Firefox @lemmy.ml can @sh.itjust.works 3mo ago

[Support] How do I access the Web Archives addon on Firefox mobile (efficiently)?

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Download Web Archives for Firefox. View archived and cached versions of web pages on 10+ search engines, such as the Wayback Machine, Archive․is, Google, Bing and Yandex.

I'm trying to use the Web Archives addons on Firefox Mobile and I have it installed and can configure it but I'm not sure how to actually use it. I can't right click like on desktop. Maybe I'm missing something obvious. Thanks.

Edit: so I guess I can go into the main menu, open my extension list, select Web Archives, then select the archive source I want to view the current page in. I suppose it works, but with that many taps it hardly seems any faster than just copying the url and pasting it in an archive.is bookmark. If anyone know a more efficient way please let me know.

Edit2: actually, changing this setting and reducing the included archives helps

4 comments

tap 3 dots

tap "Extensions"

tap the web archives extension and use one of the options

That's how I use it, but I don't use the right click menu on the desktop version. What do you usually do when you right click?
- Open tab in archive basically, but I edited my post with a way to make it slightly faster. Thanks for your help.
  
  Thanks! I just set up mine the same way