#firefox mobile

[rekishi-aka]

XKit on mobile and ad free tumblr experience

So with Google making adblocking basically impossible soon and Youtube also being a pita with the adblocking on Chrome and also me seeing so much griping around the tumblr app, I wanted to show everyone how to get an XKit enhanced, ad-free experience on mobile.

This works as of December 2023.

Please note that this tutorial is for Android, as I don't use iOS, I'm not sure how it would work there. Although I'm sure some trial and error will help. 

This will only work with Firefox Nightly or Firefox Beta. I'm personally using Firefox Nightly, but it really doesn't matter that much. 

Go to "Settings" and scroll down to "About Firefox Nightly". Tap on the logo 5 times in order to enable debug mode. A popup will tell you that debug mode is enabled.

When you go back to "Settings", a new item will have appeared, "Custom Add-Ons Collection". You want to open that. Then you type in 18195107 for the collection and name is "tumblr" or something similar.

Note: This is my collection. You can make your own collection very easily! I've just done this for my own convenience regarding wanting to have all the add ons I'm usually using in one place for mobile. Go wild with whatever you want to add here.

This collection contains:

µBlock Origin

XKit Rewritten

Tampermonkey

The app will be restarted automatically.

Now you can go to the add ons section of Firefox and enable the apps that you want.

Done!

Under the cut I'm showing what I filter for µBlock Origin, how to export XKit Settings from desktop to mobile. I'll talk about Tampermonkey in another post.

XKit Settings export

If you don't want to enable all your XKit stuff again on mobile, it's very easy to export from desktop. Go to your XKit Settings, then Backup and either download it or copy it all and paste it into a draft email or whatever:

Then pick the Import function on your mobile browser and paste it there. Done! So easy! No more ads, quick reblog enabled, and all your other settings there!

µBlock Origin Filters

For mobile, I don't usually use the dashboard unfucker, because the new tumblr layout doesn't annoy me that much....except for tumblr Mart etc. (tumblr Live gets taken care of by XKit, thankfully) So to get rid of those go to your µBlock Origin Dashboard -> My Filters

Enter:

! 2023-12-14 tumblr.com - Navigation ! Hide "Explore" menu item tumblr.com##li:matches-attr("title"="Explore") ! Hide Live menu item tumblr.com##li:matches-attr("title"="Live") ! Hide TumblrMart menu item tumblr.com##li:matches-attr("title"="TumblrMart") ! Hide "Get a domain" menu item tumblr.com##li:matches-attr("title"="Get a domain") ! Hide "Go Ad-Free" menu item tumblr.com##li:matches-attr("title"="Go Ad-Free")

If you want to hide blocked posts (XKit does this as well, so it's unnecessary, but just in case):

!hide blocked posts tumblr.com##article:has(.W0ros)

I mostly use the built in filter lists:

As well as the Bypass Paywall Filters list (you import this at the bottom of this tab): https://gitlab.com/magnolia1234/bypass-paywalls-clean-filters

And yeah, that's it! Much better experience than the mobile app. I only use that to track notifications, really, but for browsing I use the browser only. This is partially to avoid triggers, because this way I don't even have to see the ominous "This post was filtered because it contains X trigger, we just re-traumatized you, you're welcome!" message tumblr is so fond of when filtering posts.

[tiny-chubby-bird]

I, a certified idiot, didn't even realize that I could download and use add-ons on Firefox mobile this whole time.

I was so annoyed that I couldn't use Vanced anymore, which took away the ads and made videos playable in the background, my tiny brain didn't even notice that my mobile Firefox had this

the whole time.

Better late than never, I suppose.

[calystarose]

fuck me, but having xkit rewritten available for mobile Firefox is a sanity saver

[pandacatxd]

FIREFOX MOBILE NOW ALLOWS TAMPERMONKEY AS AN ADDON AHHHHHHH I'm very happy. I can now use the Anyi-Kudos and Seen&Kudos'd history scripts for AO3!!!! I'm so happy!!!!

[slurpnasty]

is anyone elses firefox mobile app not letting videos play

[battlecouplesoulmates]

Firefox mobile browser is so confusing.

I figured out how to add uBlock Origin to my mobile browser easily. But I can't figure out how to copy text.

When I press and hold on a word, I don't get a floating menu like on chrome. So how do I copy and paste on mobile Firefox?

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

i'm begging you guys to start pirating shit from streaming platforms. there are so many websites where you can stream that shit for free, here's a quick HOW TO:

1) Search for: watch TITLE OF WORK free online

2) Scroll to the bottom of results. Click any of the "Complaint" links

3) You will be taken to a long list of links that were removed for copyright infringement. Use the 'find' function to search for the name of the show/movie you were originally searching for. You will get something like this (specifics removed because if you love an illegal streaming site you don't post its url on social media)

4) each of these links is to a website where you can stream shit for free. go to the individual websites and search for your show/movie. you might have to copy-paste a few before you find exactly what you're looking, but the whole process only takes a minute. the speed/quality is usually the same as on netflix/whatever, and they even have subtitles! (make sure to use an adblocker though, these sites are funded by annoying popups)

In conclusion, if you do this often enough you will start recognizing the most dependable websites, and you can just bookmark those instead. (note: this is completely separate from torrenting, which is also a beautiful thing but requires different software and a vpn)

you can also download the media in question (look for a "download" button built into the video window, or use a browser extension such as Video DownloadHelper.)

[gremlinwithakeyboard]

I keep trying to switch to browsing tumblr in firefox on my phone but it'll keep randomly jumping back to the top of my feed with no way to get back down? Is this because I've got adblockers and stuff on here? I could scroll just fine in via. Does anyone know how to make it not do that?

[cemeterything]

ive decided to start dressing like a medieval cathedral

[tazmiilly]

I'm so skilled at opening tabs and not closing others. they should pay me for every tab I open

[somethingusefulfromflorida]

I'd rather give up desktop youtube entirely than go back to having ads. I downloaded NewPipe on my phone the other day and there are no ads, it let's me play videos in the background, and I can download audio, so I don't need to go on my laptop anymore. The new "ad-blockers are not allowed" popup has a timer on it so you can't X out of it right away, and that's just about the final straw. Fuck google. Fuck youtube. Fuck ads. Fuck capitalism. My time is precious, and I'm not going to spend it staring at products I'm never going to buy.

[observethewalrus]

PLEASE DO NOT GIFT ME BADGES

Tumblr is getting rid of avatars and no longer showing where a reblog comes from in post headers to “afford more room for badges.”

I always felt kinda bad when I was gifted badges and then didn’t use them, cuz people spent actual money on them. So I’m asking, please do not gift me badges, or any other tumblr merch for that matter.

I threw them a bone last year and paid for the ad-free because the ads and blazed softcore porn on the app were infuriating, but I’m canceling it. They’re not getting anything from me anymore. I’ll have to switch back to using the Firefox mobile browser. Hopefully the new dash un-fuckers that are going around will work on mobile.

[pcktknife]

sorry again but, also marked red on shinigami eyes, and i scrolledd their blog for 10 seconds and found the most racist shit on earth

thank you againnnn 😭

[oceandiagonale]

Generic Protagonist Masterpost

Part I: Contains Intro, SWSH run, General Worldbuilding

Part II: Contains PLA Run (Hisui Arc), non-plot-posts that I like

Part III (You Are Here)

Contains: the aRRRc, Ultra Flare Finale, Paldea(?)

The aRRRc (Reunions, Redemptions, and Reminders) 

UPDATED REFERENCE SHEET

reference of guzma's aprons lol

Part 1: Hiding in Po Town

Title Card

time travel has left me a sad and lonely man

normal times at the shady house: part 1, part 2, part 3, part 3.5, plumeria outfit ref, part 3.75, part 3.8

cyrus and his little buddy

getting over it challenge level impossible: part 4, part 5

GUEST COMIC (NOT CANON BUT LOOK AT IT)

before he returns there's a bit: part 1, part 2

gee it's great to be back home: part 1, part 2, vidya meme

Part 2: Taking Care of Business

they say you can never go home again.

only semi-related; maybe they're right...

(In the meantime 1) (Flashback in the meantime)

Sycamore time!

E....

Part 3: Well Well Well, If It Isn't Mr. Consequences!

GET SLAMMED IDIOT!!!!!!

[capn-twitchery]

they got my fucking sneneral (snake general)

[onyourstageleft]