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I was writing an extension for Firefox mobile to improve HN a bit to make it work nicer on mobile. Then whoops Firefox no longer does extensions really. * Such

I was writing an extension for Firefox mobile to improve HN a bit to make it work nicer on mobile. Then whoops Firefox no longer does extensions really. * Such a wasted missed opportunity for the mobile web. FF could and still might be able to recognise the utility. (* Yes I can install it via developer mode I think, but it was for you too)

yoasif_ 4y ago
FWIW, people that want to run extensions can either use Fennec (the F-Droid fork, not the old Firefox for Android) or Nightly versions. There are developers targeting this stuff - I wrote about some here: https://www.quippd.com/writing/2022/01/26/most-wanted-add-ons-firefox-android-part-1.html https://www.quippd.com/writing/2022/01/26/most-wanted-add-on...
- capitainenemo 4y ago
  It does require creating a Firefox account and creating a "collection" so it's definitely not out of the box.
  - yoasif_ 4y ago
    I don't think I or my post implied that it was out of the box. You also don't need to create your own collection - one just needs to exist with the extensions you are looking for.
    - capitainenemo 4y ago
      Sure. Wasn't implying anything. Just warning people. It's also why I haven't gotten around to it yet. I've made many accounts with Mozilla over the years and none of them were migrated over to this new system (ditto when they killed off moznet actually). I'm just sick of it. It's just enough friction that I haven't gotten around to fixing the annoyances of the missing addons.
  - gaius_baltar 4y ago
    Didn't know about this before. While reading about the process, does this expose publicly what extensions a person uses?
    - noisem4ker 4y ago
      It does. The resulting URL is public and the page shows the creator's username. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/collections/{CollectionId}/{CollectionName} https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/collections/{Collec...
- jacooper 4y ago
  Or you can just use Kiwi browser, which supports full Chrome extensions.

yoasif_ 4y ago

FWIW, people that want to run extensions can either use Fennec (the F-Droid fork, not the old Firefox for Android) or Nightly versions. There are developers targeting this stuff - I wrote about some here: https://www.quippd.com/writing/2022/01/26/most-wanted-add-ons-firefox-android-part-1.html https://www.quippd.com/writing/2022/01/26/most-wanted-add-on...

capitainenemo 4y ago
It does require creating a Firefox account and creating a "collection" so it's definitely not out of the box.
- yoasif_ 4y ago
  I don't think I or my post implied that it was out of the box. You also don't need to create your own collection - one just needs to exist with the extensions you are looking for.
  - capitainenemo 4y ago
    Sure. Wasn't implying anything. Just warning people. It's also why I haven't gotten around to it yet. I've made many accounts with Mozilla over the years and none of them were migrated over to this new system (ditto when they killed off moznet actually). I'm just sick of it. It's just enough friction that I haven't gotten around to fixing the annoyances of the missing addons.
- gaius_baltar 4y ago
  Didn't know about this before. While reading about the process, does this expose publicly what extensions a person uses?
  - noisem4ker 4y ago
    It does. The resulting URL is public and the page shows the creator's username. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/collections/{CollectionId}/{CollectionName} https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/collections/{Collec...
jacooper 4y ago
Or you can just use Kiwi browser, which supports full Chrome extensions.