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The best mobile Firefox feature never marketed by Mozilla at all.

by snaky 7y ago

fwn 7y ago
I don't think it is certain to stay, as they seem to avoid commiting to the extension capability in their future Versions of Firefox for Android. So AFAIK it might be that they want to get rid of it.
- dblohm7 7y ago
  That isn't true.
  - fwn 7y ago
    It would be great if you were right, but I don't think you are. Do you have sources? I got the idea from this [1] reddit comment made by someone with an Mozilla Employee flair: > [...] There is not yet a concrete plan (feature) to bring Web Extensions to Fenix. That does not mean it is not going to happen. It does mean we have some things to figure out first. and this [2] github issue where they state > Not for MVP, will look at it for further versions I fear that what they'll want to figure out first is whether not implementing them will hurt adoption. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/b4bhzs/will_firefox_fenix_keep_support_for_the_current/ejrh7y6/ https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/b4bhzs/will_firefo... [2] https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/574 https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/574
    - dblohm7 7y ago
      First of all, I am a Mozilla Employee. Second, in that very github issue that you linked, look at this comment: https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/574#issuecomment-466980564 https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/574#issuecomm.... Also, transition from Fennec to Fenix won't happen until feature parity. The MVP is just that, the MVP. Finally, GeckoView does not use the WebView interface, specifically because we want to build richer experiences than the WebView interface offers.
      - fwn 7y ago
        > transition from Fennec to Fenix won't happen until feature parity Thank you for the reply. It's really good news to hear that full extension capabilities will continue to be supported! I was worried by the very comment you linked, as "users will get the experience they expect" sounds carefully crafted to not say anything at all.

The best mobile Firefox feature never marketed by Mozilla at all.

by snaky 7y ago

The best mobile Firefox feature never marketed by Mozilla at all.

fwn 7y ago

I don't think it is certain to stay, as they seem to avoid commiting to the extension capability in their future Versions of Firefox for Android. So AFAIK it might be that they want to get rid of it.

dblohm7 7y ago
That isn't true.
- fwn 7y ago
  It would be great if you were right, but I don't think you are. Do you have sources? I got the idea from this [1] reddit comment made by someone with an Mozilla Employee flair: > [...] There is not yet a concrete plan (feature) to bring Web Extensions to Fenix. That does not mean it is not going to happen. It does mean we have some things to figure out first. and this [2] github issue where they state > Not for MVP, will look at it for further versions I fear that what they'll want to figure out first is whether not implementing them will hurt adoption. [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/b4bhzs/will_firefox_fenix_keep_support_for_the_current/ejrh7y6/ https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/b4bhzs/will_firefo... [2] https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/574 https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/574
  - dblohm7 7y ago
    First of all, I am a Mozilla Employee. Second, in that very github issue that you linked, look at this comment: https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/574#issuecomment-466980564 https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/574#issuecomm.... Also, transition from Fennec to Fenix won't happen until feature parity. The MVP is just that, the MVP. Finally, GeckoView does not use the WebView interface, specifically because we want to build richer experiences than the WebView interface offers.
    - fwn 7y ago
      > transition from Fennec to Fenix won't happen until feature parity Thank you for the reply. It's really good news to hear that full extension capabilities will continue to be supported! I was worried by the very comment you linked, as "users will get the experience they expect" sounds carefully crafted to not say anything at all.