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User:Mardus/List of add-ons for Firefox on Android

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This is a non-exhaustive list of extensions for Firefox on Android that improve users' privacy and security, and also improve the usability of the browser. Most extensions are open source.

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Security and connectivity

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  • NoScript Anywhere (3.5a10, GPL) — a whitelist-based extension, whereby users can allow (or block again) JavaScript functionality on a per-domain basis (see picture), and with the benefit of greatly reducing bandwidth consumption and device resource usage. The mobile version is simpler than the desktop version, yet serves the same purpose;
  • Adblock Edge (MPLv2) — discontinued fork of Adblock Plus 2.1.2, without the sponsored ads whitelist. Most recent version released on 28 March 2015;[1]
  • Adblock Plus (GPL) — used for blocking ads through a paired blacklist and whitelist;
  • uBlock and uBlock Origin (GPLv3) — content-filtering, includes ad-blocking. uBlock Origin is maintained by the original developer of uBlock. This add-on is said by an Adblock Edge developer to outperform his own extension.[1]
  • Proxy Mobile (aka ProxyMob; open source, discontinued) — simple front-end that exposes Firefox proxy settings. The add-on can be used in conjunction with the native Adblock Plus app or other Android apps that use proxying to filter traffic. The ProxyMob project page warns that Firefox for Android does does not follow proxy settings when downloading favicons;[2]
  • Privacy Settings (MPL) — exposes Firefox's privacy settings for safe browsing, telemetry, DRM, geolocation, WebRTC, Hello, Pocket, and search suggestions;
  • HTTPS Everywhere (GPLv3+) — automatically switches to HTTP Secure whenever possible;
  • Mobile Password Manager (Apache v2[3]) — allows viewing and editing saved passwords. Most recent release from 23 August 2013.[4]
  • Ghostery (proprietary) — ad network and tracking cookie blocking (may be resource-intensive on low-spec devices);
  • LastPass (proprietary) — password manager.

Other

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  • Save Link Menus (v0.2.1; MPL/GPL/LGPL tri-license) — Adds a menu item to save a page or link to local storage. Note that the add-on is currently in alpha state
  • Stylish (GPL) — Allows the user to install custom style sheets in order to modify the appearance of specific sites or pages according to taste or preference.

References

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  1. ^ a b adstomper (2015-03-28). "About this Add-on". Adblock Edge. addons.mozilla.org. Retrieved 2015-06-09.
  2. ^ "ProxyMob". guardianproject. GitHub. 2015. Retrieved 2015-07-11.
  3. ^ "Source Code License". Mobile Password Manager 1.0.1.1-signed. Mozilla Addons. 2013-08-23. Retrieved 2015-08-13.
  4. ^ "Version 1.0.1.1-signed". Mobile Password Manager Version History. Mozilla Addons. 2013-08-23. Retrieved 2015-08-13.

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