akhodakivskiy/VimFx on Hacker News

…try it. For anyone wanting to stick to stock Firefox ESR, I highly recommend checking out VimFX. 0: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx The big downside of VimFX compared to Glide is lack of Firefox internal API documentation. I've had…

comment by MarsIronPI · 2025-10-01 · in Show HN: Glide, an extensible, keyboard-focused web browser

…been supported. The integration is much deeper than what Vimium and the other WebExtensions allow. https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx

comment by mikae1 · 2025-02-28 · in Waterfox: Fast and Private Web Browser

…there is a solution for now. VimFx[1] is still being updated and works with the LegacyFox shim! [1] https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx

comment by mikae1 · 2024-10-22 · in Vimium – The Hacker's Browser

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story by clircle · 2024-06-24 · 0 comments

…that pretty much no extensions from the 56 era will work any more. Look at VimFx’s changelog < https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/master/CHANGELOG... >, and yeah, regular fixes have been required, with more and more things…

comment by chrismorgan · 2024-05-31 · in Manifest V2 phase-out begins

…part of Firefox, and can still be re-enabled for addons today https://gir.st/blog/legacyfox.htm https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx But I guess only randos on the internet have the technical know-how

comment by guilhas · 2024-05-31 · in Manifest V2 phase-out begins

…XUL and VimFX will be sorely missed. It still works in Waterfox, but who knows for how long… [1] https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/ [2] https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/vimium-ff/

comment by mikae1 · 2023-04-02 · in XUL Layout is gone

…modern Firefox versions? The last release was even in 2022. Maybe I should give it a try again. [0] https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx

comment by ColonelPhantom · 2023-02-28 · in Vimium – A browser extension that provides Vim-style keyboard controls

…really found any apparent wrongdoings by System1 yet, but I guess it's a matter of time... [1] https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx

comment by mikae1 · 2021-11-18 · in Vimium C – Extension to navigate website by keyboard shortcuts

…2. https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tridactyl-vim... 3. https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx 4. https://github.com/docwhat/itsalltext/ 5. https://github.com/tridactyl/tridactyl/issues/876

comment by Anthony-G · 2021-01-30 · in Nyxt browser: mouseless copy/paste

…still maintaining VimFx[1], and you can run it in current versions of Firefox with a shim[2]. [1]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/vimfx/releases [2]: https://github.com/girst/legacyfox

comment by girst · 2019-12-15 · in Show HN: Krabby – A keyboard interface to the web, inspired by Kakoune

VimFx is perfectly compatible with multiprocess, as stated in the issue you linked: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/issues/860#issuecomme... The issue is that VimFx is not feasible to convert into a WebExtension.

comment by nemetroid · 2017-08-11 · in uBlock Origin Maintainer on Chrome vs. Firefox WebExtensions

VimFx is not compatible with multiprocess, it will stop working soon. See https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/issues/860 : - You can use the current VimFx for the rest of 2017. - Then, Vimium is your best bet: philc/vimium#2425 - VimFx…

comment by ronjouch · 2017-08-10 · in uBlock Origin Maintainer on Chrome vs. Firefox WebExtensions

…you shared. I've started looking for VimFx alternatives since the following doesn't sound great: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/issues/860 https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/issues/860#issuecomme...

comment by avtar · 2017-08-02 · in Mozilla launches voice search, file-sharing and note-taking tools for Firefox

…to switch, but the scrolling of VimFX drives me crazy. Here's an issue outlining the behavior: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/issues/830 Are there any other Vim plugins without this issue?

comment by rudedogg · 2017-08-02 · in Mozilla launches voice search, file-sharing and note-taking tools for Firefox

…that lets me use my Vim muscle memory in firefox. https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/vimfx https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx

comment by a3n · 2017-06-20 · in Is group chat making you sweat? (2016)

Only if it gets turned into a WebExtension: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/issues/860

comment by The-Compiler · 2017-06-14 · in Is the keyboard faster than the mouse?

…updates don't look super promising [2]. 1. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1215061 2. https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/issues/860

comment by jamesgeck0 · 2017-03-07 · in Firefox 52 released

…at its current state still couldn't support all of VimFX's current feature either.[1] [1]: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/issues/860

comment by sirn · 2017-02-18 · in Firefox 57 as the first release where only WebExtensions will be supported

…a feature freeze and plan to switch to WebExtension after the necessary APIs are added to Firefox: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/issues/860

comment by swhipple · 2017-01-27 · in I cannot continue working on my add-ons

…a couple of days ago, I found VimFx which is exactly what I always wanted. It's also open source at https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx

comment by twistedanimator · 2017-01-15 · in Vimperator: a Vim-like Firefox

VimFX works pretty well on Firefox: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx

comment by bello · 2016-08-17 · in Surfingkeys – Expand your browser with javascript and keyboard

…(note, I've only seriously looked at modifying VimFX - and the dev documentation is excellent): https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/blob/master/documenta...

comment by e12e · 2016-07-07 · in Luakit: Fast, small, WebKit-based browser framework extensible by Lua

…completely revamping the browser. And it should continue to work as Firefox moves ahead. [0] https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx

comment by zipperhead · 2016-04-26 · in Firefox and Thunderbird: A Fork in the Road

…was a Chrome user, I used to use Vimum: http://vimium.github.io/ I'm now using Firefox, with VimFx: https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx/ I'll give this a shot the next time I open Chrome. Will there be a Firefox port?

comment by dufferzafar · 2014-07-04 · in Show HN: WebMotion – A pleasant keyboard only web browsing experience

…but all things considered I'm pretty happy with it. https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/vimfx/ https://github.com/akhodakivskiy/VimFx

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