Why are "Copy link to highlight" links not implemented in Firefox yet? [closed]
The Copy link to highlight Google Chrome feature generates links that look like this:
such that when a Google Chrome user clicks on the above link, it opens up the page, scrolls the page forward, and then highlights the text (which in this case is the text on a link at the bottom of the page: "Advertise With Us"). These generated links also work on Microsoft Edge (Version 95.0.1020.53 (Official build) (64-bit)), but not on Firefox (tested on version 94.0.1 (64-bit)).
Why was this feature not implemented in Firefox?
(Note: I am not asking for how to make this work by the end-user having to do something special, such as install Firefox extensions, or enable experimental features).
Nothing shows up when searching for "Copy link to highlight" on Ideas @ Mozilla, nor on Firefox's Bugzilla
1 Answer
Why was this feature not implemented in Firefox?
That is a question that Firefox's developers will answer better than any of us (unless one of them is a member here).
Before being a part of a feature of Chrome browser, it was an extension of the browser as stated here
First launched as a browser extension called Link to Text Fragment last year, Google has now added the feature within Chrome itself.
Link to Text Fragment was introduced last year (2020) by Google. I even gave an answer mentioning it. It's open source and a version exists for Firefox (I know you didn't ask for it).
