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It's a preview release. Addons are coming as well as ad blocking. It's not the same thing, but the built-in tracking protection incidentally blocks a portion o

It's a preview release. Addons are coming as well as ad blocking. It's not the same thing, but the built-in tracking protection incidentally blocks a portion of ads.

vaer-k 7y ago
That's good to hear. Can you point to where Mozilla says they will support addons and ad blocking in Fenix?
- Deimorz 7y ago
  This seems to be the relevant issue on GitHub: https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/574 https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/574 There's not much solid or explicit info in it, but it does seem to be planned eventually.
jnurmine 7y ago
This is a great thing to hear!
kevin_b_er 7y ago
Per Barbara Bermes, senior product manager in firefox mobile, addons are not part of the minimum viable product. They're in the "backlog"
- dblohm7 7y ago
  Right, but existing Firefox for Android users aren't going to be switched over to Fenix until it does.
- zrobotics 7y ago
  Not to be mean, but that statement demonstrates a frankly shocking level of cluelessness. Extensions (mainly adblockers) are the critical feature that distinguishes FF mobile, and are the only reason I have ever been able to convince anyone to switch. I would almost consider adblockers functionality more critical than Javascript support, they should certainly be part of a minimum viable product. I know it's a preview version, but why would anyone in their right mind run this?
  - inimino 7y ago
    Possibly someone in their right mind would run it because they read TFA where it says "primarily aimed at developers and early adopters who want to help us improve Firefox on Android".
    - gruez 7y ago
      I would say that adblock/extension support is a pretty big deal breaker for "developers and early adopters". How are you going to get them to use a crippled browser for any significant period of time?
      - r3bl 7y ago
        You're not supposed to use it for an extended period of time, that's why it has "preview" in its name. I'll be happy to use their other browsers (mainly, Firefox Focus, my default browser) until this one gets more polished, but the moment this one becomes a bit more stable and adds a few more features (adblock support is certainly on top of that list) will be the moment when I not just switch over, but delete every other browser I have installed on my phone. I can't believe a browser (any browser) makes me feel excited in 2019, but this one does.
aerique 7y ago
I would love to know whether Mozilla has resources available to port Firefox to SailfishOS (SFOS) and other non-iOS & non-Android mobile platforms. We could really use a good native browser here. I'm currently running it through SFOS' Android emulation but that has issues. Lacking a port I would be interested in a solid, maintained Firefox-without-the-GUI base so people could port it somewhat easily.

It's a preview release. Addons are coming as well as ad blocking. It's not the same thing, but the built-in tracking protection incidentally blocks a portion of ads.

vaer-k 7y ago

That's good to hear. Can you point to where Mozilla says they will support addons and ad blocking in Fenix?

Deimorz 7y ago
This seems to be the relevant issue on GitHub: https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/574 https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/574 There's not much solid or explicit info in it, but it does seem to be planned eventually.

jnurmine 7y ago

This is a great thing to hear!

kevin_b_er 7y ago

Per Barbara Bermes, senior product manager in firefox mobile, addons are not part of the minimum viable product. They're in the "backlog"

dblohm7 7y ago
Right, but existing Firefox for Android users aren't going to be switched over to Fenix until it does.
zrobotics 7y ago
Not to be mean, but that statement demonstrates a frankly shocking level of cluelessness. Extensions (mainly adblockers) are the critical feature that distinguishes FF mobile, and are the only reason I have ever been able to convince anyone to switch. I would almost consider adblockers functionality more critical than Javascript support, they should certainly be part of a minimum viable product. I know it's a preview version, but why would anyone in their right mind run this?
- inimino 7y ago
  Possibly someone in their right mind would run it because they read TFA where it says "primarily aimed at developers and early adopters who want to help us improve Firefox on Android".
  - gruez 7y ago
    I would say that adblock/extension support is a pretty big deal breaker for "developers and early adopters". How are you going to get them to use a crippled browser for any significant period of time?
    - r3bl 7y ago
      You're not supposed to use it for an extended period of time, that's why it has "preview" in its name. I'll be happy to use their other browsers (mainly, Firefox Focus, my default browser) until this one gets more polished, but the moment this one becomes a bit more stable and adds a few more features (adblock support is certainly on top of that list) will be the moment when I not just switch over, but delete every other browser I have installed on my phone. I can't believe a browser (any browser) makes me feel excited in 2019, but this one does.

aerique 7y ago

I would love to know whether Mozilla has resources available to port Firefox to SailfishOS (SFOS) and other non-iOS & non-Android mobile platforms. We could really use a good native browser here. I'm currently running it through SFOS' Android emulation but that has issues. Lacking a port I would be interested in a solid, maintained Firefox-without-the-GUI base so people could port it somewhat easily.