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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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Frost Wolf Aug 14, 2023

As an iOS user and long time Firefox user (never switched to chrome in my life) I feel jealous. But one can only hope that we too in the APPLE walled garden won’t be left behind.

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OskarAxolotl

Apple doesn’t allow extensions to be distributed outside of the AppStore and Firefox on Android is based on WebKit anyway because neither do they allow third-party browser engines.

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KryckA Aug 14, 2023

I’ve been running Firefox as my default browser on my phone since 2018 without webkit. Even other apps opens their links with geckoview. It started with FF Focus, shortly after FF Preview, then FF beta and since last year FF for Android.

Apple on the other hand…

Sources:

Mozilla launches GeckoView-powered Firefox Preview for Android, pauses Focus development

Firefox Preview will ultimately replace the current Firefox for Android mobile app "this fall." Firefox Focus for Android development has been put on hold.

VentureBeat

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danielton Aug 14, 2023

It’s sad to say, but the current restrictions on iOS are likely to be one of the last things holding Chrome/Blink back from total dominance. It’s already the default on Android, and it’s installed on most computers. So if a real Chrome ever shows up for iOS, web devs won’t have any reason to test on Safari anymore. They’ll tell their visitors to just download Chrome if it doesn’t work on their iPhone or iPad.