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To avoid interface bloat, ship a relatively smaller core customizable to meet individual users' needs, and allow for corporate or institutional extensions to meet their varying policies, Firefox relies on a robust extension system to allow users to modify the browser according to their requirements instead of providing all features in the standard distribution.
In 2017, Mozilla enacted major changes to the application programming interface (API) for extensions in Firefox, replacing the long-standing XUL and XPCOM APIs with the WebExtensions API that is modeled after Google Chrome's API. [2] [3] [4] Thus add-ons that remain compatible with Firefox are now largely compatible with Chrome as well. [5]
Firefox OS - An open source operating system for smartphones and tablet computers mainly based on HTML5. Firefox Reality - A web browser optimized for virtual reality. Firefox Send - A web-based file sharing platform with end-to-end encryption and a link that automatically expires. Mariner - The improved layout engine based on code of Netscape ...
Browser extension Firefox Firefox for Android Cookie AutoDelete: Yes Yes Decentraleyes: Yes Yes DownThemAll! Yes No FoxyProxy Standard: Yes Yes HTTPS Everywhere
Pale Moon is built upon the Unified XUL Platform (UXP), a cross-platform, multimedia application base that was forked from Mozilla code prior to the introduction of Firefox Quantum. [18] [19] UXP is a fork of the Firefox 52 ESR platform that was created in 2017 due to XUL/XPCOM support being removed from the Firefox codebase. [20]
Firefox Home was a companion application for the iPhone and iPod Touch based on the Firefox Sync technology. Firefox Home was not considered a web browser, as it would launch pages in either an embedded viewer or by switching to the Safari app. [11] [12] In December 2014, Mozilla announced Firefox for iOS, a version of the Firefox browser for iOS, [13] [14] which includes Firefox Sync support ...
Add-ons are software modules that add new functionality to Mozilla applications. They can add anything from a toolbar button to a completely new feature. They allow the application to be customized to fit the personal needs of each user if they need additional features, while minimizing the size of the application itself.
Firefox Focus is a free and open-source privacy-focused mobile browser by Mozilla, based on Firefox.It is available for Android [4] [5] and iOS smartphones and tablets. [6] [7] Its predecessor, Focus by Firefox, was released in December 2015 as a tracker-blocking application which worked only in conjunction with the Safari mobile browser on iOS.