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Firefox for Android now supports over 450 add-ons

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Mozilla rolls out support for over 450 add-ons for Firefox for Android. Here's how you can install them on your phone.

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So, aside from the ad block everyone loves and I don't have the characters to type, what do we recommend?
- Sponsor block for youtube works great, grease monkey for scripts, too
- Consent-O-Matic (has to be downloaded from the main website, and not the android sub category)
  And what you wish to have other than that depends on your needs.
  I myself have an extension to unlock Bing AI on Firefox android.
  Google Search Fixer (for when I need a Google service)
  TWP - Translate Web Pages
  And more.
- Web archives Bypass Paywalls Clean ClearURL View Page Source (I'm seriously surprised it's not a basic feature.)
- Redirect AMP to HTML if you hate amp like me
- NoScript
  uBlock Origin
  Dark Reader
- A bit niche, but I love Shinigami Eye. It highlights trans-friendly sites and profiles in green and transphobic ones in red.
- tampermonkey
  
  I heard violentmonkey was an opensource alternative to that.
- Dark reader
  
  Dark reader was already available before this.
  
  Dark reader is amazing but I have seen a noticeable impact on page load times from time to time.
- https://divestos.org/pages/browsers the recommended changes from default settings section should have everything you need to know
- CanvasBlocker.
- https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/javascript-restrictor/
- One Tab
  Web Archives
  Worldwide Radio
  Are some absolute musts for me.
  
  I heared people love worldwide-radio. What's so cool about it? And why as a browser plugin? This could be a stand-alone app or website.
- I'm waiting for Containers
- Simple Gesture. Now i don't have to go through a ton of menus or aim tiny UI elements for a simple action. I use similar addon on desktop as well.
- Dark reader

I switched to Ff on all devices last week and I have no complaints. Other than email, I'm slowly migrating from all Google products.
- I advice using protonmail for decent privacy (e-mail is inherently not a really private way of communicating but proton is still your best bet)
  
  I also endorse and recommend proton for de-googling.
  
  I’m not changing my email after 15 years.

Now do iOS. (Yes I know Apple has to release their stranglehold on the browser first.)
- Yeah that's never gonna happen, unless the EU forces them by law.
  One of the many reasons I'm so so happy to be back with an Android phone after having to use an iPhone for work for a few years
  
  The Eu has forced them: Digital Markets Act --> alternative app stores.
  
  I thought the EU already forced them under the Digital Markets Act to allow alternative browser engines outside of Webkit on iOS.
  Likely will happen whenever Apple starts to allow sideloading, probably next year at around March.
  Source: https://readwrite.com/apples-attempt-to-dodge-eu-digital-regulations/
- iirc apple doesn't allow apps that are able to download and run extra code. I know this was the reason the game mindustry didn't have mod support on iOS. I could be wrong tho
  
  https://apps.apple.com/en/app/orion-browser-by-kagi/id1484498200?l=en-GB
  WebKit browser, on iOS, with (most) Firefox and Chrome extensions possible.
  Y’all are welcome :D (also @AllYourSmurf)
- This is a stupid argument. I have seen Orion browser support BOTH Firefox and chrome extensions right now so why cant Firefox do own extensions?
  
  Idk why you’re being downvoted. I’ve tried Orion browser and it really does work. I assumed extensions like that would go against Apple’s App Store policies but they’ve seemed to make it works so far.
  
  I don't think there's Firefox on iOS because it would have to be Safari.

a long-overdue and very welcome addition to mobile.

Writing from a privacy perspective remember, browser add-ons can potentially make it easier to fingerprint or recognize an individual. But still, I can't help but love this new FF feature.
- Remember to use containers for everything
  https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/multi-account-containers/
  
  This is not available on Android yet right ?
  
  Thanks!!

Also you can put the url bar on the bottom 😍
- That's not new, though.
  
  Wish you could do it in Firefox Focus.
- That's possible for quite some years, good that you've found it though.
  
  Isn't that the default location when you first install? I remember always having to move it back to the top where it belongs.

I guess time to switch to Android!

Hail to the king, baby

Bah, no sign of "Save webP as PNG or JPEG" yet.
- what's wrong with webp? it's a significantly more efficient file format (like 20% less file size for the same quality) and is supported everywhere by now. if anything, the default should be webp for image types that can be both lossy and losslessly compressed
  
  Surprisingly not everywhere yet, some messaging apps don't support webp yet

Didn't they already support all addons a few years ago, and then limited it to the hand-picked ones?
- Yes. It was restricted since they moved to web extensions. They removed the restrictions on this release.

over 450 add-ons
But no Cookie AutoDelete among them. Firefox Nightly is still better
- This is on mobile?
- It is, but only if you go on the main website, and not the android sub category https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/cookie-autodelete/
  
  But then that is for desktop Firefox, not mobile. Right?
- And yet still no tablet support 😭
  
  what? i run it on my tab a7.
- Iceraven has it

Now, when will Firefox be on the F-Droid Store? (By Mozilla, no one else)
- I think it includes proprietary stuff so they can't
  
  Mozilla™
- What's your problem with the Fennec?
  
  Nothing. If Mozilla claims to love OSS, then why haven't they released it on the F-Droid Store?

When will they fix their mobile version though? As much as I want to use Firefox as much as possible, some websites just refuse to open in mobile Firefox, or not work properly. I have even made a simple website with fixed element on the bottom of the page, and it jumps like crazy when scrolling for whatever reason.
- I believe it's because firefox's UI is placed on the bottom of the screen per default. To account for that, I believe they adjust the viewport's height to either exclude the bottom of the screen (when the symbol bar is displayed) or include it (when you scroll down and the symbol bar is hidden).
  Because they use a slide-out animation based on scrolling within the web page, the viewport changes a million times in height and causes elements fixed to the bottom of the viewport to jump and adjust a lot, causing weird behavior. And nobody tests for that.
  All of thse are my assumptions by the way, please test for yourself, I might well be wrong.
  If it really bothers you, try placing the symbol bar above and see if it works. It's in the settings.
  
  My UI was actually on the top, and by changing settings it looks like it's actually other way around. When UI is on the bottom the fixed element on page moves semi-smoothly (there is still a gap during animation), but when UI is on the top it is fucked up completely. When scrolling down the fixed element also scrolls down for a bit before appearing where it should be, and when scrolling up the reverse happens. So it looks like they didn't account for that users actually use UI on the top and that it can affect fixed elements on the bottom of the page or it's just bugged because they don't test their stuff. I guess I need to send a bug report.
  Edit: This bug seems to be at least 3 years old: https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/16264
  Edit 2: There's actually a (I think) relevant issue on bugzilla: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1797964

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