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My issue is extensions. Firefox will never have all the extensions I use on Chrome. I want to switch. I use firefox on my mobile. But I cant do it on my desktop

My issue is extensions. Firefox will never have all the extensions I use on Chrome. I want to switch. I use firefox on my mobile. But I cant do it on my desktops.

spiznnx 7y ago
Firefox supports nearly the same web-extensions API as Chrome. Often porting to firefox means a couple of tweaks are necessary on the part of the author, but try https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/chrome-store-foxified/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/chrome-store-... and see if maybe the extension you want is already usable.
- penguin_booze 7y ago
  From a developer perspective, I'd say bit modern as well. For example, FF extension APIs use Promises, which are relatively pleasant to deal with than callbacks that Chrome uses.
- xeromal 7y ago
  How cool is this! Thanks for sharing
floatboth 7y ago
You can install Chrome extensions as-is and 99% of the time they just work. There was a helper addon for fetching from the chrome store: https://github.com/Noitidart/Chrome-Store-Foxified https://github.com/Noitidart/Chrome-Store-Foxified — temporarily needs an older firefox copy to work. But you can always repack manually.
reificator 7y ago
That seems odd given that they use the same APIs. I switched about a month or two ago. That involved moving at least 10+ extensions with no issue, and all of them even have the same UI. What extensions in particular are you missing?