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Re: Firefox 68.0

#91

Post by swinglock »

StavrosK wrote: post #55
kevin_b_er wrote: post #47

This marks the last Android release with extensions/add-on support. There will not be a 69 release of this edition of Firefox for Android ("Fennec"). The new remake of the mobile browser ("Fenix") does not have extensions support and it is on an indefinite and easily ignorable backlog. It is explicitly not being worked on this quarter. At the end of this quarter is the scheduled release of Firefox 69. Unless there's…

Wait what? Extensions are the biggest reason I'm using Firefox on my mobile and the only way I got people to switch to it. How can they just be removing them for any period of time?

Extensions is the ONLY reason to use Firefox on Android. It's not good browser compared to Chrome on slower Android phones, apart from being customizable.

To me it's even the single biggest reason to use Android over iOS as there's no full featured browser on iOS.

Re: Firefox 68.0

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Post by iamnotacrook »

StavrosK wrote: post #55
kevin_b_er wrote: post #47

This marks the last Android release with extensions/add-on support. There will not be a 69 release of this edition of Firefox for Android ("Fennec"). The new remake of the mobile browser ("Fenix") does not have extensions support and it is on an indefinite and easily ignorable backlog. It is explicitly not being worked on this quarter. At the end of this quarter is the scheduled release of Firefox 69. Unless there's…

Wait what? Extensions are the biggest reason I'm using Firefox on my mobile and the only way I got people to switch to it. How can they just be removing them for any period of time?

Hopefully the ESR version of Firefox will support add-ons on Linux/Android and will be supported (security fixes, I don't care about other changes) until any replacement browser supports add-ons on Linux/Android.

Re: Firefox 68.0

#93

Post by LinuxBender »

octosphere wrote: post #27

> Improved extension security and discovery: > New reporting feature in about:addons allows you to report security and performance issues with extensions and themes. > Redesigned extensions dashboard in about:addons provides easy access to information about your extensions, including data and settings access required by each extension. Find high quality, secure extensions via the Recommended Extensions program in abo…

Does the new system really stop those shenanigans though? I see notifications for what major areas an addon requires. I don't get notifications if an addon tries to reach out to the internet. Has anyone seen such a notification?

Re: Firefox 68.0

#94

Post by iamnotacrook »

hu3 wrote: post #71
kevin_b_er wrote: post #47

This marks the last Android release with extensions/add-on support. There will not be a 69 release of this edition of Firefox for Android ("Fennec"). The new remake of the mobile browser ("Fenix") does not have extensions support and it is on an indefinite and easily ignorable backlog. It is explicitly not being worked on this quarter. At the end of this quarter is the scheduled release of Firefox 69. Unless there's…

uBlock Origin is the only reason I use Firefox on Android. Mozilla broke extensions on desktop Firefox before and lost many users. Can't help but wonder what the hell are their product managers thinking? How can I recommend Firefox if they keep breaking it with little regard for users? Is there another browser that supports uBlock Origin for Android? I'm not talking about biased half baked built-in ad blockers, I wan…

Did they "break" - ie some bug caused a problem - or did they change the framework add-ons used after giving months of notice? Most users use no add-ons, and wouldn't notice the change, and many of those who do were aware of this ahead of time even if the add-on developers were slow to wake up to the reality.

Re: Firefox 68.0

#95

Post by curiousgal »

basch wrote: post #81
JoshTriplett wrote: post #74

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Firefox 68 is a long-term support release. Even if Fenix exits preview without extension support, nothing stops you from continuing to run Firefox Android 68.

as long as 69 doesnt auto update from 68 in the play store, it doesnt seem like a problem. people can switch over once extension support is added.

You can just grab the 68 apk from apkmirror.

Re: Firefox 68.0

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Post by catacombs »

johnbrodie wrote: post #86
kevin_b_er wrote: post #47

This marks the last Android release with extensions/add-on support. There will not be a 69 release of this edition of Firefox for Android ("Fennec"). The new remake of the mobile browser ("Fenix") does not have extensions support and it is on an indefinite and easily ignorable backlog. It is explicitly not being worked on this quarter. At the end of this quarter is the scheduled release of Firefox 69. Unless there's…

I don't understand Mozilla's position regarding extensions. First, they released a new desktop version with way less extension support, gimping the largest reason I use FF for - vimperator and it's successors. Now they are going to kill extensions in Android FF, which will kill the only non-ideological reason my family is using it - for the adblocking extensions.

> Now they are going to kill extensions in Android FF, which will kill the only non-ideological reason my family is using it - for the adblocking extensions.

I'm guess enough ad-based companies with deep pockets finally bullied Mozilla hard enough.

Re: Firefox 68.0

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Post by zbraniecki »

johnbrodie wrote: post #86
kevin_b_er wrote: post #47

This marks the last Android release with extensions/add-on support. There will not be a 69 release of this edition of Firefox for Android ("Fennec"). The new remake of the mobile browser ("Fenix") does not have extensions support and it is on an indefinite and easily ignorable backlog. It is explicitly not being worked on this quarter. At the end of this quarter is the scheduled release of Firefox 69. Unless there's…

I don't understand Mozilla's position regarding extensions. First, they released a new desktop version with way less extension support, gimping the largest reason I use FF for - vimperator and it's successors. Now they are going to kill extensions in Android FF, which will kill the only non-ideological reason my family is using it - for the adblocking extensions.

Mozilla is not "going to kill extensions in Android FF".

Re: Firefox 68.0

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Post by catacombs »

rat9988 wrote: post #82
kevin_b_er wrote: post #47

This marks the last Android release with extensions/add-on support. There will not be a 69 release of this edition of Firefox for Android ("Fennec"). The new remake of the mobile browser ("Fenix") does not have extensions support and it is on an indefinite and easily ignorable backlog. It is explicitly not being worked on this quarter. At the end of this quarter is the scheduled release of Firefox 69. Unless there's…

The only add-on I need on y phone is an adblocker. This is why I've been using samsung browser for a long time. It does what I want and does it well. (I'm not paid by samsung, just trying to help fellow readers)

But does the Samsung browser, in exchange for adblocking, collects heaps of data on its users?

Re: Firefox 68.0

#99

Post by Narishma »

qplex wrote: post #12
giancarlostoro wrote: post #3

> WebRender will roll out to Windows 10 users with AMD graphics cards. This sounds awesome: https://mozillagfx.wordpress.com/2019/05/21/graphics-team-sh... > WebRender is a major rewrite of the Firefox rendering architecture using the same kind of GPU-based acceleration techniques used by games. I really hope it gets pushed to other Operating Systems as well in the future. Edit: Here's the link to their hacks mozilla…

It's for Linux also. From the article: "We currently have WebRender enabled in Nightly for: * Recent Intel and AMD GPUs on Windows 10 desktops * Linux users on Intel integrated GPUs with Mesa 18.2 or newer with screens smaller than 4K"

That's nightly though.

Re: Firefox 68.0

#100

Post by catacombs »

mooreds wrote: post #4

I love Firefox. First thing I install on any new computer. Super happy they keep pushing the web forward. Not a fan of the chromium quasi monopoly (not that the folks behind it are bad, just that any monoculture is problematic). Thanks for pushing the web forward!

> Thanks for pushing the web forward!

Making a browser that breaks extensions used by millions of people (Vimperator comes to mind) and making extension development harder is not pushing the web forward.

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