Right now, my default is Cromite, and I occasionally use Brave as well. I have tried Firefox with uBO, but unfortunately it is slower than the aforementioned browsers and also lacks some features. I’ve also heard that Gecko-based browsers in general have a security issue on Android, but I don’t know the details. Which browser(s) do you use/recommend and why?

  • sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    3·
    2 days ago

    One question: ironfox doesn’t let me install any addons other than ublock origin, but on fennec I can install all the normal Firefox for android ones. Is that normal?

    • infjarchninja@lemmy.ml
      2·
      1 day ago

      sem

      That does seem normal to me

      I aways install Ghostery and Privacy Badger alongside U-block origin

      I have Lineage on my current phone and use Droid-ify as my app store.

      My family have different phones and use F-droid-basic and neostore, and they have had no issues installing extra addons in their ironfox installs.

        • infjarchninja@lemmy.ml
          1·
          24 hours ago

          Hi sem

          I open Ironfox

          press the top right burger menu

          press the extensions.

          you will be redirected to the Mozilla add-ons site.

          you can search for add-ons from there.

          check to see if another browser is able to access mozilla add-ons

          https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/android/

          If it still fails, I would check your settings.

          here are mine:

          HTTPS_Only mode on in all tabs

          DNS over HTTPS off

          this is off because my VPN manages my DNS

          enhanced tracking protection strict

          If you have a VPN installed

          Maybe that might be locked down, blocking the internet, preventing you from accessing the internet

          I would also disable U-block just to see if it works disabled

            • infjarchninja@lemmy.ml
              1·
              2 hours ago

              hey Sem

              I had not seen that.

              Oddly my “Allow installation of add-ons” is unselected and set to blank.

              Why can’t I install add-ons/extensions?

              By default, due to privacy and security concerns, IronFox disables the installation of add-ons. This has no impact on already installed extensions, and updates to those extensions.

              To allow the installation of add-ons, at the cost of security, you can navigate to Settings -> IronFox -> IronFox settings -> Security, and select the option to Allow installation of add-ons. It is recommended to disable this option when you are done installing your desired extension(s).

              I wonder if it is to do with the repo:

              I know it took ages to be released to f-droid and droid-ify and was only available from the git repo.

              I installed the repo from here

              to add the repo to f-droid or f-droid basic

              https://fdroid.ironfoxoss.org/fdroid/repo/index.html

              click on the QR code to enlarge

              I hope you sort it out

    • FriendBesto@lemmy.ml
      1·
      1 day ago

      Under Ironfox settings, enable the install extensions option. It blocks installing them by default in order to decrease attack surface. You will be able after that.