On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 12:13 PM, Wanjau
<wanjaustev@gmail.com> wrote:
Heya Listers!
Let me first begin by thanking all of you who replied to my
E-mail by either making it more off topic or otherwise :)
Hehee, like myself :)
It is true there once existed IE then Firefox and then the rest
followed. This is a win-win for Mozilla since that was its
primary reason to exist, which is to bring sanity to the web and
push for open standards on the web. If it were not for Mozilla,
it is highly likely that the only browser that would be there in
the market currently would be IE!
I think Firefox came out much later as a result of some changes somewhere. There existed IE and Netscape Navigator, then Netscape Communicator.
Mozilla gives you a voice on the web to say what aggrieves you
or what doesn’t make you happy. If it is the RAM consumption,
browser keeps crashing or any other error. See [2] for a fix on
that. Mozilla answers to no one but you. We do not have
shareholders who keep us on the toes but our users are our
greatest responsibility. We are the browser with a mission and a
browser guided by principles..Mozilla has its system of tracking
bugs at [3] and I would recommend you to file any bug related to
our products there. There is almost someone always on the other
side waiting for you to click the save this bug button!
I agree with the bug tracking. I have used it and got answered in a record time - with a solution.
At the panel I talked about the costs of internet and that go
back button w/o a reload would save us some Mbs :)I also
suggested that they should look into mobile as most of the peeps
here access the web via their mobile devices and not any type of
devices but the likes of Nokia 1680c.
Whenever I download Firefox, there is always a mobile version suggested - for Android. So you suggested that they should look into a version for Windows Mobile and Symbian??
This was as per the data
provided at Wordcamp 2012. Our desktop users are missing out on
great features like Firefox sync on their ‘low-end' mobile
phones.
Chrome-sync vs Firefox-sync; Chrome OS vs Firefox/Mozilla OS... Actually, I have never used Chrome sync so no idea about what I'd gain with FF sync either.
Firefox for Android now supports the ARM V6 gadgets and I advice
you give it a run and if you find any errors go to [3].
FYI, Mozilla is coming up with its own OS for Mobile and Tablets
which shall be launched next year. It is currently in its
testing phases with support on several devices. The OS is made
of CSS, JavaScript and HTML5. This OS is targeted for the global
south who can afford Smartphone worth $100 USD and lower. This
is an ignored market by both Android and obviously APPL plus the
likes of RIM. So we are not coming in as competitors!
FF development cycle (not sure about the correct reference to churning out new versions) every 2 or so months has been an eyesore to me. Still, they have flashplugin crashing always..