranoid about security issues.
zoontechnicon@feddit.de 1 year ago
Sadly, some APIs are still not implemented, so extensions interacting with bookmarks for example still won’t work…
Senex@reddthat.com 1 year ago
Now if I could only reorder my Firefox bookmarks on my homepage.
danielfgom@lemmy.world 1 year ago
At freaking last!
mark@programming.dev 1 year ago
Just Mozilla being Mozilla… Taking forever to get impactful stuff like this released or to fix bugs that have been sitting forever. But quick to add features most of us dont need. I like what Mozilla is doing. But it seems like their always struggling with their priorities.
where_am_i@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
First they broke it when they’ve rewritten the mobile version from scratch and now they shift the blame on dev. You are only relevant because everything else is Google, Mozilla.
Nickm8@lemmy.world 1 year ago
danc4498@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Stupid iPhones… I want extensions!
xep@kbin.social 1 year ago
I'd have bought an iPhone a long time ago if it had Firefox. Unfortunate.
Link@rentadrunk.org 1 year ago
It does have Firefox but it’s a Safari reskin.
001@kbin.melroy.org 1 year ago
Hoping that when sideloading becomes a thing (thanks to the EU) firefox will develop a full iOS version
synceDD@lemmy.world 1 year ago
r/redditmoment
scytale@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Orion is the next best thing. You can install extensions like uBO and other FF extensions.
LucidNightmare@lemm.ee 1 year ago
Orion browser by Kagi. Closest we have to a Firefox like browsing experience on the iPhone. 🙏
spiderman@ani.social 1 year ago
Is it chromium based or ff based?