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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 Aug 14, 2023

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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danielton

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.