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Reinventing Firefox for Android

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Re: Reinventing Firefox for Android

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Post by jjulius »

dsr_ wrote: post #3

Does not support any addons, and is therefore useless until it does. (uBlock Origin is a prerequisite for me.)

>"The user experience of this early version will differ significantly from the final product, planned for release later this year."

Re: Reinventing Firefox for Android

#5

Post by mjw1007 »

dsr_ wrote: post #3

Does not support any addons, and is therefore useless until it does. (uBlock Origin is a prerequisite for me.)

Indeed, it's very disappointing to see such a long article without any mention of their plans for addons.

It isn't even clear that they're not going to replace Android Firefox with Fenix before getting extensions working.

As far I know this issue is the most recent source of information: https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/574

It says «We are currently finalizing the transition plan».

Re: Reinventing Firefox for Android

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Post by hereiskkb »

With a new look and UI, a walkthrough maybe warranted. Took me a while to find the bookmark button. And the color scheme on the button itself is not as intuitive, does not present the idea on first viewing whether a page is bookmarked or not. But overall, looks great and works fast too. I am sure more devlopments are yet to come.

For now, looks promising to be a challenger to the Chrome monopoly.

Re: Reinventing Firefox for Android

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Post by addicted »

mjw1007 wrote: post #5
dsr_ wrote: post #3

Does not support any addons, and is therefore useless until it does. (uBlock Origin is a prerequisite for me.)

Indeed, it's very disappointing to see such a long article without any mention of their plans for addons. It isn't even clear that they're not going to replace Android Firefox with Fenix before getting extensions working. As far I know this issue is the most recent source of information: https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/574 It says «We are currently finalizing the transition plan».

It's not comprehensive, but I prefer the strategy of publicly releasing the information as they have it available, even if it means it often raises more questions.

Even if they don't have the entire transition planned out, I think it was important for Mozilla to communicate their Android dev focus was gonna shift to GeckoView, from existing apps, to allow external devs, and customers to have a better plan, even if they don't have the add on strategy and timeline fully fleshed out.

The alternative is waiting a few months to know any of this was happening.

Re: Reinventing Firefox for Android

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Post by mjw1007 »

addicted wrote: post #7
mjw1007 wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Indeed, it's very disappointing to see such a long article without any mention of their plans for addons. It isn't even clear that they're not going to replace Android Firefox with Fenix before getting extensions working. As far I know this issue is the most recent source of information: https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/574 It says «We are currently finalizing the transition plan».

It's not comprehensive, but I prefer the strategy of publicly releasing the information as they have it available, even if it means it often raises more questions. Even if they don't have the entire transition planned out, I think it was important for Mozilla to communicate their Android dev focus was gonna shift to GeckoView, from existing apps, to allow external devs, and customers to have a better plan, even if th…

They said they were "currently" finalising their transition plans in February, so I think it's reasonable to assume that the plans have been finalised by now.
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