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[Kévin PEIGNOT <peignot.kevin@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hope there will be passwords too ^^

Le ven. 15 mars 2013 19:00:17 CET, Bill Filler a écrit :
> 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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