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[–] 87 points 3 years ago (2 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 (1 child)

    You can do that now with a custom extension list

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    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 (1 child)

    It also works on the Fennec branch

    Is that still supported in some shape or form?

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    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 (1 child)

    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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  • 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 (3 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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  • [+] 43 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child)
  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    You can use desktop extensions in mull?

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  • [+] 7 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (2 children)
  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    So you can! That's awesome, thanks. For anyone who wants to know:

    You can create a custom addon collection on addons.mozilla.org

    Then to add your custom collection in mull (or ff nightly, I guess) enable debug mode by going to settings > about mull and tapping the logo 5 times. Then go back and under the advanced section you can find "custom add-on collection"

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (2 children)
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    Yep, after I found this out I ditched Chrome immediately once they started rolling out Google Search ads that couldn't be blocked via DNS. Firefox mobile feels a little less smooth than Chrome admittedly, but the ability to add extensions like ublock/darkreader/consent-o-matic make is a no contest in terms of overall user experience.

    The one knock is that they took bypass paywalls out of their extension store and the workaround to install it is somewhat cumbersome, so now I'm annoyingly using Kiwi browser for paywalled content and Firefox for everything else. Hopefully this update will make it so I only need one browser again.

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  • [–] 26 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    That took way too long, but better late than never.

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  • [–] 10 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    It used to be a thing, didn't it? I remember using any PC browser extension I wanted on my phone at some point and I think it was in Firefox.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Yes, if you run beta/nightly, create an account on their system, and add the extension to a collection there. That's a lot of hoops to jump through, and it reduces the possible audience for an extension developer to a tiny fraction, so nobody has put any effort into building extensions for Firefox on Android.

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    [–] 18 points 3 years ago

    Apple needs to allow other browser engines at this point

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  • I hope they would include addon sideloading as well

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    [–] 10 points 3 years ago

    Super excited! Firefox is already great and this will just make it more great!

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  • [–] 9 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    About damn time, they should never have disabled it in the first place.

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    [–] 8 points 3 years ago

    Is there any hope for third party themes as well?

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

    I'm just hoping for theming to come back to Firefox on Android. Really not into the new UI design either. (T_T)

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago

    That's cool

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    Such a cool news! Mozilla, go on!

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago

    Heck yeah, have about 5 or 6 extensions I use on the desktop version I wanna use on the mobile version!

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago

    Cool! I've been using Firefox Nightly to workaround extension limitations. I'll be able to switch back to having nicer icon colors xD

    I hope that with this being official support some extensions regain full features on mobile. For example, vimperator cannot open tabs on mobile currently(using it with samsung dex)

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    The key takeaway from this is that they're finally rolling out their Web Manifest v3. I'm super excited

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago* (2 children)

    cries in Firefox on iPad

    At least my phone will make use of this.

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Didn't Apple announce that they were going to remove restrictions on 3rd party browsers on iPhones and iPads? You might be seeing a Gecko based Firefox soon.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    I'd use Firefox for Android if it had working per - site process isolation.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    I've been waiting for this!

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Good to hear! I've been using using Kiwi, but it would be great if I can use Firefox. I would think security updates would come out quicker.

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