5 ms·
even though i am an exclusively firefox user both on desktop and mobile, i don't even know what kind of desktop version's extension that i would use on mobile.
by lemper 3y ago
even though i am an exclusively firefox user both on desktop and mobile, i don't even know what kind of desktop version's extension that i would use on mobile. currently, i only use adblock and so far my experience is quite stellar.
though it should be noted that i use browser on phone just to consume text. no video, no audio, and even picture is rarely the focus.
so, what do i miss?
- quantumsequoia 3y agoI use the nightly firefox app so I can use the bypass paywalls extension. Looking forward to being able to use it on the stable app
- aysfrm11 3y agoHow do you do that since the extension is not listed in the Mozilla repository and has to be installed via XPI?
- mrd3v0 3y agoDark Reader, LocalCDN, Firefox Relay, Firefox Translations, LanguageTool among others I have installed on Iceraven, a Firefox for Android fork.
- maccard 3y agoDark Reader and Relay are both on Android. I'm not sold on LocalCDN being necessary or even helpful these days (but there was a time when it was. A bit like antiviruses other than Windows defender these days, or those registry cleaner tools). The others are missing for sure, though.
- ReadCarlBarks 3y agoLocalCDN is helpful because it makes Firefox use local copies of popular JS libraries instead of downloading them over and over again. This makes browsing faster.
- Macha 3y agoconsent-o-matic, tampermonkey
- Cyuonut 3y agoTampermonkey is installable in (my, at least) Forefox Android.
- ReadCarlBarks 3y ago> consent-o-matic You don't need this. Just go to your uBlock Origin filter lists settings and enable these: * AdGuard - Annoyances * uBlock filters – Annoyances
- Macha 3y agoNot the same - sites will then take your not opting out of "legitimate interest" as consent. Not valid under GDPR really, but I'm not interested in giving them any argument to stand on.
- ReadCarlBarks 3y ago* The laws specify that it must be opt-in. If a site doesn't respect this, you can't expect it to respect any of your choices anyway. * You can now also use uBlock Origin to set cookies and LocalStorage entries automatically. The annoyance lists already set opt-out cookies for sites like Google and Youtube * Firefox has actually been isolating third-party cookies and other site data (e.g. LocalStorage) for over a year. It's pointless for you to ever be concerned about them.
- Macha 3y agoClient side data is only part of the problem, and it's a common myopic argument to GDPR for opponents of GDPR to say people should just use their browser's cookie controls. Server side fingerprinting is as much as a problem, something the ad industry has adopted since Safari added ITP and are accelerating since Chrome has been making noises about following Safari and Firefox for a few years now. I suspect as soon as Google figures out how to do it without disrupting their own ad business it'll come into effect.
- alraj 3y agoFrom the add-ons I use in my desktop which I cannot install in android firefox from addons.mozilla.org are: 1. OneTab 2. Unhook 3. Unclutter 4. Violentmonkey Tampermonkey shows in Add-on manager list in android, but not in addons.mozilla.org!
- lemper 3y agothat OneTab looks nice. will definitely help with my current usage pattern. thanks.
- cubefox 3y agoAn extension to block video auto play perhaps.
- kikokikokiko 3y agoBehindtheoverlay is a little extension that should not be as usefull as it is. I ude it daily, both on mobile and desktop, and I do not use Firefox mobile for this exact same reason.
- ReadCarlBarks 3y agoYou don't need a special extension to get rid of annoying overlays. Just go to your uBlock Origin filter lists settings and enable these: * AdGuard - Annoyances * uBlock filters – Annoyances uBlock Origin also has an "element zapper" feature that lets you temporarily remove overlays that aren't covered by the lists.
- kikokikokiko 3y agoOne single click, versus at least three. And I use the annoyances lists, but they never catch the overlays I encounter, it's just a niche personal taste kind of thing.
- ReadCarlBarks 3y agoWell, the lists are edited manually by humans. You need to report the overlays you encounter for them to be hidden for everybody else.
- Sabinus 3y agohttps://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/nitter-redirect/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/nitter-redire... So I can read Twitter links without dealing with the login modals.
- ReadCarlBarks 3y agoYou don't need a special extension for this. Just go to your uBlock Origin filter lists settings and enable these: * AdGuard - Annoyances * uBlock filters – Annoyances Also, for browsing Twitter anonymously, you could use nitter.net instead of the official Twitter site.
- mst 3y ago> Also, for browsing Twitter anonymously, you could use nitter.net instead of the official Twitter site. That's precisely what that extension's doing -for- them when twitter links show up somewhere else.
- Sakos 3y agoSingleFile is the single most useful addon that I use (behind uBlock). It lets me download any website as HTML while keeping most of its layout/elements intact. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/single-file/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/single-file/
- pieter_mj 3y agoReally a great addon, I've been using it a couple of years already it on mobile using firefox nightly + personal addon collections.
- prmoustache 3y ago> so, what do i miss? multi-containers. How do you want to separate cookies/identities without that?
- lemper 3y agoI don't. there's only a handful of sites that I regularly visit.
- OrangeMusic 3y agoThe "I Don't Care About Cookies" extension. I seriously can't live without it, anytime I'm trying to read a website and a fucking pop-up obscures the text I'm trying to read, I want to throw my device on the floor.