▲ 1146 ▼ Prepare your Firefox desktop extension for the upcoming Android release (blog.mozilla.org) submitted 3 years ago by gaul@lemmy.ml to c/firefox@lemmy.ml 163 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] yoz@aussie.zone 76 points 3 years ago (4 children) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] BaroqueInMind@kbin.social 173 points 3 years ago (6 children) 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 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 12 child comments replies: [–] Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz 36 points 3 years ago Oh cookies auto delete here I come permalink fedilink source parent [–] DryTomatoes@lemmy.world 29 points 3 years ago (2 children) Sick! I just switched to Firefox nightly so I can use ublacklist on mobile. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] DrQuint@lemmy.world 13 points 3 years ago* (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DryTomatoes@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago That's awesome. I wish I knew about that years ago. permalink fedilink source parent [–] wild@lemmy.world 8 points 3 years ago (1 child) What's that? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Nitrate55@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 3 years ago (2 children) It's an extension that allows you to blacklist certain websites from appearing in search results. So if you wanna prevent for instance facebook links from showing up in search results, uBlacklist can make that possible. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] 0421008445828ceb46f496700a5fa6@kbin.social 12 points 3 years ago Oh good, now I can do an image search without completely useless Pinterest results permalink fedilink source parent [–] DryTomatoes@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago And it's available on Firefox mobile (soon) and it's freaking amazing on mobile. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Yoz@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago Ah thanks. permalink fedilink source parent [–] halibutherring@aussie.zone 2 points 3 years ago Oh, finally! They were only disabled... five? years ago? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 years ago So how have we gotten mobile extensions over the last year? Were those pre-selected by Mozilla, perhaps? permalink fedilink source parent [+] ndsvw@feddit.de 0 points 3 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] deweydecibel@lemmy.world 50 points 3 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gamey@feddit.rocks 7 points 3 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent [–] SootySootySoot@hexbear.net 42 points 3 years ago* (3 children) Firefox for Android previously only supported a limited number of select extensions. They're finally opening it up so you can use any extension. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [+] yoz@aussie.zone 11 points 3 years ago [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent [–] gamey@feddit.rocks 6 points 3 years ago *opening it up again! permalink fedilink source parent [–] rambos@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago Does it mean I can install any desktop extension which was not available on android? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Knusper@feddit.de 34 points 3 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BaroqueInMind@kbin.social 173 points 3 years ago (6 children) 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 permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 12 child comments replies: [–] Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz 36 points 3 years ago Oh cookies auto delete here I come permalink fedilink source parent [–] DryTomatoes@lemmy.world 29 points 3 years ago (2 children) Sick! I just switched to Firefox nightly so I can use ublacklist on mobile. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] DrQuint@lemmy.world 13 points 3 years ago* (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DryTomatoes@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago That's awesome. I wish I knew about that years ago. permalink fedilink source parent [–] wild@lemmy.world 8 points 3 years ago (1 child) What's that? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Nitrate55@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 3 years ago (2 children) It's an extension that allows you to blacklist certain websites from appearing in search results. So if you wanna prevent for instance facebook links from showing up in search results, uBlacklist can make that possible. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] 0421008445828ceb46f496700a5fa6@kbin.social 12 points 3 years ago Oh good, now I can do an image search without completely useless Pinterest results permalink fedilink source parent [–] DryTomatoes@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago And it's available on Firefox mobile (soon) and it's freaking amazing on mobile. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Yoz@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago Ah thanks. permalink fedilink source parent [–] halibutherring@aussie.zone 2 points 3 years ago Oh, finally! They were only disabled... five? years ago? permalink fedilink source parent [–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 years ago So how have we gotten mobile extensions over the last year? Were those pre-selected by Mozilla, perhaps? permalink fedilink source parent [+] ndsvw@feddit.de 0 points 3 years ago [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz 36 points 3 years ago Oh cookies auto delete here I come permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DryTomatoes@lemmy.world 29 points 3 years ago (2 children) Sick! I just switched to Firefox nightly so I can use ublacklist on mobile. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] DrQuint@lemmy.world 13 points 3 years ago* (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DryTomatoes@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago That's awesome. I wish I knew about that years ago. permalink fedilink source parent [–] wild@lemmy.world 8 points 3 years ago (1 child) What's that? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Nitrate55@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 3 years ago (2 children) It's an extension that allows you to blacklist certain websites from appearing in search results. So if you wanna prevent for instance facebook links from showing up in search results, uBlacklist can make that possible. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] 0421008445828ceb46f496700a5fa6@kbin.social 12 points 3 years ago Oh good, now I can do an image search without completely useless Pinterest results permalink fedilink source parent [–] DryTomatoes@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago And it's available on Firefox mobile (soon) and it's freaking amazing on mobile. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DrQuint@lemmy.world 13 points 3 years ago* (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DryTomatoes@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago That's awesome. I wish I knew about that years ago. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DryTomatoes@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago That's awesome. I wish I knew about that years ago. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] wild@lemmy.world 8 points 3 years ago (1 child) What's that? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Nitrate55@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 3 years ago (2 children) It's an extension that allows you to blacklist certain websites from appearing in search results. So if you wanna prevent for instance facebook links from showing up in search results, uBlacklist can make that possible. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] 0421008445828ceb46f496700a5fa6@kbin.social 12 points 3 years ago Oh good, now I can do an image search without completely useless Pinterest results permalink fedilink source parent [–] DryTomatoes@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago And it's available on Firefox mobile (soon) and it's freaking amazing on mobile. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Nitrate55@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 3 years ago (2 children) It's an extension that allows you to blacklist certain websites from appearing in search results. So if you wanna prevent for instance facebook links from showing up in search results, uBlacklist can make that possible. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] 0421008445828ceb46f496700a5fa6@kbin.social 12 points 3 years ago Oh good, now I can do an image search without completely useless Pinterest results permalink fedilink source parent [–] DryTomatoes@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago And it's available on Firefox mobile (soon) and it's freaking amazing on mobile. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 0421008445828ceb46f496700a5fa6@kbin.social 12 points 3 years ago Oh good, now I can do an image search without completely useless Pinterest results permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DryTomatoes@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago And it's available on Firefox mobile (soon) and it's freaking amazing on mobile. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] halibutherring@aussie.zone 2 points 3 years ago Oh, finally! They were only disabled... five? years ago? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 years ago So how have we gotten mobile extensions over the last year? Were those pre-selected by Mozilla, perhaps? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] deweydecibel@lemmy.world 50 points 3 years ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] gamey@feddit.rocks 7 points 3 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gamey@feddit.rocks 7 points 3 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SootySootySoot@hexbear.net 42 points 3 years ago* (3 children) Firefox for Android previously only supported a limited number of select extensions. They're finally opening it up so you can use any extension. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [+] yoz@aussie.zone 11 points 3 years ago [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent [–] gamey@feddit.rocks 6 points 3 years ago *opening it up again! permalink fedilink source parent [–] rambos@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago Does it mean I can install any desktop extension which was not available on android? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] rambos@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago Does it mean I can install any desktop extension which was not available on android? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Knusper@feddit.de 34 points 3 years 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. permalink fedilink source parent