{"id":505450,"date":"2023-08-25T15:17:12","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T13:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=505450"},"modified":"2023-08-25T15:20:18","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T13:20:18","slug":"firefox-now-lets-users-import-chrome-extensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/505450-firefox-now-lets-users-import-chrome-extensions.html","title":{"rendered":"Firefox now lets users import Chrome extensions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mozilla has added the ability for Firefox users to import extensions from Google Chrome through the WebExtensions system, Ghacks reports<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Firefox is the first major browser to allow the importing of extensions from other browsers.<\/p>\n

The WebExtensions system lets developers write cross-browser extensions that can run in multiple browsers. However, Mozilla specified that it is limited to Chrome and select other extensions for now.<\/p>\n

It is currently in testing and can be activated by doing the following:<\/p>\n

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  1. Load about:config in the address bar.<\/li>\n
  2. Confirm the prompt warning you to be careful.<\/li>\n
  3. Search browser.migrate.chrome.extensions.enabled.<\/li>\n
  4. Set the feature to True.<\/li>\n
  5. Restart Firefox.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Once activated, users can import extensions by going to Menu > Settings > Import Data. They can then select Chrome from the list, expand the drop-down, and ensure extensions are checked.<\/p>\n

    Unfortunately, the system doesn\u2019t support many extensions for the time being. Mozilla lists supported Chrome extensions here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

    Only 73 supported extensions currently exist, but Mozilla plans to extend the list and allow extensions to be imported from browsers other than Chrome.<\/p>\n

    Supported extension imports include uBlock Origin, LastPass, AdGuard AdBlocker, Ghostery, and BitDefender TrafficLight.<\/p>\n

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    Now read: Microsoft could bring AI power to Paint on Windows 11<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Firefox is the first major non-Chromium browser to allow the importing of extensions from other browsers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341076,"featured_media":487411,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[80625,1567,981,167,975,88782],"class_list":["post-505450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-software","tag-browser-extensions","tag-chrome","tag-firefox","tag-google","tag-mozilla","tag-webextensions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505450"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341076"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=505450"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/505450\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/487411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}