Firefox, Mozilla’s seasoned browser, It has long held the fourth position in the ranking of web browsers more employees, a position directly challenged by Opera if we talk about desktop environments and Samsung’s browser in the case of mobile devices. In both competitions with Microsoft Edge to try to grab third place, although the trend points against him. In the aggregate of platforms and for last November, according to measurements by StarCounter, its market share was 3.15%.

For those of us who see Firefox from a historical perspective (especially those of us who started using it when it was still called Firebird, which we migrated to from Mozilla, which in turn we came to from Netscape), it’s striking to see how , over the years and For many reasons (some attributable to Mozilla, others to third parties) its market share just went down and down. Heir to the one who once beat him as the world’s most used navigator, Today it survives with a paltry three percent. Which is no small thing, mind you, three out of a hundred internet users is a lot of people, yes, but very few people come from where they come from.

Of course, Mozilla does not give up and continues to search actively and passively way to reach more users, but always with absolute respect for its principles. From surprises like being made available in the Microsoft Store to gaining compatibility with Google Chrome extensions, the adoption of WebExtensions makes it great news to see that their plan is to keep playing until they get hurt while continuing to improve. the user experience of your web browser.

Well, in that regard, they just noted something very important, and that’s it It is now possible to install Firefox extensions for Android. It’s not a surprise, because Mozilla already announced it last summer, so since then we’ve been waiting for this long-awaited feature to finally arrive with a browser update, which puts Firefox ahead of its main rivals. this shows that, going back to the metaphor used in the previous paragraph, there is still a game to be played.

And although we started from a somewhat more modest target (around 200), the truth is that The number of Firefox extensions compatible with Android already exceeds 450, and we can expect this number to continue to grow in the short to medium term, although it is essential that developers decide to support this movement. If you’re a Firefox user on Android, you can view compatible extensions at this link.