Firefox Preview adds support for recommended extensions, including uBlock Origin

Re:Firefox Preview adds support for recommended extensions, ... by hunter2_ on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @09:27PM (#22243444)

> some apps disregard my default browser preference

And how about all the apps that use a built-in webview every time you click a link (Gmail, Hangouts, rif, etc. etc.) rather than even calling a full browser. At least they typically have an "open in browser" option but that gets tedious, and they sometimes have a setting (buried deep) to always do so.

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Re:Firefox Preview adds support for recommended extensions, ... by k1t on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @10:56PM (#22243865)

For me, this behavior is controlled through the browser. Firefox calls it "Custom Tabs" on the General settings page. Firefox preview calls it "Open links in apps".

If that's on, you get the mini-browser in the app, otherwise links go immediately to the full browser. (Just tested with Gmail, YMMV)

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Re:Firefox Preview adds support for recommended extensions, ... by hunter2_ on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @06:03AM (#22245746)

Oh wow, I just changed my default browser (on Android) from Chrome to Firefox and, with no further effort, Gmail (etc.) opens links in Firefox instead of the mini-browser thing. I always imagined the mini-browser as a part of the app that loaded irrespective of the default browser, but no. Cool!

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