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[Bill Filler <bill.filler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 03/15/2013 01:43 PM, Kévin PEIGNOT wrote:
> Thanks !
>
> That's right, I didn't thought about XUL (not sure it's XUL used in
> Firefox for Android), and consistency.
>
> Then about sync : For me it's really a must have. Sure Mozilla will
> someday port Firefox on Ubuntu Phone if it's a success, and I will wait
> this day to use Ubuntu touch on a daily base. The content I see on
> desktop/phones is almost the same (just mobile or classic version of the
> same sites), I want history to be synced between my devices, I want my
> bookmarks, and more of anything else : I NEED my passwords to be synced.
> And this is right for my professional use too (specially bookmarks)
No doubt syncing is an important usecase we are targetting. We will most
definitely use UbuntuOne (and u1db) as the framework to sync between
devices. Bookmarks, history and tabs will probably be the first content
to be synced with others coming later.

>
> About the Webkit vs Gecko war, I'm not expert, but for me it doesn't
> change anything : I don't care.
>
> Thanks for your answers.
>
> Kévin
>
> Then I sync it should be possible to port Firefox Sync service to any
> other browser. a
> Le 15/03/2013 18:05, Michael Zanetti a écrit :
>> Hi
>>
>> Please not that I have not been part of the dicision making on the browser, 
>> but I might give some ideas on why I for one would not pick firefox as the main 
>> browser for Ubuntu Touch:
>>
>> - Its look and feel is not made for Ubuntu Touch. In my opinion consistency is 
>> really important and having an application with differnt toolbar, color and 
>> behavior is a bad thing.
>>
>> - It's not Qt. We decided to go for Qt with Ubuntu Touch. All other 
>> applications are written in Qt. That makes it possible to share libraries 
>> between them. Having to load xul and all others of firefox's dependencies will 
>> most certainly consume more memory than a browser that can share its libs with 
>> the rest of the system.
>>
>> I could think of more arguments like WebKit vs Gecko, Firefox's gestures 
>> interfering with Ubuntu Touch gestures etc. Also I think the syncing bookmarks 
>> is not a totally valid use case as at least for me the content viewed on the 
>> phone on the go is a totally different one than the one I read/view on my PC. I 
>> could agree that some poeple might want this though.
>>
>> Hope this gives some insight,
>> Michael
>>
>> On Friday 15 March 2013 17:50:58 Kévin PEIGNOT wrote:
>>> A question about the web browser :
>>>
>>> Why don't port Firefox Android on Ubuntu Phone ? It's really great,
>>> very touch friendly, and it's already possible to sync it with the
>>> desktop.
>>>
>>> If someone has an answer !
>>>
>>> Kévin
>>>
>>> Le ven. 15 mars 2013 17:41:43 CET, rdvLaunchpad@xxxxxxxxx a écrit :
>>>> Shane,
>>>> For the browser see:
>>>> See Ubuntu Development Summit: "Web Browser Application for touch
>>>> devices"
>>>> http://summit.ubuntu.com/uds-1303/meeting/21621/appdev-1303-apps-webbrowse
>>>> r/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> and:
>>>> https://launchpad.net/webbrowser-app
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