Want to add Startpage Search or any other search engine not supported officially? You need to run a search, replace the search term with the variable, and copy all that to the Firefox interface, or edit the original URL after you pasted it into the form in the Firefox Settings. Since it requires a variable, copy and paste is not working automatically and that is a big problem. Problem is, you have to type the search string manually into a field of the form. Select Settings > Search > Add Search Engine > Other to enable the form to add a custom search provider to the new Firefox for Android. Existing search providers are not migrated when the classic Firefox is upgraded to the new.Īdding search providers used to be very easy, but it is no longer easy in Firefox for Android. It includes options to add custom providers, and may list some on the page. Google, DuckDuckGo and Bing, that you may switch between. Reason 3: Adding search provides is possible but difficultįirefox ships with a set of search providers, e.g. It is certainly a regression for users who use about:config and for some, it may be a showstopper. Mozilla argues that a single wrong value in some configuration entries can break the entire browser. Recent examples include enabling redirect tracking protection, HTTP/3 support, or enabling the new HTTPS-only mode.
Firefox users use it to harden the browser, or change certain features that cannot be changed in the settings. Firefox for Android includes Lockwise, a password manager that is built-in, but not everyone wants to migrate to it or knows how.Ībout:config offers a treasure trove of advanced options that are not available via the browser's settings. For example, how are you supposed to use your password manager passwords in the browser if it does not support the extension.
Three of the nine extensions are content blockers, including the most popular of them all, uBlock Origin, and that should cover the needs of many users, but those who rely on password managers, New Tab page customizers, other security extensions, download managers, media extensions and others, won't be able to use these right now. The organization has not given any time frame though for that, and that is a major problem.
They are not gone, and Mozilla has promised that the new Firefox will support all browser extensions eventually. Classic Firefox for Android supported most extensions for the browser, the new version only nine at the time of writing.Īll installed extensions, except for the nine supported, will get disabled during the upgrade. Mozilla has a habit of releasing changes too early, and the release of Firefox for Android is another example of that.
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