Comments on: Mozilla Ignores Firefox Mobile for Android http://www.androidguys.com/2008/10/22/mozilla-ignores-firefox-mobile-for-android/ The trusted source for Android news and opinion | Est. 2007 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:47:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: syabac http://www.androidguys.com/2008/10/22/mozilla-ignores-firefox-mobile-for-android/comment-page-1/#comment-61275 syabac Sun, 11 Jul 2010 09:47:09 +0000 http://androidguys.com/?p=2272#comment-61275 thanks for infomation.. thanks for infomation..

]]> By: Duv http://www.androidguys.com/2008/10/22/mozilla-ignores-firefox-mobile-for-android/comment-page-1/#comment-1689 Duv Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:02:23 +0000 http://androidguys.com/?p=2272#comment-1689 Well first off, Fennec is still an alpha... with Android now at the 1.0, the last thing that Mozilla needs is a rush of regular user for something that is not ready for them yet. They need a rather small team for review and comments at the moment, hence why you see things only for N810 at the moment. Second, I am not too sure that it would take a lot to push Fennec into Android... considering that there is a linux build for the alpha, and Android does welcome native code. If anything, all that is missing is one (or more) intrepid developer(s) to see if it recompiles for an ARM5+ arch like the phones that will find Android on them and the changes need to be made to get it working. It didn't seem to take alot to get it working on WinMo on the alpha code, so I doubt that it would take a lot in the case of Android... what is lacking here isn't if Mozilla will do it, more of Will it or will someone else get it to work. Well first off, Fennec is still an alpha... with Android now at the 1.0, the last thing that Mozilla needs is a rush of regular user for something that is not ready for them yet. They need a rather small team for review and comments at the moment, hence why you see things only for N810 at the moment.
Second, I am not too sure that it would take a lot to push Fennec into Android... considering that there is a linux build for the alpha, and Android does welcome native code. If anything, all that is missing is one (or more) intrepid developer(s) to see if it recompiles for an ARM5+ arch like the phones that will find Android on them and the changes need to be made to get it working. It didn't seem to take alot to get it working on WinMo on the alpha code, so I doubt that it would take a lot in the case of Android... what is lacking here isn't if Mozilla will do it, more of Will it or will someone else get it to work.

]]> By: Vamien McKalin http://www.androidguys.com/2008/10/22/mozilla-ignores-firefox-mobile-for-android/comment-page-1/#comment-1690 Vamien McKalin Thu, 23 Oct 2008 04:17:54 +0000 http://androidguys.com/?p=2272#comment-1690 Michael I am yet to read anything about Mozilla saying "they would have a version for the iPhone before Android." Unless Apple losing up the restrictions in Mozilla's favor then I doubt what you have to say, unless you have a source I could read then everything changes. For now I will stand by what I have been reading everywhere since march!!! Michael I am yet to read anything about Mozilla saying "they would have a version for the iPhone before Android." Unless Apple losing up the restrictions in Mozilla's favor then I doubt what you have to say, unless you have a source I could read then everything changes. For now I will stand by what I have been reading everywhere since march!!!

]]> By: Stephen Shankland http://www.androidguys.com/2008/10/22/mozilla-ignores-firefox-mobile-for-android/comment-page-1/#comment-1691 Stephen Shankland Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:55:45 +0000 http://androidguys.com/?p=2272#comment-1691 Yes, the reason they're not fooling with Android is that Mozilla works on the OS, not on a JVM like Dalvik. Also, they're more focused on devices that have a lame browser, of which Android is not a good example. (Hello, Blackberry!) "We've been concentrating on other platforms that don't have a browser or didn't have a good one," Schroepfer told me in May, though I didn't quote him on that point. (http://news.cnet.com/8301-13580_3-9949793-39.html). So I think "shunning" is a strong term, though no doubt many of the folks who are eager for Android are Firefox fans already and it's too bad they'll be left unsatisfied at least for awhile. Yes, the reason they're not fooling with Android is that Mozilla works on the OS, not on a JVM like Dalvik. Also, they're more focused on devices that have a lame browser, of which Android is not a good example. (Hello, Blackberry!) "We've been concentrating on other platforms that don't have a browser or didn't have a good one," Schroepfer told me in May, though I didn't quote him on that point. (http://news.cnet.com/8301-13580_3-9949793-39.html). So I think "shunning" is a strong term, though no doubt many of the folks who are eager for Android are Firefox fans already and it's too bad they'll be left unsatisfied at least for awhile.

]]> By: Michael Martin http://www.androidguys.com/2008/10/22/mozilla-ignores-firefox-mobile-for-android/comment-page-1/#comment-1692 Michael Martin Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:27:13 +0000 http://androidguys.com/?p=2272#comment-1692 Mozilla does feel snubbed by Google with Chrome coming out especially as they stated they would have a version for the iPhone before Android. Google did supply Mozilla some $50 million of hush money, 3 year search extension, shortly before Chrome came out to keep them from feeling totally abandoned. http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/28/mozilla-extends-lucrative-deal-with-google-for-3-years/ ,Michael Martin http://www.googleandblog.com/ Mozilla does feel snubbed by Google with Chrome coming out especially as they stated they would have a version for the iPhone before Android.

Google did supply Mozilla some $50 million of hush money, 3 year search extension, shortly before Chrome came out to keep them from feeling totally abandoned.

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/28/mozilla-extends-lucrative-deal-with-google-for-3-years/

,Michael Martin
http://www.googleandblog.com/

]]> By: jaider bertoli http://www.androidguys.com/2008/10/22/mozilla-ignores-firefox-mobile-for-android/comment-page-1/#comment-1693 jaider bertoli Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:28:25 +0000 http://androidguys.com/?p=2272#comment-1693 wow very interesting <a href="http://www.jaiderbertoli.com/blog/11-tech/8-t-mobile-g1-in-stores-now" rel="nofollow"> http://www.jaiderbertoli.com/blog/11-tech/8-t-mobile-g1-in-stores-now</a> wow very interesting


http://www.jaiderbertoli.com/blog/11-tech/8-t-mobile-g1-in-stores-now

]]> By: Mike Beltzner http://www.androidguys.com/2008/10/22/mozilla-ignores-firefox-mobile-for-android/comment-page-1/#comment-1694 Mike Beltzner Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:45:21 +0000 http://androidguys.com/?p=2272#comment-1694 That was Christian Sejersen, not Mike Schroepfer, being quoted in the article that you linked to. That was Christian Sejersen, not Mike Schroepfer, being quoted in the article that you linked to.

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