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You can use desktop extensions in mull?
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You can also do the same with a custom collection on Firefox Nightly: https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2020/09/29/expanded-extension-support-in-firefox-for-android-nightly/
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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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”
Apple needs to allow other browser engines at this point
They don’t??
Nope. Every browser is basically Safari with a different coat of paint on it. It’s very anti competitive and monopolistic if you ask me
It’s very anti competitive and monopolistic if you ask me
I don’t disagree, but while I would love having full Firefox on iOS, the one positive of the current situation is that it is the only thing keeping Google from a complete browser monopoly. Firefox marketshare is insignificant, and without WebKit on iOS devices, Chromium browsers would make up 95% of the browser market. I think that would be worse overall in the long-term than iPhone users being stuck with Safari skins.
I hope they would include addon sideloading as well
About damn time, they should never have disabled it in the first place.
They didn’t disable it, they rebuilt the entire browser from scratch to re-base on their current desktop-grade rendering engine, and as a result had to port a lot of things and optimize in regards to android’s battery optimization.
They’ve finally finished doing that and can now begin the preperation for releasing this to the public.
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)
Such a cool news! Mozilla, go on!
That’s cool
The key takeaway from this is that they’re finally rolling out their Web Manifest v3. I’m super excited
Is there any hope for third party themes as well?
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.
I’d use Firefox for Android if it had working per - site process isolation.
I’ve been waiting for this!
Is there an extension to bring the tab bar back for Android tablets? Otherwise nothing interesting for me.
No idea how good or bad this is but I saw a link to https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tablet-ui-for-firefox/ posted somewhere a few days ago and still had a tab open.
