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As we were updating the documentation for developing add-ons in Fenix, we found some issues related to how web-ext and the linter handle Fenix extensions I just double-checked these issues; they should be fixed as soon as the updates to the browser compatibility tables are released on MDN. The up…

[image] caitlin: I’m not aware of any technical blocks, but on the non-technical side, some of the team members responsible for creating this setting took some personal time off this month. :slight_smile: Thank you for reminding, I tend to forget about this possibility :slight_smile:

[image] caitlin: we were updating the documentation for developing add-ons in Fenix I used that guide to set up web-ext and used it to temporary-install one of my add-ons into nightly. Quite a lot of it works, but some features must be enabled in its options. I couldn’t see how to access the…

Hey @DaveRo , try running the following in the browser console: ChromeUtils.import("resource://gre/modules/GeckoViewTab.jsm").GeckoViewTabBridge.openOptionsPage(<extension id>)

This is so ridiculous. This is not a solution to the problem. This is not even a workaround. This is an insult to all Firefox users that have ever installed an add-on and above all an insult to all add-on developers, as all developers have started small and know that no add-on could ever reach a “r…

Could you please show a bit more respect to people who are working to make the browser better? They may be doing things that do not match your expectations, but that’s not a reason to insult them. They may have more information about that than we do, or they may have different priorities, and that’…

@caitlin Thanks. I forked this technical discussion to here: Debugging an addon in Fenix Nightly

Criticism is not disrespect. To want to end disharmony by calling it disrespect is neither right nor helpful. I myself worked on the (now rightly scrapped) rendering engine back in 2001-2003, mainly constructing and providing test-cases, but also contributing a few lines of code here and there, so …

[image] imforumman: Criticism is not disrespect. Criticism is not, but calling others’ actions “ridiculous” and “insult” feels like disrespect to me. Sorry if that does not match your perspective. Also, I apologize for using the same words in my previous reply to you. [image] imforumman: …

I’ve been testing my own addons with nightly to see what works and what doesn’t. Android new tabs in foreground – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-GB) Download Android new tabs in foreground for Firefox. Opens new tabs in foreground. Works fine. It’s ab…

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Add-on support in new Firefox for Android

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