Mozilla's going mobile for the maemo...
I was wondering if it could be ported at all to android.
http://browser.garage.maemo.org/
Thats the browser dev site.
Mozilla on my G1 would be damn hot. lol.
Firefox on my G1 would be my permanent browser lol
ThR1LL said:
Firefox on my G1 would be my permanent browser lol
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Yessir.............
Mozilla already has a mobile browser called Fennec which is currently available for WinMo and will eventually be ported to android...
It's not Firefox, it's a browser based on the Gecko engine, something like WebKit.
Btw, i think webkit is faster
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I see a viral marketing campaign has just begun. Sounds like it may develop into an excellent alternative to whats out there. Some speculation that it may ultimately be suitable for use on PDAs and Phones. Here's hoping - Because so far none of the current PPC browser appeal to me much.
Does anyone else think or know if this might be a goer on the Diamond?
Here are a couple of links in case you haven't tripped over it yet.
Wikipedia Google Chrome
"..Google could be planning on mobile domination.."
Googles Chrome Blog
Chrome Comic Book
I dont think there is a WM version of Chrome yet is there?
timn2087 said:
I dont think there is a WM version of Chrome yet is there?
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No, there isn't. It's hard to think that an evergrowing company like Google wont create a browser for WM or at least (most definitely) Android when it's out.
kareem9nba said:
No, there isn't. It's hard to think that an evergrowing company like Google wont create a browser for WM or at least (most definitely) Android when it's out.
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I remember reading on engadget that they plan to send out a version of chrome for Android So maybe also for WM, if they don't see it as to much of a competitor.
i read somewhere on engadget that chrome is in moble development along side andriod but not directly integrated. but heard nothing of WM.
Google are going spend money developing Chrome on WM so that users won't have to upgrade to an Android phone to get it .... er, yeah, that sounds plausible, thanks Google for helping extend the life of Microsoft OS phones.
Blazeitup123 said:
i read somewhere on engadget that chrome is in moble development along side andriod but not directly integrated. but heard nothing of WM.
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Yup thats what read as wel..only an Anroid development software at the moment, Not sure it will come to WM
Just saw this:
http://www.mobiletechworld.com/2009/12/10/opera-mobile-10-on-android-video/
Hopefully it will be out soon!
been waiting for this for a long time, mainly because of the plugin-free flash support (and HTML 5 isn't coming fast enough). If what I gathered from the video is right, it looks like they're deploying to OEMs and carriers first to see if they want to use those on their devices. That means T-Mobile US is not interested (they put out roms as vanilla as they get, not that that's a bad thing). I wonder about widespread availability.
Also, with HTC's track record on WinMo, I'm pretty sure Opera Mobile will replace their browser later on for a newer version of hero (HTC Bravo with stock Opera Mobile? YES PLEASE!!!)
YEAHH!!! Finally Iv been waiting for this since they announced they will support Android.
jubeh said:
been waiting for this for a long time, mainly because of the plugin-free flash support (and HTML 5 isn't coming fast enough). If what I gathered from the video is right, it looks like they're deploying to OEMs and carriers first to see if they want to use those on their devices. That means T-Mobile US is not interested (they put out roms as vanilla as they get, not that that's a bad thing). I wonder about widespread availability.
Also, with HTC's track record on WinMo, I'm pretty sure Opera Mobile will replace their browser later on for a newer version of hero (HTC Bravo with stock Opera Mobile? YES PLEASE!!!)
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I think they'd go with fennec (when it's released), rather than Opera for the stock browser. Just seems like mozilla has built a reputation that developers can't deny. Either one would be awesome though.
rp1783 said:
I think they'd go with fennec (when it's released), rather than Opera for the stock browser. Just seems like mozilla has built a reputation that developers can't deny. Either one would be awesome though.
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Not so much mozilla but webkit. I think there'd be a problem with the licensing though. HTC DOES seem pretty intent on protecting their IP and with Opera Mobile they can keep whatever changes they make to the app to themselves.
Mozilla browsers (as opposed to what most might thing) are really only a tiny fragment of the market.
Hi, I noticed some articles over at betanews and ITProPortal regarding the cessation of development for Firefox for both Winmo 6.5 and Windows Phone 7 Series. I thought that they may be of interest.
Here area couple of links.
http://www.betanews.com/article/Wit...ozilla-cancels-Fennec-for-WM6-also/1269360388
http://www.itproportal.com/oss/news...ng-firefox-mobile-windows-phone-7-series/#17?
Regards.
And nothing of value was lost. Fennec was never a contender on any mobile platform - it was always Webkit or Opera.
mazzarin said:
And nothing of value was lost. Fennec was never a contender on any mobile platform - it was always Webkit or Opera.
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Indeed but betanews suggests that "The absence of Firefox on WP7S will also very likely mean the absence of Opera on that platform as well." This is after they say that the lack of Firefox development "... may be good news for Opera". As my title suggests, at least some people are confused
Regards.
Opera's revenue streams come from mobile browsing, you can bet that they'll figure something out in Silverlight
mazzarin said:
Opera's revenue streams come from mobile browsing, you can bet that they'll figure something out in Silverlight
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Indeed, I agree.
Actually, IIRC, OEMs will get a native SDK so they can preload their own apps. What's stopping them from contracting Opera to dev an alternative browser? Then XDA rips it and distributes it to all as usual! Hoorah!
mazzarin said:
Opera's revenue streams come from mobile browsing, you can bet that they'll figure something out in Silverlight
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How do they get revenue anyway?
With the Moonlight source available at http://ftp.novell.com/pub/mono/sources/moon/, I'm curious as to how difficult it might be to compile and package Moonlight for use with the Xoom's browser. My university uses Silverlight/Moonlight for online lecture viewing (pretty sure the software they use is called MediaSite), and it would be awesome to be able to access these from my Xoom.
I run Ubuntu on all my PCs and I've been able to compile applications like MythTV, but I have no experience with Android in that regard. Any ideas?
I'm actually curious to know if that could work. I seriously doubt it, but if Silverlight could be added onto the Xoom's browser, it means that the Xoom could have Netflix support, until they block the Xoom.
Suntarus said:
I'm actually curious to know if that could work. I seriously doubt it, but if Silverlight could be added onto the Xoom's browser, it means that the Xoom could have Netflix support, until they block the Xoom.
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Unfortunately, Moonlight doesn't support the DRM features required by Netflix that are present in Silverlight. It's the same reason why Linux users have issues getting Netflix working. Moonlight is decent, but the lack of DRM support makes it a little less useful for a home user.
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This may sound stupid, but since Silverlight is available for Google Chrome, and the browser on the Xoom (Honeycomb) is basically Chrome, is it possible to port Silverlight to it? I'm thinking while Silverlight is not open source, it might be possible to tweak the Honeycomb browser itself (which is open source) to better match it to Chrome (also open source), and thus provide us with Silverlight in some way.
Of course, doing this would be very difficult, and I'm not even sure that my idea is solid.
It's not possible. Silverlight is compiled for x86 platform and we don't have source code of it. Xoom has ARM processor which is much different.
I see.
Of course, there'll be a Netflix app for any Tegra 2 device (Xoom included) soon enough. ("Netflix is using the Tegra 2 development platform to bring the Netflix experience to Android super phones and tablets. We're working closely with NVIDIA to ensure Netflix takes full advantage of Tegra's outstanding acceleration and security capabilities." -- Greg Peters, Vice President, Product Development at Netflix)
But what about Moonlight? Same issue concerning x86 and ARM? The fact that Silverlight for Mobile exists means that there is a chance to get it working properly.
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This may sound stupid, but since Silverlight is available for Google Chrome, and the browser on the Xoom (Honeycomb) is basically Chrome, is it possible to port Silverlight to it? I'm thinking while Silverlight is not open source, it might be possible to tweak the Honeycomb browser itself (which is open source) to better match it to Chrome (also open source), and thus provide us with Silverlight in some way.
Of course, doing this would be very difficult, and I'm not even sure that my idea is solid.
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The Android browser uses the same rendering engine, WebKit, but it doesn't have that much in common with Chrome. Additionally, plugins like Flash and Silverlight need to be compiled for the OS, not the browser. Silverlight works in Firefox on Windows, but not on Linux.
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Moonlight on Android
This may sound stupid, but since Silverlight is available for Google Chrome, and the browser on the Xoom (Honeycomb) is basically Chrome, is it possible to port Silverlight to it? I'm thinking while Silverlight is not open source, it might be possible to tweak the Honeycomb browser itself (which is open source) to better match it to Chrome (also open source), and thus provide us with Silverlight in some way.
Of course, doing this would be very difficult, and I'm not even sure that my idea is solid.
The Android browser uses the same rendering engine, WebKit, but it doesn't have that much in common with Chrome. Additionally, plugins like Flash and Silverlight need to be compiled for the OS, not the browser. Silverlight works in Firefox on Windows, but not on Linux.
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So I took up your question with Miguel De Icaza...having wondered this same thing myself just recently.....and his answer...
Miguel de Icaza
@marcelol<omitted> Don't think so.
7 minutes ago in reply to marcelol<omitted> from web
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There you go folks....straight from the man himself. Pesky DRM will get ya every time.
Is there ANY way to get firefox onto the aria?
I guess there's a RC out...
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cool... ill give it a whirl.
i guess i was thinking FF because of the sync feature that FF4 has now.
Sorry about the edit, skyfire is different then Firefox. I always thought they were the same but I guess I was always wrong.
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Unfortunately, Firefox for Android falls into the list of applications that require an ARMv7 processor. Firefox is not compatible with the Aria for the exact same reason that Flash and Google Earth are not compatible with the Aria.
drumist said:
Unfortunately, Firefox for Android falls into the list of applications that require an ARMv7 processor. Firefox is not compatible with the Aria for the exact same reason that Flash and Google Earth are not compatible with the Aria.
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If you poke around on the Firefox site there's a version that doesn't require the ARMv7 processor but it says to use at your own risk or something like that.
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armv6 never started for me just FC'd
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If you poke around on the Firefox site there's a version that doesn't require the ARMv7 processor but it says to use at your own risk or something like that.
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I'm aware of that version but they openly admit that it currently doesn't work and that they aren't even actively working on it. Lets just say I'm not optimistic that it will ever happen, and it definitely won't be ready anytime soon.
WARNING: ARMv6 builds are not supported, and are known to crash frequently. Recent nightly builds probably won't run at all on ARMv6.
While we'd like Firefox to run on as many phones as possible, we are focusing first on devices that can run current versions of Firefox with acceptable performance. As we improve Firefox's speed and memory use, it might become possible for us to support ARMv6 phones in the future, but we are not actively working on it right now.
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Source: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Platforms/Android#ARMv6_.28experimental.29
Yeah, I haven't actually tried it, and don't plan on it. I'm happy enough using stock most of the time but I switch to Opera Mini when at work because I only get Edge there.