4 ms·

Firefox was on iOS? It's only available by turning allowing "dangerous" apps on kindle (not via the kindle store) and I see it's in Google Play but wasn't for

Firefox was on iOS? It's only available by turning allowing "dangerous" apps on kindle (not via the kindle store) and I see it's in Google Play but wasn't for quite a while. I love these "open" platforms. Now that VP8 is licensed by MPEG-LA I guess it's time for Firefox to drop support for it. Oh, and I'd like Firefox to take the same approach to fonts — don't display anything in proprietary fonts.

Samuel_Michon 14y ago
Mozilla had an app named 'Firefox Home' in the App Store. It allowed you to view your desktop Firefox bookmarks, tabs, and history - which it would then display in a regular webview. Mozilla pulled the app last year. http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/01/mozilla-pulls-firefox-home-from-the-ios-app-store-posts-source/ http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/01/mozilla-pulls-firefox-hom...
myko 14y ago
> I see it's in Google Play but wasn't for quite a while. I love these "open" platforms. What are you getting at here? It was available on Google Play as soon as Mozilla had it ready.
- fpgeek 14y ago
  Indeed. In fact, it was ready so long ago that Firefox was in the Android Market for almost a year.
  - Tloewald 14y ago
    I've guess I've just been horribly misled by going into Google Play on my Nexus 7 (which I preordered) and searching for Firefox.
    - myko 14y ago
      You don't see Firefox available on your Nexus 7? Have you modded it in any way? Firefox works fine on the Nexus 7. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mozilla.firefox https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mozilla.fi... and the beta: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mozilla.firefox_beta https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mozilla.fi...
ChrisClark 14y ago
Firefox was never blocked from Google Play. It was up within an hour of Mozilla publishing it on the store. They had a beta you could manually install before that. That could be what is confusing you. You had to go to a website, click a link and then click install. So I really don't understand your usage of "open".

Samuel_Michon 14y ago

Mozilla had an app named 'Firefox Home' in the App Store. It allowed you to view your desktop Firefox bookmarks, tabs, and history - which it would then display in a regular webview. Mozilla pulled the app last year. http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/01/mozilla-pulls-firefox-home-from-the-ios-app-store-posts-source/ http://www.engadget.com/2012/09/01/mozilla-pulls-firefox-hom...

myko 14y ago

> I see it's in Google Play but wasn't for quite a while. I love these "open" platforms. What are you getting at here? It was available on Google Play as soon as Mozilla had it ready.

fpgeek 14y ago
Indeed. In fact, it was ready so long ago that Firefox was in the Android Market for almost a year.
- Tloewald 14y ago
  I've guess I've just been horribly misled by going into Google Play on my Nexus 7 (which I preordered) and searching for Firefox.
  - myko 14y ago
    You don't see Firefox available on your Nexus 7? Have you modded it in any way? Firefox works fine on the Nexus 7. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mozilla.firefox https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mozilla.fi... and the beta: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mozilla.firefox_beta https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mozilla.fi...

ChrisClark 14y ago

Firefox was never blocked from Google Play. It was up within an hour of Mozilla publishing it on the store. They had a beta you could manually install before that. That could be what is confusing you. You had to go to a website, click a link and then click install. So I really don't understand your usage of "open".