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As far as I know, Orion is the only iOS compatible browser that lets you load extensions from the Chrome store and possibly Firefox as well although I'm not sur

As far as I know, Orion is the only iOS compatible browser that lets you load extensions from the Chrome store and possibly Firefox as well although I'm not sure about that.

chronicsonic 3y ago
Yes it also supports Firefox extensions. Bypass Paywall Clean is a great one.
- vsnf 3y ago
  By what mechanism is it possible for this to be true when Firefox doesn't even support Firefox extensions?
  - freediver 3y ago
    Orion has a port of the web extensions API (used by Chrome and Firefox extensions) on top of WebKit.
    - vsnf 3y ago
      That's super interesting. I wonder why Mozilla didn't bother to do this for their own browser.
      - getcrunk 3y ago
        Mozilla’s priorities are messed up instead of doubling down on browser they are getting into a lot of half assed side projects.
      - saagarjha 3y ago
        It’s quite difficult to do and the solution is necessarily limited by the inability to modify WebKit.
  - 4ggr0 3y ago
    Is this a joke I'm not getting? Currently using FF on every device I use, with 3+ extensions.
    - mastazi 3y ago
      Parent is probably referring to the saga of extension support in FF for Android (it used to support all extensions until around 2019, then it didn't [0], then it did again but only a small number of extensions [1], they only recently got back to supporting a large number, but not all extensions [2]) [0] https://www.ghacks.net/2021/01/21/firefox-for-android-is-still-miles-away-from-full-extension-support/ https://www.ghacks.net/2021/01/21/firefox-for-android-is-sti... [1] https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2022/12/15/new-extensions-available-now-on-firefox-for-android-nightly/ https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2022/12/15/new-extensions-av... [2] https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2023/08/10/prepare-your-firefox-desktop-extension-for-the-upcoming-android-release/ https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2023/08/10/prepare-your-fire...
      - 4ggr0 3y ago
        Ah I see, thanks. I only use Privacy Badger and uBlock Origin on my Android's Firefox, so I never noticed this problem.
    - fikama 3y ago
      On IOS firefox doesn't support any extensions
bm-rf 3y ago
Seems like plugin support is not fully implemented, I added the 1Password extension, but can’t get the button to work in login forms.

As far as I know, Orion is the only iOS compatible browser that lets you load extensions from the Chrome store and possibly Firefox as well although I'm not sure about that.

chronicsonic 3y ago

Yes it also supports Firefox extensions. Bypass Paywall Clean is a great one.

vsnf 3y ago
By what mechanism is it possible for this to be true when Firefox doesn't even support Firefox extensions?
- freediver 3y ago
  Orion has a port of the web extensions API (used by Chrome and Firefox extensions) on top of WebKit.
  - vsnf 3y ago
    That's super interesting. I wonder why Mozilla didn't bother to do this for their own browser.
    - getcrunk 3y ago
      Mozilla’s priorities are messed up instead of doubling down on browser they are getting into a lot of half assed side projects.
    - saagarjha 3y ago
      It’s quite difficult to do and the solution is necessarily limited by the inability to modify WebKit.
- 4ggr0 3y ago
  Is this a joke I'm not getting? Currently using FF on every device I use, with 3+ extensions.
  - mastazi 3y ago
    Parent is probably referring to the saga of extension support in FF for Android (it used to support all extensions until around 2019, then it didn't [0], then it did again but only a small number of extensions [1], they only recently got back to supporting a large number, but not all extensions [2]) [0] https://www.ghacks.net/2021/01/21/firefox-for-android-is-still-miles-away-from-full-extension-support/ https://www.ghacks.net/2021/01/21/firefox-for-android-is-sti... [1] https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2022/12/15/new-extensions-available-now-on-firefox-for-android-nightly/ https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2022/12/15/new-extensions-av... [2] https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2023/08/10/prepare-your-firefox-desktop-extension-for-the-upcoming-android-release/ https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2023/08/10/prepare-your-fire...
    - 4ggr0 3y ago
      Ah I see, thanks. I only use Privacy Badger and uBlock Origin on my Android's Firefox, so I never noticed this problem.
  - fikama 3y ago
    On IOS firefox doesn't support any extensions

bm-rf 3y ago

Seems like plugin support is not fully implemented, I added the 1Password extension, but can’t get the button to work in login forms.