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Open extensions on Firefox for Android will be available from December 14 (www.ghacks.net)

submitted 11 months ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] WhyYesZoidberg@lemmy.world 107 points 11 months ago (12 children)

i wish firefox wasn’t neutered on ios

[–] notepass@feddit.de 127 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That one is on apple tho.

Hoping for more EU intervention on those tools.

[–] novapitch@lemmy.ca 14 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Although I agree that Firefox should be freed on iOS, but should chrome?

A significant amount of browsers on iOS would probably move to blink/chromium the first chance they get(like they do on Android), which only serves to strengthen Google's monopoly in the space.

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 50 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

The alternative would be ... The EU rules that only webkit and Firefox are allowed on iOS...? That's not happening, nor should it. (Fuck Google still though, I agree with your stance there)

[–] notepass@feddit.de 13 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Better than apple doing whatever the fuck they want. Imagine Microsoft would have only allowed IE based browsers on windows. We would still be in the IE days, because why put work into something when you can just force people to use it?

At least with chrome it is used because it is a pretty competent engine.

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[–] SchizoDenji@lemm.ee 24 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (10 children)

Genuine question, why stick to ios in that case? I can see a normie who is unaware of these stuff keep using apple since their use case isn't that complex and apple gives a decent baseline.

But, ios legitimately sucks because it's so restrictive and here your personal productivity is going down because of it.

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[–] glibg10b@lemmy.ml 9 points 11 months ago

Don't worry, you guys will soon get sideloading. Hopefully someone ports it to iOS

[–] TheMinions@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Orion supports (some) Firefox extensions. Worth a look imo.

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[–] bappity@lemmy.world 74 points 11 months ago (20 children)

massive W firefox

[–] Zak@lemmy.world 27 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Don't give them too much credit. They're only returning most of what they took away four years ago.

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 12 points 11 months ago

They're not changing their minds though, that was always the plan?

To upgrade the browser then slowly reintroduce extensions

[–] LWD@lemm.ee 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

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[–] moitoi@feddit.de 33 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's here on Nightly. :)

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Say no more fam

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[–] csolisr@communities.azkware.net 28 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Nightly user here, does this mean I no longer need to do the song and dance of manually adding my addons list to the browser anymore? Guess I can finally switch to stable!

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[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 27 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Firefox can come out huge if they keep it up! Fuck chrome and google.

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[–] Kekzkrieger@feddit.de 26 points 11 months ago (4 children)

Now i just wish they fix the stupid bug where my tab becomes unuseable, it happens randomly and i cant reproduce, only thing that helps is to close it and undo the closing.

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[–] netchami@sh.itjust.works 21 points 11 months ago

Common Firefox W

[–] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 16 points 11 months ago

I honestly can't wait for this to happen so I can finally get Flagfox on my phone. I likenbeing able to see where a website might be hosted, where the server is.

[–] fne8w2ah@lemmy.world 15 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Next, tab stacking.

[–] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago (5 children)

And a tablet UI

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[–] Fisk400@feddit.nu 15 points 11 months ago (11 children)

What are some good extensions for Firefox? I got the standard ad-block but I don't know what else is out there.

[–] otter@lemmy.ca 20 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Ublock origin

Search by image

web archives (for when you hit a paywall)

old reddit redirect (so you don't get stuck on the broken mobile site)

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[–] DV8@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

Consentomatic. Automatic rejection of all unnecessary cookies. It's not perfect but works often enough to be worth it.

[–] BaroqueInMind@kbin.social 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (5 children)

Sponsorblock

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[–] glibg10b@lemmy.ml 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Dark Reader. Make sure to set the background color to pure black (#000000)

Also a password manager like Bitwarden

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[–] ieightpi@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Wheres that guy who was getting mad about all the Firefox posts. Did he leave?

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[–] akilou@sh.itjust.works 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Do I need to install mobile-specific add-ons or will the ones I have on desktop sync across?

[–] glibg10b@lemmy.ml 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I don't know if they'll sync, but you'll be able to install all add-ons available on desktop (possibly minus the Firefox themes)

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[–] mlg@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

tbh I didn't even know it was limited because all I use is uBlock origin lmao

Will be fun to see Wappalyzer on mobile

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[–] danque@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

Holy shit that's huge. They already had extensions but very limited compared to the PC version.

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