Mozilla say no to Firefox on Apple iPhone: Have they made a mistake?
Filed under: Cell Phone Information, News, iPhone News | By: Mark
Posted on: March 28, 2008 | 14 Comments
We know the Apple iPhone is the biggest product out on the market and I do personally have the iPhone and this is why this latest news is a bit of a kick in the teeth.
I work all day on my computer and indeed use Mozilla Firefox and must say am pretty disappointed that Mozilla have said no to Firefox going on the Apple iPhone.
Mozilla invited a few technology writers to their office on Wednesday for a roundtable discussion and one of the discussions was about the Apple iPhone, John Lilly Mozilla’s CEO and VP of engineering Mike Schroepfer has said that Apple’s software requirements for the handset are too restrictive, this is when they said they will not be making Firefox for the iPhone.
Lilly said, “Apple has not written a license which allows Firefox to run on the iPhone.” Instead, they will pursue more open platforms like Android.
Do you think they have made a mistake and should have Firefox for Apple iPhone?
Source – Phones Review
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There should be an ability to have many browsers and let the user choose one -that is the point.
However, you should not that only Opera has developed its browser to mobile phones (symbian …) and not Firefox.
If Firefox wishes to get real exposure why go for development on a minority market product. The way forward must be for Firefox to be integrated into S60 devices which sell more in one month than iPhones have ever been produced.
It just goes to show that the average Jo is into gimmics and flashy adverts. The iphone is a pretty lame peice of 3G kit.
You have and iphone? … why?