Firefox for iOS

Firefox for iOS

Firefox for iOS
Initial release November 12, 2015 (2015-11-12)[1]
Stable release
5.3 / September 27, 2016 (2016-09-27)[2]
Development status Active
Written in C, Objective-C, Swift
Operating system iOS 8.2 and above[3]
Type Mobile browser
License MPL
Website www.mozilla.org/firefox/ios/

Firefox for iOS is a browser from Mozilla, for the Apple iPhone, iPad and iPod touch mobile devices.[4] It is the first Firefox branded browser to not use the Gecko layout engine as is used in Firefox for desktop and mobile. Due to iOS security restrictions chosen by Apple (specifically the inability to set writable pages executable which is essential for just-in-time compilation), Firefox has to use the built-in iOS WebKit-based rendering framework instead of Gecko.[5] Firefox for iOS supports Firefox Sync and is able to sync Firefox's browsing history, bookmarks, and recent tabs.

History

In December 2014, Mozilla announced it was designing a version of Firefox for iOS.[6] In September 2015, it released a limited preview of the app available only in the New Zealand iOS App Store.[7] In November 2016 Firefox Focus was published in the Apple App Store. Focus is a stripped down version of their full browser with a specific focus on incognito browsing.[8]

Firefox Home

Firefox Home

Firefox Home
Slogan Your Home On The Go
Developer(s) Mozilla Corporation
Mozilla Foundation
Initial release September 22, 2010 (2010-09-22)
Last release
1.1.1 / December 22, 2010 (2010-12-22)
Development status Discontinued
Written in Objective-C
Operating system iOS 3.1 and above
Type Browser synchronizer
License MPL
Website Firefox Home for iPhone at the Wayback Machine (archived August 31, 2012)

Firefox Home was a previous project for a companion app for the iPhone and iPod Touch based on the Firefox Sync technology. It allowed users of either device to access their Firefox browsing history, bookmarks, and recent tabs. It also included Firefox's "Awesomebar" location bar. Firefox Home is not a browser; the application launches pages in either a Webkit Web viewer or in Safari.[9][10] Mozilla pulled Firefox Home from the App Store in September 2012, stating it would focus its resources on other projects. The company subsequently released the source code of Firefox Home's underlying synchronization software.[11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Firefox for iOS — Notes (1.1) — Mozilla". Mozilla Foundation. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "Firefox for iOS — Notes (5.0) — Mozilla". Mozilla Foundation.
  3. ↑ "Supported Devices". Retrieved 2015-08-08.
  4. ↑ Mozilla (May 22, 2015). "Update on Firefox for iOS | Future Releases". Retrieved 2015-08-08.
  5. ↑ Apple. "App Store Review Guidelines". Retrieved 2015-08-08.
  6. ↑ Mozilla Press (December 2, 2014). "Designing a Firefox Experience for iOS". Retrieved 2015-08-08.
  7. ↑ Mozilla Press (September 3, 2015). "Firefox for iOS Now Available for Preview". Retrieved 2015-10-26.
  8. ↑ TestImpulse, Jayme. "Firefox Focus release on iOS". Retrieved 2016-11-18.
  9. ↑ Dolecourt, Jessica (May 27, 2010). "Firefox Home: A not-quite Firefox iPhone app". Retrieved 2010-06-02.
  10. ↑ "Firefox Home Coming Soon to the iPhone". May 26, 2010. Retrieved 2010-06-03.
  11. ↑ Keizer, Gregg (September 4, 2012). "Mozilla exits iOS as it retires Firefox Home". Computer World. Retrieved September 14, 2012.
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