wraggster
December 4th, 2014, 19:54
http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/87275e687f65f93e7d9a131f399dbfd5/201184226/firefox-ios-reveal-matt-ruttley.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2014/12/02/firefox-ios-plans/)
Mozilla has been staunchly opposed (http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/15/mozilla-ceo-we-refuse-to-bring-firefox-to-ios-until-apple-lets-us-use-our-web-engine/) to an iOS version of its Firefox browser for a while. It wants to use its own web engine, but Apple will only let companies use its in-house code in the name of security. However, the organization is clearly having a change of heart -- VP Jonathan Nightingale has revealed that Mozilla wants to bring Firefox to iOS (https://twitter.com/matt_ruttley/status/539844872522301440). He didn't say how it would happen, but it's most likely that the company will use Apple's engine and layer a custom interface on top, like Google does with Chrome. We've reached out to Mozilla and will let you know if it can say more.
http://www.engadget.com/2014/12/02/firefox-ios-plans/
Mozilla has been staunchly opposed (http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/15/mozilla-ceo-we-refuse-to-bring-firefox-to-ios-until-apple-lets-us-use-our-web-engine/) to an iOS version of its Firefox browser for a while. It wants to use its own web engine, but Apple will only let companies use its in-house code in the name of security. However, the organization is clearly having a change of heart -- VP Jonathan Nightingale has revealed that Mozilla wants to bring Firefox to iOS (https://twitter.com/matt_ruttley/status/539844872522301440). He didn't say how it would happen, but it's most likely that the company will use Apple's engine and layer a custom interface on top, like Google does with Chrome. We've reached out to Mozilla and will let you know if it can say more.
http://www.engadget.com/2014/12/02/firefox-ios-plans/