Open Bug 1814131 Opened 2 years ago Updated 1 year ago

Missing the ability to install unlisted Web Extensions in Firefox Nightly

Categories

(Fenix :: WebExtensions, enhancement)

All
Android
enhancement

Tracking

(Not tracked)

People

(Reporter: boek, Unassigned)

References

(Blocks 1 open bug)

Details

From github: https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/18135.

What is the user problem or growth opportunity you want to see solved?

It is impossible to install unlisted Web Extensions in Firefox Nightly.

Currently, in order to use a simple custom extension in Nightly, one has to:

  1. Create a Firefox Account;
  2. Create a collection;
  3. Upload the extension to be listed at addons.mozilla.org (unlisted extensions CANNOT be installed);
  4. Waste the time of the reviewer to look at the extension;
  5. Pollute the add-on database with an extension that is of very little use to the general public.

Curiously, issue #11308, which raised roughly the same issue, was closed as a duplicate of #14034, which is now closed and did not address this specific problem.

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Severity: -- → N/A
Blocks: 1796184
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