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I don't understand why they restrict the extensions you can install in the first place? Who cares if an extension's UI doesn't work perfectly on mobile? That t
by Laaas 3y ago
I don't understand why they restrict the extensions you can install in the first place? Who cares if an extension's UI doesn't work perfectly on mobile?
That they took so long to extend the list confounds me.
- PrayagBhakar 3y agoI wonder if part of it was being able to work with extension devs to see how to better integrate extensions on mobile. I suppose one way to test that would be to see if the Firefox extensions api improved for mobile
- millzlane 3y agoI don't want to imagine the amount of issues generated for people from bad extensions. I suspect it was a decision made to prevent driving off "new to firefox" users with a browser that didn't function because they got an extension "from firefox".
- fwn 3y ago> I don't want to imagine the amount of issues generated for people from bad extensions. I'm a heavy Firefox user, but since almost no one uses Firefox for Android, and of that group almost no one uses extensions beyond maybe ublock Origin, I'd put the number of issues at roughly 5. On a more serious note, I think the Firefox for Android user base is highly educated. They are not going to accidentally install a typical extension to, say, extract website content in markdown, thinking: "What is an extension developer anyway?"
- mmwelt 3y agoIt's now also possible to install any add-on on Firefox by turning on desktop mode.
- SushiHippie 3y agoSee https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38649293 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38649293
- paulryanrogers 3y agoThere was an escape hatch using an addon collection and beta or nightly. That may have taken off some of the pressure