▲ 2611 ▼ Firefox to become first mobile browser to support desktop extensions later this year (blog.mozilla.org) submitted 3 years ago by soyagi@yiffit.net to c/technology@lemmy.world 232 comments fedilink hide all child comments Source: https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2023/08/10/prepare-your-firefox-desktop-extension-for-the-upcoming-android-release/ Archived version: https://archive.ph/x9dHq
[–] fne8w2ah@lemmy.world 39 points 3 years ago (5 children) Didn't their pre-version 79 app already support extensions? permalink fedilink source hideshow 10 child comments replies: [+] Sloogs@lemmynsfw.com 17 points 3 years ago* [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 17 points 3 years ago (1 child) I don't know about pre-79, but their current version supports a very, very limited selection of extensions, many of which are to specifically improve the mobile version of Firefox. Currently, only a total of 22 extensions are supported, many of which share the same purposes. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 18 points 3 years ago (1 child) I mean, ad blocking is like 95% of the reason why I want extensions. And the other 5% is blocking all those stupid consent popups. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 years ago They actually have at least four adblockers available in mobile Firefox on Android: uBlock Origin, AdGuard AdBlocker, Ghostery, and AdNauseum. permalink fedilink source parent [–] nimitz1156@lemmy.world 12 points 3 years ago yeah I'm actually disappointed when they stop doing that permalink fedilink source parent [–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 years ago Is still does, experimentally, if you enable developer settings, rather unintuitively through a Firefox Add-Ons account. Developer settings are not available in the official release but the Nightly builds as well as some forks, like 🦊Fennec, include them. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Ivanovabr@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 years ago Yes. It did. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 17 points 3 years ago (1 child) I don't know about pre-79, but their current version supports a very, very limited selection of extensions, many of which are to specifically improve the mobile version of Firefox. Currently, only a total of 22 extensions are supported, many of which share the same purposes. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 18 points 3 years ago (1 child) I mean, ad blocking is like 95% of the reason why I want extensions. And the other 5% is blocking all those stupid consent popups. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 years ago They actually have at least four adblockers available in mobile Firefox on Android: uBlock Origin, AdGuard AdBlocker, Ghostery, and AdNauseum. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 18 points 3 years ago (1 child) I mean, ad blocking is like 95% of the reason why I want extensions. And the other 5% is blocking all those stupid consent popups. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 years ago They actually have at least four adblockers available in mobile Firefox on Android: uBlock Origin, AdGuard AdBlocker, Ghostery, and AdNauseum. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Gestrid@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 years ago They actually have at least four adblockers available in mobile Firefox on Android: uBlock Origin, AdGuard AdBlocker, Ghostery, and AdNauseum. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nimitz1156@lemmy.world 12 points 3 years ago yeah I'm actually disappointed when they stop doing that permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 years ago Is still does, experimentally, if you enable developer settings, rather unintuitively through a Firefox Add-Ons account. Developer settings are not available in the official release but the Nightly builds as well as some forks, like 🦊Fennec, include them. permalink fedilink source parent