ipfs / ipfs/ipfs-companion

Improve onboarding on Firefox for Android

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area/android area/firefox effort/hours exp/novice good first issue help wanted kind/bug P1 status/ready topic/design-content
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Description

I've installed it on my Firefox Android, hoping that it'll use some native APIs not available to web apps to connect to the IPFS network, but it didn't. Instead it's shown me a screen with instructions to run an IPFS daemon (on a phone?). It's fine if the extension is merely a relay to the local daemon, but this needs to be clearly called out in the description in the first paragraph.

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Research direction

Start with the extension description and its first paragraph, then review the Firefox for Android onboarding screen described in the issue. Update the description so it clearly says the extension relays through a local IPFS daemon, and verify that the wording sets the expected requirement for Android users.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
1/5
Estimated time
Under an hour
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Clearly specified
Newbie friendliness
62/100

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