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Speed and supported standards were once how browsers competed. Now, features like Sync and a handful of extensions are what bind me to Firefox. Having Sync ava

by sspiff 11y ago

Speed and supported standards were once how browsers competed. Now, features like Sync and a handful of extensions are what bind me to Firefox. Having Sync available on mobile, even if it doesn't use Gecko or Spidermonkey, is valuable.

bad_user 11y ago
Yes, Sync is valuable for me as well. But it will have no extensions either, as those aren't allowed by Apple's policies.
- st3fan 11y ago
  What kind of extensions would you like to use on iOS. Can you give some concrete examples of things (either existing or wishes) you would like to see?
  - bad_user 11y ago
    I can mention the ones I'm using on my Firefox for Android. The most important, without which mobile web would be unusable for me are: uBlock Origin (AdBlock Plus also available) and HTTPS Everywhere. I would also use NoScript, to completely block Javascript on websites I don't trust, but unfortunately the version for Firefox Mobile is not submitted to addons.mozilla.org and I don't trust extensions that aren't submitted there. Instead I've been using Ghostery lately, not sure what to think of it. I was also using the LastPass Password Manager, until I migrated to my own solution. I also have Pocket Hits and the Wikipedia Panel for suggesting stuff to read. Because I'm a developer, many times I open JSON links from emails and for formatting, the JSONovich extension seems to work on my Android Firefox.
  - sspiff 11y ago
    I enjoy the Pocket integration in Firefox, as well as reader mode (which I think is powered by Pocket?). I also have an extension that allows me to mimic other user agents (useful for some sites to immitate an iPhone on Android). Since Firefox comes with "Request desktop site" by default though, this one is less important. Other than that: Greasemonkey is very useful to me, as I have a bunch of scripts that minimize page layouts of sites I frequent.
    - kbrosnan 11y ago
      Firefox's reader mode is JS library that parses the page. It does not share any code with Pocket. https://github.com/mozilla/readability https://github.com/mozilla/readability

by sspiff 11y ago

bad_user 11y ago

Yes, Sync is valuable for me as well. But it will have no extensions either, as those aren't allowed by Apple's policies.

st3fan 11y ago
What kind of extensions would you like to use on iOS. Can you give some concrete examples of things (either existing or wishes) you would like to see?
- bad_user 11y ago
  I can mention the ones I'm using on my Firefox for Android. The most important, without which mobile web would be unusable for me are: uBlock Origin (AdBlock Plus also available) and HTTPS Everywhere. I would also use NoScript, to completely block Javascript on websites I don't trust, but unfortunately the version for Firefox Mobile is not submitted to addons.mozilla.org and I don't trust extensions that aren't submitted there. Instead I've been using Ghostery lately, not sure what to think of it. I was also using the LastPass Password Manager, until I migrated to my own solution. I also have Pocket Hits and the Wikipedia Panel for suggesting stuff to read. Because I'm a developer, many times I open JSON links from emails and for formatting, the JSONovich extension seems to work on my Android Firefox.
- sspiff 11y ago
  I enjoy the Pocket integration in Firefox, as well as reader mode (which I think is powered by Pocket?). I also have an extension that allows me to mimic other user agents (useful for some sites to immitate an iPhone on Android). Since Firefox comes with "Request desktop site" by default though, this one is less important. Other than that: Greasemonkey is very useful to me, as I have a bunch of scripts that minimize page layouts of sites I frequent.
  - kbrosnan 11y ago
    Firefox's reader mode is JS library that parses the page. It does not share any code with Pocket. https://github.com/mozilla/readability https://github.com/mozilla/readability