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They really did ruin extensions on Android and have shown zero interest in fixing it in the past couple years. Iceraven helps a bit, but there's virtually no i

by Zak 4y ago

They really did ruin extensions on Android and have shown zero interest in fixing it in the past couple years. Iceraven helps a bit, but there's virtually no incentive for someone to develop an extension for Fenix now. The pool of potential users would be small enough for Firefox itself, but its vastly smaller for Iceraven. I've been using Kiwi most of the time as it can use just about every extension available for desktop Chromium.

Snuupy 4y ago
inb4 manifest v3 ruins chromium
RamRodification 4y ago
What did they do to ruin extensions? I use Firefox on Android but I think the only extension I have is an adblocker, which I think is still working.
- xigoi 4y ago
  You can only install a very limited selection of extensions.
- Zak 4y ago
  There were thousands of extensions available a couple years ago. Some of them weren't optimized for mobile and didn't provide a great UX. A few were outright broken. Users could install extensions from local storage, and installation from addons.mozilla.org was only blocked if the extension developer marked it as incompatible with mobile. In other words, it more or less had parity with the desktop experience. Now, only recommended extensions, of which there are 18, can be installed on the release version. The nightly build makes it possible to install more extensions from the official site after jumping through a bunch of hoops[0]. Loading extensions from other sources is limited to a debug/development process that isn't viable for daily use[1]. Attempts by users and extension developers to communicate with the project about this issue have been deferred and stonewalled for the past couple years. [0] 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... [1] https://extensionworkshop.com/documentation/develop/developing-extensions-for-firefox-for-android/ https://extensionworkshop.com/documentation/develop/developi...
  - RamRodification 4y ago
    Thanks

by Zak 4y ago

Snuupy 4y ago

inb4 manifest v3 ruins chromium

RamRodification 4y ago

What did they do to ruin extensions? I use Firefox on Android but I think the only extension I have is an adblocker, which I think is still working.

xigoi 4y ago
You can only install a very limited selection of extensions.
Zak 4y ago
There were thousands of extensions available a couple years ago. Some of them weren't optimized for mobile and didn't provide a great UX. A few were outright broken. Users could install extensions from local storage, and installation from addons.mozilla.org was only blocked if the extension developer marked it as incompatible with mobile. In other words, it more or less had parity with the desktop experience. Now, only recommended extensions, of which there are 18, can be installed on the release version. The nightly build makes it possible to install more extensions from the official site after jumping through a bunch of hoops[0]. Loading extensions from other sources is limited to a debug/development process that isn't viable for daily use[1]. Attempts by users and extension developers to communicate with the project about this issue have been deferred and stonewalled for the past couple years. [0] 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... [1] https://extensionworkshop.com/documentation/develop/developing-extensions-for-firefox-for-android/ https://extensionworkshop.com/documentation/develop/developi...
- RamRodification 4y ago
  Thanks