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soyagi Aug 13, 2023

Firefox to become first mobile browser to support desktop extensions later this year

Firefox to become first mobile browser to support desktop extensions later this year - Yiffit.net

Source: 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-firefox-desktop-extension-for-the-upcoming-android-release/] Archived version: https://archive.ph/x9dHq [https://archive.ph/x9dHq]

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eeltech Aug 13, 2023

And yet they’ve turned their back on tablet users and refuse to support the tab bar.

github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/2344

Ridiculous. Only reason I switched to Vivaldi

Desktop like tab bar option · Issue #2344 · mozilla-mobile/fenix

Hi! I was just trying Fenix on my tablet and as it turns out it uses the same user interface as the one on phones, which I believe doesn't use the much bigger screen of a tablet as well as it could...

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CifrareVerba Aug 13, 2023

Which is odd considering it’s been a “first class citizen” on iPadOS by supporting features: lowyat.net/…/the-new-firefox-for-ipad-now-support…

Vivaldi is great though, I hope you’ve enjoyed it thus far!

The New Firefox For iPad Now Supports Split Screen, Tab Tiles, Keyboard Shortcuts, and More

Mozilla last week has released a new version of Firefox designed specifically for Apple iPad. This particular version of the

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Goodtoknow Aug 13, 2023

iOS/iPad OS is relatively much easier to develop and it’s a completely different branch from Android as it’s a skin on top of Safari Web View. All other platform use their own Quantum/Gecko Engine.

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CifrareVerba

Right, however, a basic tablet UI which Firefox previously had and many browsers have shouldn’t be hard for Mozilla to implement on Android.

Android has scaling so a tablet UI should look normal on most devices.