philc / philc/vimium

Requesting Android support so that Vimium can work in Firefox for Android, at least in Developer mode

Open
#4,515 4 comments 0 reactions 0 assignees View on GitHub

Nobody has claimed this yet.

Dominant language
JavaScript
Stars
27k
Forks
2.6k
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

Description

Kindly requesting a few modifications so that Vimium can be available in Firefox for Android (woo!). In the Firefox support site they replied that the dev would have to submit an Android compatible version.

At minimum, it will then become available for Firefox Nightly and Firefox Beta, but this extension is so widely used among devs that I should think it would be one of the few made available for all Firefox Android users.

See:
https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2023/09/27/test-firefox-android-extensions-and-help-developers-prepare-for-an-open-mobile-ecosystem-in-december/

How-to webinar recording: https://www.linkedin.com/events/7123393225486159872/comments/

https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/firefox-for-android-add-ons-development-webinar/123880

https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/about-the-firefox-for-android-add-ons-category/122456

https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2023/09/27/test-firefox-android-extensions-and-help-developers-prepare-for-an-open-mobile-ecosystem-in-december/

See also:
"Edward_Sullivan
mods-addons
2d

Hello @trustdan. The extension developer would have to submit an Android compatible version of their extension - this is not something we control on our side.

Thank you – Ed"

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reviewing the linked Mozilla Firefox for Android add-on guidance, webinar, and forum discussion to identify the compatibility requirements for Vimium. The issue is complete when an Android-compatible version is prepared and available for the requested Firefox Android channels.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
android, javascript
Domain
mobile
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
22/100

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.