Mozilla: No Firefox browser for iOS
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The closest Firefox has been to having a browser on iOS was when it released Firefox Home for iOS back in 2010. Not a browser, the app brought to iOS bookmarks, browsing history and any open tabs from the Firefox browser on a home computer. Firefox eventually pulled it from the App Store last September.
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Firefox's Sullivan (L) and Dolphin's Dehgahn sat on the panel |
Both Sullivan and Dolphin Browser Chief Software Architect David Dehgahn told the audience that by closing its web environment, Apple is making consumers suffer. But an informal poll taken with the panel audience found that a majority of them were using an iOS device and that very few were suffering. That is the realistic challenge that Firefox and other third party browsers face on iOS.
source: CNET
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44 Comments
1. 14545 posted on 10 Mar 2013, 19:18 22 2
Can someone explain how apple isn't being brought up on antitrust charges over this? I just don't get how they can't be penalized for this if MS can? I get there are *slightly* different circumstances involved, but not enough to say that apple shouldn't taken out back and slapped on the wrist for it.
3. dmakun posted on 10 Mar 2013, 19:28 16 0
A slap on the wrist! More like a knock on the forehead. This is why I feel sad for people who spend a dime for this company. The consumer should have choice!
9. axllebeer posted on 10 Mar 2013, 21:08 7 1
I have to say, I had the ipad mini, then sold it in favor of the Note 10.1 and it was the best decision I ever made as far as a tablet switch. I also have the BlackBerry PlayBook and the ipad doesnt even compare to it for real mobile computing.
10. Mxyzptlk posted on 10 Mar 2013, 21:17 2 20
I disagree.
13. axllebeer posted on 10 Mar 2013, 21:59 8 0
And that is your opinion, which is ok by me. A mobile device without a real file system is useless to me.
22. Ohrules posted on 11 Mar 2013, 01:00 2 2
so that means that you have reason to find htc devices useless too
34. axllebeer posted on 11 Mar 2013, 08:55 1 0
Nope. Not even sure what you mean there. Android has a file system, BB does too. Drag and drop without extra software is where its at. Not having to use a bloated turd like itunes to get files on and off my devices is what turns me off of a platform 1st and foremost.
HTC is my daily driver for a phone. BlackBerry was before my last one broke.
41. Ohrules posted on 11 Mar 2013, 11:55 0 1
and does it have a dedicated file manager built in? the HTC that you have
23. rusticguy posted on 11 Mar 2013, 02:19 1 0
Yes because Apple operates much like Columbian DRUG Lord selling drugs ... all those who are hooked to their supplies always disagree with anyone trying to talk sense :)
25. Sangeet posted on 11 Mar 2013, 02:33 4 1
The dislikes on your comment proves that you are wrong :D
5. Hemlocke posted on 10 Mar 2013, 19:57 3 7
You are either too young to remember Microsoft in the 90s and early 2000s, or you are just naive. They were abusing their monopoly, and at one point, paying the government $1 million a day in fines rather than comply with antitrust regulators. Apple has no monopoly to abuse.
11. Mxyzptlk posted on 10 Mar 2013, 21:18 3 22
You had to use Windows. Apple isn't putting a gun to anyone's head and forcing them to use their well made products.
20. AnTuTu posted on 11 Mar 2013, 00:24 4 1
Again I feel pity on you Mxyzptlk.
No one gives a hell to what you say lolz
24. rusticguy posted on 11 Mar 2013, 02:21 1 0
Apple is sitting over that gun barrel so how can they put it to anyone's head. Market will pull the trigger ... see how apple is scrambling towards making a plastic phone just because market is not responding well :)
26. Sangeet posted on 11 Mar 2013, 02:36 3 0
they are not forcing but they are avoiding competition by restricting the full use of hardware for other browsers, ex: chrome.
In other words they are forcing people to use Safari
44. 14545 posted on 11 Mar 2013, 18:24 0 0
Really? So you're saying that Apple didn't sell computers during that time? Interesting......
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Apple_Inc._products
MS had no more of a monopoly then, than Google does now with Android or search. I get you just throw crap at the wall and see what sticks, but at least try and get a simple clue before you speak.
43. 14545 posted on 11 Mar 2013, 18:20 0 0
What does this have to do with what I said? You don't have choice within the OS. Just like how netscape sue MS in the early 2000's. This is EXACTLY THE SAME THING. Then there is this. It has nothing to do with the OS, and everything to do with browser choice.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9237374/EU_fines_Micr osoft_732M_over_browser_ballot _debacle
Or just like how the FTC investigated google over being the default search provider in android. Yet mysteriously apple is exempt from any of this. PS, when android was investigated over their search choice issues, iirc, they had less market share than apple does currently.
33. jroc74 posted on 11 Mar 2013, 08:06 2 0
I agree with this.
Handicapping other browsers should be against some law.
2. dirtydirty00 posted on 10 Mar 2013, 19:18 17 2
Who cares about iOS anyway anymore. let them be closed minded and ignorant. History has shown that it is not kind to companies who operate with these kind of stubborn philosophies. once the apple craze wears away, so will apple.
38. JunitoNH posted on 11 Mar 2013, 09:40 0 0
@dirty
you either to ignorant or naive, or maybe both. I'll tell you who cares about iOS, developers and Google. Did you know Google makes more money from iOS than they do from Android? of course not. If a browser is not allow in a particular platform, revenues lost is significant. Think before saying foolish statements, at the end is a business and is all about the Benjamin's.
7. FireDragon posted on 10 Mar 2013, 20:43 4 0
But how iOS users know if they are suffering unless they will use something else? Right now Apple is telling all its users they are the best and users are taking their words as shiny badges to proude on.
Yes of course some of them will be the users of other OSes too but consumers are the real target of market-talk.
8. tedkord posted on 10 Mar 2013, 21:05 4 0
And even with hamstringing the competition, they came make a navigation app as good.
16. JunkCreek posted on 10 Mar 2013, 22:42 3 1
now we know why Safary has highest score. Safary just like Internet Explorer on Windows, installed by default but on iOS, user forced to use Safary because Apple limited third party ability, while on Android, users can use third party browser they like, operamini, opera mobile, dolphin, firefox, chrome etc. the comparison is just ain't right, limited third party ability vs free choice of default or third party browser with ability limited by device hardware.
17. axllebeer posted on 10 Mar 2013, 22:48 1 0
I keep going back to Firefox on my Evo and now using it on my Note 10.1. But thr stock browser for some reason seems more stable on both. I have used it for years on my laptops and still do, but for some reason the stock browser is still more stable for me. Anyone agree?
21. Sentient6 posted on 11 Mar 2013, 00:30 4 0
And this is one of the numerous reasons I'm never going to buy Apple products.
29. rudlie posted on 11 Mar 2013, 04:19 0 1
I'm daily firefox user on pc/mac but for mobile I'm avoid it. I was often using firefox on android devices but I don't like the performance, even the html display result is the best among android's browsers. compared to safari on iOS, I feel safari has much2 better performance and I don't have a problem with it even I open many page tabs. I was found some problems when open many page tabs on firefox os. so, for desktop I choose firefox and safari for mobile
35. mrblah posted on 11 Mar 2013, 08:56 0 1
no ones nots going to buy apple because lack of a buggy browser lol
37. Jyakotu posted on 11 Mar 2013, 09:38 1 0
I switched from Opera to Firefox on desktop awhile back and I decided to give Firefox for Android a try. It's okay, but I think Opera Mobile was better. However, since Opera is now switching to WebKit, it would be like using Chrome anyway, so honestly, I just stick with the Firefox ecosystem.
39. NokiaFTW posted on 11 Mar 2013, 09:55 1 0
This is just the start of many developers rejecting to create iOS apps due to Apple's restricting nature and eventually low sales of iOS products !
40. lubba posted on 11 Mar 2013, 11:20 0 0
Its easier to get money from MS than it is from Apple. MS has a past, Apple doesn't. Seeing how Europe is flat broke, lets look at MS and see how much we can get from them. While Google, they our friend. We let them go despite complaints from small companies. Sleezy and conniving companies work best together.
42. Rayvelynn posted on 11 Mar 2013, 12:30 0 0
Apple just doesn't know how to play well with others, tsk tsk, tsk
