For a year, Mozilla stated categorically does not release a version of Firefox for iOS, and due to the fact that Apple does not leave the choice to the engine to use. Indeed, the Cupertino company wants to use its own website rendering engine on its platform. However, with a new CEO to the company's controllers, it seems that the position of Mozilla or perhaps changing.
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A major point of contention for Mozilla was the refusal of Apple to allow the Firefox browser to have its own JavaScript engine and reporting on iOS because Apple imposes strict restrictions on third-party browsers. Before iOS 8, this meant that the third-party browsers were slower than Apple's own browser, Safari, but with iOS 8, Apple has begun to allow third-party browsers to enjoy the features previously unavailable as Nitro JavaScript Engine.
Obviously with an inability to provide customized web engines, like the inability to define a third browser as the default browser, the task is difficult.
During an internal event in Portland, Mozilla has raised the need for the browser on iOS , such as reports TechCrunch. "We need to be where our users" , says Lukas Blakk on Twitter today probably quoting the vice president of Firefox, Johnathan Nightingale. "So we'll carry on iOS Firefox" , he continues.
Apple is very restrictive with respect to third party renderers on its platform. Indeed, the current third-party browsers on iOS, like Chrome or Opera, can not run on the mobile operating system from Apple, because they use the proper JavaScript and rendering engine from Apple (WebKit), or, as in For Opera, performing a rendition sites on a server and passes it to the machine.
It is not known how Mozilla plans to bring Firefox to iOS, but since Apple is not going to open its platform to third party engines, it will probably have to work with Apple technology . However, it is possible that the browser uses WebKit for its iOS version, it should be noted that the company could still make its own layer of features, such as its own interface, Firefox accounts, its brand- synchronization tools pages, and all the other features that Firefox for Android currently offers.
Next year will be an important year for Firefox . Today's users want to use the same browser on all their devices. After all, this obviously implies management of bookmarks and effective passwords. For a time, Mozilla offered Firefox Home on iOS, precisely for this reason, but the company abandoned the project two years ago.
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A major point of contention for Mozilla was the refusal of Apple to allow the Firefox browser to have its own JavaScript engine and reporting on iOS because Apple imposes strict restrictions on third-party browsers. Before iOS 8, this meant that the third-party browsers were slower than Apple's own browser, Safari, but with iOS 8, Apple has begun to allow third-party browsers to enjoy the features previously unavailable as Nitro JavaScript Engine.
Obviously with an inability to provide customized web engines, like the inability to define a third browser as the default browser, the task is difficult.
Apple is very restrictive with respect to third party renderers on its platform. Indeed, the current third-party browsers on iOS, like Chrome or Opera, can not run on the mobile operating system from Apple, because they use the proper JavaScript and rendering engine from Apple (WebKit), or, as in For Opera, performing a rendition sites on a server and passes it to the machine.
It is not known how Mozilla plans to bring Firefox to iOS, but since Apple is not going to open its platform to third party engines, it will probably have to work with Apple technology . However, it is possible that the browser uses WebKit for its iOS version, it should be noted that the company could still make its own layer of features, such as its own interface, Firefox accounts, its brand- synchronization tools pages, and all the other features that Firefox for Android currently offers.
Next year will be an important year for Firefox . Today's users want to use the same browser on all their devices. After all, this obviously implies management of bookmarks and effective passwords. For a time, Mozilla offered Firefox Home on iOS, precisely for this reason, but the company abandoned the project two years ago.