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"iOS does not, at this time, include the option to install a Gecko-based web browser" sounds fair, if you can't install one plug-in - Flash, you shouldn't be ab

by CmonDev 13y ago

"iOS does not, at this time, include the option to install a Gecko-based web browser" sounds fair, if you can't install one plug-in - Flash, you shouldn't be able to install some other plug-in - Gecko.

untog 13y ago
That does not make any sense. How is Gecko a plugin?
- CmonDev 13y ago
  Well, you need something between the actual platform and your application. What's the big difference between Flash and some-specific-browser?
  - untog 13y ago
    Flash is a plugin that lives inside browsers, a browser is... not. It's an entirely self-contained application.
ozten 13y ago
Another way to look at this is that iOS is the least hacker friendly platform.
- CmonDev 13y ago
  That is a fair point. But "Open Web Apps" focuses only on JS and HTML - that is not very friendly as well.
  - Mikeb85 13y ago
    > But "Open Web Apps" focuses only on JS and HTML - that is not very friendly as well. How so? You can compile pretty much anything to JS...
wfwalker 13y ago
I've edited the article to point to some great stuff Mozilla are doing with the Cordova community, that work might lead to some possibilities on iOS.