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(Mozilla employee, though not working directly on mobile) Mozilla is invested in Firefox on Android for the long haul. We landed a complete re-architecture thi
by IainIreland 6y ago
(Mozilla employee, though not working directly on mobile)
Mozilla is invested in Firefox on Android for the long haul. We landed a complete re-architecture this year (Fenix). It hasn't been completely painless -- for example, as you seem to have experienced, we've had to split our development time between working on the new engine and maintaining the old -- but Fenix is already better than Fennec in most ways and is significantly easier to improve moving forward.
https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2020/01/17/a-brand-new-browsing-experience-arrives-in-firefox-for-android-nightly/ https://blog.mozilla.org/futurereleases/2020/01/17/a-brand-n...
- AndrewDucker 6y agoI'm still stuck with the old Firefox for Android until extensions are generally supported. I'm really looking forward to that though, because other than extensions the new one looks great.
- syndacks 6y agoSame here. Is this slated for a future release? If so, do you know which one? I've been trying to find an authoritative source to signal when Android FF will support extensions (that previously worked but no longer do) -- any tips much appreciated.
- sfink 6y agoYou can see if it works for the extensions you care about -- https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2020/09/29/expanded-extension-support-in-firefox-for-android-nightly/ https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2020/09/29/expanded-extensio... I wouldn't describe that as "support" quite yet, but it's worth giving a shot to see if it works for you.
- skykooler 6y agoYou might be able to answer this - are containers coming to Firefox Mobile at any point? That's the main thing that would make me switch from my phone's default browser.