news.cnet.com — The beta version is still slow and has a ways to go before it can compete with Apple's iPhone-ized Safari browser, but these are forgivable shortcomings, given its beta status.No, the real problem with Fennec is that it's available only for one platform: Nokia's N810 Internet Tablet. Who cares about that device?
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Closed AccountMar 22, 2009
I'm trying to figure out why anyone uses FireFox. It's a second rate browser at best. I want new apps for my iPhone, not fifty of the same app like it is on Windows.
doughboyMar 22, 2009
What is so hard about compiling software for the iPhone?I am not a programmer but I figured out how to compile some software, that I downloaded the source for, with Xcode on OSX. Would doing this for the iPhone be much more difficult?Aside for the $99, what other flaws would this idea have besides Windows users being left out? Maybe this would be good for Apple??? - Many will spend $99 and buy Macs to be able to compile software for their iPhone! There are many people that would spend $99 - lots are spending it just to be able to install the 3.0 developer firmware.Now that I think of it, I am sure Apple would try to shut this down somehow if it became popular... there is probably some fine print somewhere that as an iPhone developer, one cannot distribute the source.
akeldamaMar 23, 2009
Right! I mean, who needs competition?
limooMar 24, 2009
WTF are you talking about? Fennec *requires* a touch screen. The N95 is not a touchscreen phone. Besides, Symbian is a bitch to code for, compared to Linux, or the iPhone.
Closed AccountMar 24, 2009
*other* technology companies. It is to be expected that Apple hardware comes with Apple software; just like how Microsoft games consoles come with a Microsoft OS. What Apple doesn't do though is get their software installed on other companies hardware - only their own.
mrtherapistMar 26, 2009
Way back when……Netscape had 80% of the browser market.Then Microsoft started embedding Internet Explorer into windows (90% of the desktop market) to choke out competition. Microsoft also made Internet Explorer the default browser for Mac for five years, or they would stop producing software for Mac.So Microsoft's action was to suffocate netscape, and kill competition.Safari is the default browser on mac, and can be uninstalled reallllly easily, and other browsers are accepted as the default easily.Microsoft embeds it's browser into things like the update system, the help system and other places, and has no uninstall, and no real way to make another browser a complete replacement. So they are still trying to choke out better/faster/stronger/more-secure browsers.Safari is the only browser embedded and integrated into the iPhone for efficiency.I'm sure if there were any way to integrate opera into the iphone and not have to worry about redundancy, performance, core graphics, and inconsistencies, Apple would let it happen. But that's not the way it would be right now.