@Atemu This is why, for me, Firefox is unreplaceable on Android. Just the fact that’s not Chromium + also supports extensions is what makes it superior.
I wish that it’ll come pre-installed in phones instead of Chrome, so more people can give it a try. But is Android and Google would never allow that.
The question is, did they get your comment? You didn’t @ them. Does Mastodon know how to interpret and exchange replies from Lemmy if it doesn’t use @ tagging?
@deweydecibel@Sekoia Yes, I got your reply without @ me. ActivityPub works in mysterious ways.
For example: I can create new posts on Lemmy/Kbin, but those posts can be only text. I still haven’t figured out how to post images.
it could be because lemmy (maybe kbin??) doesnt copy the embedded data, only the text, maybe mestadon works differently? so the images dont come across?
Yes, and it even associates it as a reply directly to their post. If you’re using Lemmy on the web, you can click the rainbow fediverse button to open the comment from the originating instance.
@Undearius@deweydecibel Nice! Now you have created an #Inception kind of post.
Piece of advice boys. When you make posts on Lemmy/Kbin put at the end of it some #hashtags related to the post’s topic. So it can be indexable for Mastodon and Pixelfed users.
I as a Mastodon user can see posts from Pixelfed users due to their diligence of using hashtags.
This is something easy that can improve post discoverability and also you’ll get more user interaction.
It would be interesting to see some automation there, like having default tags for a community. It would be kinda silly to post something c/firefox and have to tag #firefox too.
Firefox is all I ever used on desktops and I would love to install Firefox on Android, but until they let me set a custom homepage it’s not an option. I can’t be arsed to make an extra click to get to my selfhosted dashboard which has links to all my most frequented sites and services. It’s a fundamental function, so how they have not fixed it is beyond me. Until then I’m using Kiwi which is Chromium based but it is open source, has built in ad blocking, and also supports extensions like uBlock Origin. And I’m pretty sure it was the first Android browser to have the bottom address bar.
Oh, sorry, I misunderstood, but yeah, we agree then, it’s crazy. And what is crazier is that it did work a few years ago, and then at some point they removed it.
No worries, I most definitely could have phrased it a lot better.
Having the feature then losing it is even whackier. 🥴 Especially I’d think their focus would be android users and making sure it’s up to date/functioning for them.
I hope Apple will relax the rules on web browsers in order for Firefox to use their own engine instead of WebKit. New EU laws will put more pressure on Big Tech.
That is odd. Firefox Nightly at least has an Add to Homescreen option to put a shortcut to the current URL on your homescreem. Then you could put that icon where you want it.
Agreed, but they are both one tap to take you to your desired homepage. Only difference is there is no Home button in the app. Not sure why Mozilla would leave that out. There is always the extension route, that is one thing I’ve always liked about Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/android/addon/home-button-for-ff-on-android/
That extension was made when you could customize your homepage in FireFox settings, and it just lacked a home button.
FireFox currently does have a home button now… you just can’t change it from taking you to their hardcoded start page.
That extension was last updated 4 years ago and no longer works for current versions regardless.
I appreciate you trying to help, but please don’t take shots in the dark, this is a known issue and extensions are not able to work around this problem. As you can see verified by an official FireFox mod on the issue:
@Atemu This is why, for me, Firefox is unreplaceable on Android. Just the fact that’s not Chromium + also supports extensions is what makes it superior.
I wish that it’ll come pre-installed in phones instead of Chrome, so more people can give it a try. But is Android and Google would never allow that.
Unrelated to the post: it’s so cool that you’re replying from mastodon
The question is, did they get your comment? You didn’t @ them. Does Mastodon know how to interpret and exchange replies from Lemmy if it doesn’t use @ tagging?
@deweydecibel @Sekoia Yes, I got your reply without @ me. ActivityPub works in mysterious ways.
For example: I can create new posts on Lemmy/Kbin, but those posts can be only text. I still haven’t figured out how to post images.
Looks like you either have to @ people to reply to them, or it populates it for you
it could be because lemmy (maybe kbin??) doesnt copy the embedded data, only the text, maybe mestadon works differently? so the images dont come across?
What in the heck?
Whenever I try to open a Lemmy community or user profile from mastodon, I see their profile but no posts are displayed 😢
Yes, and it even associates it as a reply directly to their post. If you’re using Lemmy on the web, you can click the rainbow fediverse button to open the comment from the originating instance.
https://mastodon.ie/users/DannyBoy/statuses/110748158892993938
@Undearius @deweydecibel Nice! Now you have created an #Inception kind of post.
Piece of advice boys. When you make posts on Lemmy/Kbin put at the end of it some #hashtags related to the post’s topic. So it can be indexable for Mastodon and Pixelfed users.
I as a Mastodon user can see posts from Pixelfed users due to their diligence of using hashtags.
This is something easy that can improve post discoverability and also you’ll get more user interaction.
It would be interesting to see some automation there, like having default tags for a community. It would be kinda silly to post something c/firefox and have to tag #firefox too.
C’est la vie ‼️
@DannyBoy @firefox @Atemu
Mull/Mulch ftw
The 60hz on mull is disgusting.
Too bad the sandboxing is not working. I use Vanadium right now but Firefox on desktop. I would switch instantly if they beefed up security.
Firefox is all I ever used on desktops and I would love to install Firefox on Android, but until they let me set a custom homepage it’s not an option. I can’t be arsed to make an extra click to get to my selfhosted dashboard which has links to all my most frequented sites and services. It’s a fundamental function, so how they have not fixed it is beyond me. Until then I’m using Kiwi which is Chromium based but it is open source, has built in ad blocking, and also supports extensions like uBlock Origin. And I’m pretty sure it was the first Android browser to have the bottom address bar.
Wait, I can change my homepage URL on iPhone. I find it hard to believe that’s an option exclusive to iPhone.
Edit: it’s at the bottom of the settings>homepage tab
You can’t do it on Android, it’s not an option… Google it if you want to verify it.
Sorry, I didn’t mean “I can’t believe” as in “I think you’re lying” but “I can’t believe” as in “what an absurd feature to leave out on android”.
Oh, sorry, I misunderstood, but yeah, we agree then, it’s crazy. And what is crazier is that it did work a few years ago, and then at some point they removed it.
https://github.com/mozilla-mobile/fenix/issues/7551
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1807866
So yeah, doesn’t seem like a priority and might not get fixed for a long, long time… so until then I’m using Kiwi.
No worries, I most definitely could have phrased it a lot better.
Having the feature then losing it is even whackier. 🥴 Especially I’d think their focus would be android users and making sure it’s up to date/functioning for them.
I hope Apple will relax the rules on web browsers in order for Firefox to use their own engine instead of WebKit. New EU laws will put more pressure on Big Tech.
That is odd. Firefox Nightly at least has an Add to Homescreen option to put a shortcut to the current URL on your homescreem. Then you could put that icon where you want it.
Adding a shortcut to their homepage != using your own homepage
Agreed, but they are both one tap to take you to your desired homepage. Only difference is there is no Home button in the app. Not sure why Mozilla would leave that out. There is always the extension route, that is one thing I’ve always liked about Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/android/addon/home-button-for-ff-on-android/
That extension was made when you could customize your homepage in FireFox settings, and it just lacked a home button.
FireFox currently does have a home button now… you just can’t change it from taking you to their hardcoded start page.
That extension was last updated 4 years ago and no longer works for current versions regardless.
I appreciate you trying to help, but please don’t take shots in the dark, this is a known issue and extensions are not able to work around this problem. As you can see verified by an official FireFox mod on the issue:
https://old.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/v1700e/firefox_for_android_no_custom_homepage/
Too bad the sandboxing is not working. I use Vanadium right now but Firefox on desktop. I would switch instantly if they beefed up security.