Save web pages as PDF in Firefox for Android • Hacker News Board

Re: Save web pages as PDF in Firefox for Android

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Post by ugjka » Mon, Dec 26, 2022, 4:34 PM UTC

inxode wrote: post #9

ugjka wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

ublock origin and background video fix addons are great

Let me add another, Bypass Paywalls

Not available on mobile

Re: Save web pages as PDF in Firefox for Android

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Post by petodo » Mon, Dec 26, 2022, 4:35 PM UTC

ugjka wrote: post #6

nashashmi wrote: post #2

Firefox is the only Browser trying to bring desktop sanity to mobile.

ublock origin and background video fix addons are great

Kiwi Browser has all of these + Chrome engine not causing issues on pages

Re: Save web pages as PDF in Firefox for Android

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Post by akovaski » Mon, Dec 26, 2022, 4:36 PM UTC

Awesome! This isn't a feature I have a frequent need to use, but it was always disappointing to try to save a page in Firefox for Android and being unable to do so. Now there's one less reason to open Chrome.

Re: Save web pages as PDF in Firefox for Android

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Post by TrianguloY » Mon, Dec 26, 2022, 4:36 PM UTC

Great! It only took them (checks revisions) 2 years to migrate the feature from the old fennec version.

Seriously though, I'm happy they are making progress and restoring the missing functionality, even if it takes them time. I still miss the dedicated "view-source" button (the feature is ready, but you need to remember the url and then write it) and the swipe to see history/bookmarks directly, but the version is now stable and most of the bugs from the early days are now fixed.

The home screen and the new tab functionality is still a mess though.

Re: Save web pages as PDF in Firefox for Android

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Post by Aardwolf » Mon, Dec 26, 2022, 4:37 PM UTC

Can it already support any plugin I want on Android, like it used to be possible before 2020?

Re: Save web pages as PDF in Firefox for Android

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Post by inxode » Mon, Dec 26, 2022, 4:40 PM UTC

ugjka wrote: post #11

inxode wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Let me add another, Bypass Paywalls

Not available on mobile

You can use it through custom collection which are available on Firefox for Android Nightly and Fennec

Re: Save web pages as PDF in Firefox for Android

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Post by ugjka » Mon, Dec 26, 2022, 4:41 PM UTC

petodo wrote: post #12

ugjka wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

ublock origin and background video fix addons are great

Kiwi Browser has all of these + Chrome engine not causing issues on pages

Good to know but i need FF sync

Re: Save web pages as PDF in Firefox for Android

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Post by ec109685 » Mon, Dec 26, 2022, 4:42 PM UTC

lotsofpulp wrote: post #7

nashashmi wrote: post #2

Firefox is the only Browser trying to bring desktop sanity to mobile.

Safari has save as pdf in iOS too, press the share button then options at the top. Chrome on iOS also has save as pdf, have to press share, then print, then the share icon again at the top.

Wow, didn’t know that. You have to chose from options to save as PDF and then the choices will reflect saving as PDF.

I used to use the markup feature as a workaround.

Re: Save web pages as PDF in Firefox for Android

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Post by vorticalbox » Mon, Dec 26, 2022, 4:42 PM UTC

Aardwolf wrote: post #15

Can it already support any plugin I want on Android, like it used to be possible before 2020?

Not yet no.

Re: Save web pages as PDF in Firefox for Android

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Post by lol768 » Mon, Dec 26, 2022, 4:42 PM UTC

Aardwolf wrote: post #15

Can it already support any plugin I want on Android, like it used to be possible before 2020?

If you go through the rigmarole of setting up an AMO account, installing a pre-release version and then creating a curated list of add-ons and then changing a browser setting, sure!

Didn't you know that users are too dumb to be able to select add-ons to install themselves? This way, users are protected from themselves!