Mozilla plans of bringing Firefox browser to iOS has become an evident lately. After years of waiting, Mozilla seems to start working over the plan. Finally the wait is over, Mozilla seems all set to bring its trusted browser to mobile devices of Apple. Few days back Lukas Blakk, Mozilla’s release manager, tweet brought a wave of happiness for Apple users, saying, “We need to be where our users are, so we’re going to get Firefox on iOS.”
iOS is getting bigger than ever and got stronger since 2007; further it enjoys being charted for having the dedicated consumer, who make a group of most tied up web surfers. What took Mozilla so long to realize; it could have been done this way earlier and Mozilla could have earned exposure and attention from a devoted mass? So, what happened now? What made Mozilla to shake hands with iOS?
Well! The answer lies with iOS very own third party browsers. Until iOS 8 was released, its browser platform was being hobbled comparing Apple’s Safari app with the third party browsers; specifically when Nitro engine and JavaScript are being executed. For example, Safari supports JIT (Just in Time; JavaScript compiling), but can’t be accessed by third-party browsers.
Few days back CNET highlighted Carlson’s panel — where he said:
“One of the goals we had with this modern API [application programming interface] was to take a lot of features that were previously only available to Safari and give you access to them. For example…the full power of the JavaScript Nitro engine.”
From Lukas Blakk’s tweet, it’s clear that Mozilla now showing interest in stuff which interests it’s users; in short all set to go where its users are going, by shaking hands with iOS. However, this is only possible if Apple shows inclination to join hands in similar effort. If verdict is predicted, it would add to benefits of both the companies, as well as the users; as users would have another trustworthy medium for surfing the web in all the Apple mobile devices.
Apple users are eagerly waiting for this amendment to take place, so as to get hands on yet another browser in iPhone, iPad and iPod. Despite of the awaited changes, Safari will never get down the position of being the default browser of Apple products.
iOS is getting bigger than ever and got stronger since 2007; further it enjoys being charted for having the dedicated consumer, who make a group of most tied up web surfers. What took Mozilla so long to realize; it could have been done this way earlier and Mozilla could have earned exposure and attention from a devoted mass? So, what happened now? What made Mozilla to shake hands with iOS?
Well! The answer lies with iOS very own third party browsers. Until iOS 8 was released, its browser platform was being hobbled comparing Apple’s Safari app with the third party browsers; specifically when Nitro engine and JavaScript are being executed. For example, Safari supports JIT (Just in Time; JavaScript compiling), but can’t be accessed by third-party browsers.
Few days back CNET highlighted Carlson’s panel — where he said:
“One of the goals we had with this modern API [application programming interface] was to take a lot of features that were previously only available to Safari and give you access to them. For example…the full power of the JavaScript Nitro engine.”
From Lukas Blakk’s tweet, it’s clear that Mozilla now showing interest in stuff which interests it’s users; in short all set to go where its users are going, by shaking hands with iOS. However, this is only possible if Apple shows inclination to join hands in similar effort. If verdict is predicted, it would add to benefits of both the companies, as well as the users; as users would have another trustworthy medium for surfing the web in all the Apple mobile devices.
Apple users are eagerly waiting for this amendment to take place, so as to get hands on yet another browser in iPhone, iPad and iPod. Despite of the awaited changes, Safari will never get down the position of being the default browser of Apple products.