![]() If you’ve got the version mentions above, great if not, you’ll need to wait for it. Quickest way to check you have it? Run sudo apt install xdg-desktop-portal, which will print the version number in its “you already have this” error). This is rolling out to Ubuntu users as a software update but hasn’t reached everyone yet. To help kick the tyres on this early you need to do a few things to ‘opt-in’.įirst: double-check that you have the latest version of the xdg-desktop-portal package (v1.14.4-1ubuntu2~22.04.1 to be specific). In his post on the Snapcraft forum Canonical’s Olivier Tilloy encourages the community to “let us know which extensions you tested, how you installed the native host connector, and whether the functionality worked as expected, partially, or not at all” - something many of you will be keen t do. Want to give it a go? How to help test this stuff first-hand It may also in time, be used by other popular web browsers shipped in sandbox packaging formats, such as Chromium. The new XDG portal also benefits Flatpak apps. ![]() Similarly, other Firefox add-ons like the KeePassXC password manager should also work as intended. The patches mean Ubuntu users should be able, once again, to install GNOME Shell extensions from the GNOME Extensions website using Firefox (with the relevant browser add-on and host connector, though honestly: install gnome-shell-extension-manager instead as it offers a superior experience all-round). In a short update on the Snapcraft forum Ubuntu developer Olivier Tilloy says integration of a new WebExtensions XDG portal with the latest beta builds of Mozilla Firefox is ready for wider testing via the Snap store. This enables things like desktop password managers to function as expected in the browser. ![]() ![]() It’s this fancy-sounding feature that allows Firefox add-ons to “exchange messages with a native application, installed on the user’s computer”. Ubuntu’s beleaguered Firefox Snap package is tackling another of longstanding criticism of it, namely its lack of native messaging support. ![]()
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