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[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

Now Brave needs to do the same and also create its own extension store

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's nice, maybe they can finally re-enable about:config in the damn thing too. They removed it from mobile Firefox years ago and the lack of it aggravates the hell out of me.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's available in nightly (and I think dev) builds

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

If you don't want to use the potentially unstable Nightly, Dev or Beta, you can use Fennec (stable builds with dev features).

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Any reason to switch from Fennec?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Wont Feddec support mobile extensions in the future?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Mobile FF is already awesome with UBlock Origin and YT background playback extensions. I wish to install an auto redirect extension. (Twitter to Nitter) I know it is doable on beta w/ extensions etc. but I want to see them on normal Firefox.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Have a look at YouTube ReVanced if you want a much better YouTube experience on Android. :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

use Newpipe, it's free software, unlike revanced.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

One more reason to stick with Firefox

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Other browsers already do, firefox users just cant stop licking mozillas balls

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Firefox has always had been the most attractive to many people.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The point is they already do unlike what the article claims

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's desktop extensions. Most mobile browsers only support a subset of all available extensions (including Firefox!). Now, Firefox will support its whole library of extensions.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They only mention "open extension ecosystem" idk if that means everything and also I haven't found an extension not working on mine yet I have even installed a flash player extension for flash games on my browser so no opinion on those statements

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

They only mention "open extension ecosystem"

  • The title: "Prepare your Firefox desktop extension for the upcoming Android release"
  • End of the first paragraph: "Here’s everything developers need to know to get their Firefox desktop extensions ready for Android usage and discoverability on AMO…"
  • End of the second paragraph: "so why not start optimizing your desktop extension for mobile-use right away?"

also I haven’t found an extension not working on mine yet I have even installed a flash player extension for flash games on my browser so no opinion on those statements

And those were installed from the mozilla addon library? With full support for a mobile interface? And you tried every extension available?

I have even installed a flash player extension for flash games

Flash used to be a mobile extension...

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

What u highlight desktop for, the article is about android and the 10 extensions it has so far, your own highlight says "about upcoming android release" desktop is only mentioned for devs to optimize their shit for mobile use.

And no my extensions were not from mozilla thats my whole point I can get extensions elsewhere this whole time, which is why I mock mobile mozilla users in the comments thinking mozilla did something revolutionary.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think you're a little confused about what's being said here.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

I think youre the one confused other mobile browsers already support extensions, too bad 100 people downvoting lack the skill to google

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Cool! So many useful extensions that I couldn't use on android.