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Prepare your Firefox desktop extension for the upcoming Android release (blog.mozilla.org)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/android@lemdro.id
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[–] 87 points 3 years ago (15 children)

This sounds like great news!

Firefox is already at the top of my list of preferred browsers on Android, but more extension support has always been on my feature wishlist.

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  • [–] 21 points 3 years ago (9 children)

    You can do that now with a custom extension list

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  • [–] 14 points 3 years ago (8 children)

    You do need firefox beta rn.

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  • [–] 15 points 3 years ago (7 children)

    It also works on the Fennec branch for people who want a fully stable build that has full addon support, but yeah this is going to open it up to a lot more people, so hopefully more people will use Firefox

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (6 children)

    It also works on the Fennec branch

    Is that still supported in some shape or form?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (5 children)
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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    That's just regular Firefox with the addon restrictions and trademarks removed,. That doesn't just magically spawn API support. I thought you meant the 68.x branch which actually had broad extension support and received one additional update over Firefox 68 because the ESR branch was further updated for a bit: https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/mozilla/fennec-f-droid/fennec-f-droid-68-12-0-release/

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (2 children)

    In 2023, everyone I know refers to the version I linked as the Fennec branch. I guess I assumed you were too.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    I was a bit hung up on the term 'branch' because in my understanding Fennec F-Droid falls more under patch set. Mozilla used Fennec as code name for Firefox Mobile before the GeckoView migration and I had hoped the old Fennec branch would live on in some shape or form.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Yeah I'm aware of that name's origins. People use "branch" to describe Waterfox and Mull as well. If you ask about "Fennec branch" in current year, it's what I've linked. Nearly anyone who talks about it is referring to that. Just a heads up.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    Its current poor extension support is the reason I've been using Kiwi Browser, which is a basic Chromium build with full extension support, including loading from local storage.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago*

    Same here. I use custom collections on Fennec F-Droid but the inability to properly sideload keeps me on the auto rebased builds of Kiwi Browser. That and support for the black OLED theme and night mode website retheming built in.

    Very glad to see this come to Firefox though! Hopefully they can also get those other bits added in.

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