I’ve used it sans Gaggle “safe-browsing”, beacons, Normandy/Shield, Pocket, etc. The aforementioned, custom add-ons/collections availability is also present in this build.Īnd yes, it maintains right along with regular Ff for security updates and bug-fixes. Mull not only RE-activates about:config by default, but also comes with the Arkenfox hardened user.js prefs preset. You’ll have to activate the DivestOS repo to access it but it’s well worth checking out. There’s a fork of Firefox Mobile available in F-Droid called ‘Mull’. In addition to restoring the right to use extensions, it removes lots of the tracking and other antifeatures. The IceRaven fork for mobile is where it’s at now:
With this new strike more users will be disgusted of using extensions, which is a plus for Mozilla’s long term plans, and as a vicious circle Mozilla will use this as an excuse to further destroy the extension system. But they are closely following Google in killing the freedom to control our interaction with the web to improve their bottom line.
The obvious thing to do would have been not to release a browser full of bugs and removed important features. > the current implementation is probably the best that Mozilla could do in the short period of time it had after the release of the new Firefox for Android. Oh, so that’s why, they want us to make accounts to get back removed functionality. > You can create your own Collection but need a Firefox account for that.
It is not possible to install an extension directly from its main Mozilla AMO profile page, and there does not seem to be a way to browse available collections. > The entire system is based on Mozilla’s Collections system. Later, because users are more defensive there.Īnyone still believing that they remove customization “just so basic users don’t make mistakes” ? When this implies that Google, from whom they get half a billion dollars each year, will be able to track sites and downloads ? And when all this data additionally quietly feeds the US repression apparatus ? This is probably a first step to remove about:config on desktop Firefox too. They keep denying that Google can use safebrowsing to track anything but the technical discussion above proves that them and Google are lying.Īnd the list of other malicious features that could only be removed using about:config is long. For example, it’s now no longer possible to prevent mobile Firefox from sending browsing data to Google: That removal was *very* nasty, along with UI prefs disappearing. > Oh, and while they are at it, also reintroduce about:config please, so that the user finally has a say in what is going on again. If you need a specific add-on, let me know and I try to add it). 926754 and ghacks, for the Ghacks Collection (which I edited just a moment ago, and promise that I won't remove any listed from. You need the unique user ID of the collection and the name of it, e.g.
add-ons that modify how tabs are displayed in the browser. If an installed extension is not in the new Collection, it will be uninstalled.Īttention: Not all extensions will work it should be clear for some, e.g. Also, Firefox's default selection of add-ons seems to use the same system and it will be replaced by the Collection that you select. The entire system is based on Mozilla's Collections system.