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  • Mozilla added more plugins for Firefox Preview as NoScript, HTTPS Everywhere

    The 68.x version of the Firefox browser on the current Android platform allows users to install almost all the plug-ins they want to install, but unfortunately, many of them are not designed for mobile platforms, so many plug-ins cannot be used even if they are installed. And in Firefox Preview, Mozilla added a restriction: only allow users to install plugins that have been tested by Mozilla. This can completely remove the user’s doubts about whether the plug-in can be used when installing the plug-in.

    Mozilla Firefox Preview

    However, Mozilla’s testing speed is not fast. Previously, Firefox Preview could only install a plug-in uBlock Origin. Today, Mozilla added several plug-ins to it, namely NoScript, HTTPS Everywhere, Privacy Badger, Dark Reader, and Search by Image plugins.

    At the end of last month, it was reported that Firefox Preview will enter the Firefox Beta channel in the Play Store to push to users. Currently, according to the data of the “Are we Fenix ​​yet?” website, 66.7% of users have received Firefox Preview push.

  • Firefox Preview adds support for extensions

    Firefox Preview is a new Android web browser launched by Mozilla in the first half of 2019. The browser’s rendering engine, GeckoView, was developed by Mozilla itself. By separating the GeckoView engine from Firefox applications, the development team created an updated, faster, and easier method to maintain and develop Firefox Preview for Android.

    In the latest update to the Firefox Preview Nightly release, developers have added support for extensions. However, only one extension can be installed at this stage, the ad blocker uBlock Origin.

    https://twitter.com/Aissn/status/1224588783657439234

    As the next generation of Firefox browses for Android, Mozilla has been working to align the functionality of the Firefox Preview with the existing Android Firefox, and one of its previous missing features was extended support.

    Earlier, Mozilla had announced plans to launch WebExtension support in Firefox Preview in early 2020, and the current progress seems to be in line with the plan. In the coming period, Firefox Preview will complete the extension architecture and further implement the WebExtension interface, and extensions will be more widely supported.

    To test the extension, you need to install the Firefox Preview Nightly version, enter the menu’s Add-ons Manager, click the plus sign, and then accept the license to install and activate the extension. However, this feature is still in the early development stage, this is the first version to support extensions, and maybe not everything will run smoothly.

  • about:config is not available in Firefox Preview

    Firefox Preview is a new Android web browser launched by Mozilla in the first half of 2019. Like the desktop version of Firefox, the Firefox Preview is also available in different versions such as Beta and Nightly. In general, there will not be much difference in core functionality between different versions. However, recently, developers found that about:config is no longer supported in the Stable and Beta versions of Firefox Preview.

    about:config is an internal page that has been supported by Firefox for a long time. It provides an interface to make advanced configuration changes directly in your web browser. So far, desktop and mobile versions of Firefox still support it normally.

    But when users try to load about: config in the Stable or Beta version of Firefox Preview, they receive a “Cannot complete request” message. The page says “additional information about this problem or error is currently unavailable” and a “try again” button to reload the page.

    It is unclear whether this change was intentional or whether Mozilla will restore the page before its final release. In short, current Stable or Beta users cannot use about: config to change the configuration of Firefox Preview.

    Source: ghacks