{"id":92893,"date":"2020-09-01T07:41:57","date_gmt":"2020-09-01T05:41:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prohoster.info\/blog\/novosti-interneta\/proekt-iceweasle-mobile-nachal-razvitie-forka-novogo-firefox-dlya-android"},"modified":"2020-09-01T07:41:57","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T05:41:57","slug":"proekt-iceweasle-mobile-nachal-razvitie-forka-novogo-firefox-dlya-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prohoster.info\/en\/blog\/news\/proekt-iceweasle-mobile-nachal-razvitie-forka-novogo-firefox-dlya-android","title":{"rendered":"The Iceweasle Mobile project has started the development of a Firefox fork for Android.","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"

Developers from Mozilla successfully completed<\/a><\/noindex> the migration of Firefox 68 users for the Android platform to the new browser, which is being developed as part of the project. Fenix<\/a><\/noindex>, which was recently offered to all users as an update \u201cFirefox 79.0.5<\/a><\/noindex>\u201c. The minimum platform requirements have been raised to Android 5. <\/p>\n

Fenix use<\/a><\/noindex> The GeckoView engine, built on Firefox Quantum technologies, and the set of libraries Mozilla Android Components<\/a><\/noindex>, which are already being used to build browsers Firefox Focus<\/a><\/noindex> and Firefox Lite<\/a><\/noindex>. GeckoView is a variant of the Gecko engine presented as a separate library that can be updated independently, and Android Components includes libraries with standard components that ensure the operation of tabs, input autocompletion, search suggestions, and other browser features.<\/p>\n

Enthusiasts dissatisfied with the changes in the new Firefox for Android founded<\/a><\/noindex> a synchronized fork of the project \u2014 Iceweasle Mobile, which aims to provide enhanced customization options and display more information about the visited pages. Aside from the name, the project has nothing in common with the Iceweasel fork supplied in Debian and is developed by a separate team. APK packages have been prepared for download, which are built<\/a><\/noindex> manually based on the current Fenix codebase, but with no guarantee of delivering fixes and without using digital signatures.<\/p>\n

In Iceweasle Mobile, access to the about:config settings has been restored (in Fenix, this page is disabled by default). In addition to the officially supported add-ons in Fenix, the fork allows the installation of other add-ons \u2014 due to the use of Mozilla Android Components, most add-ons will not work without modification, but users are given the option to attempt to install any add-ons without strictly limiting their list. The tab-switching interface has been redesigned and styled like the old Firefox for Android. Future plans include work on disabling telemetry and proprietary code.<\/p>\n

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Features of the new Firefox for Android (Fenix):<\/p>\n