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[dank moo <dankzegriefer@xxxxxxxxx>]

it's going in a media PPA it's not considered a core app


On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 10:19 AM, Omar B. <estelar57@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  Since Ubuntu is aiming for a good converged experience, than the browser
> is definitely something that needs good syncing (open tabs and other user
> stuff) between when mobile and when docked to desktop.
>
> How do you think you can do this ?
>
> ------------------------------
> Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2013 23:10:09 +0000
> From: matzipan@xxxxxxxxx
> To: peignot.kevin@xxxxxxxxxxx
> CC: ubuntu-phone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-phone] [Ubuntu-touch-coreapps] Why is there not a
> Browser or music app in the core app?
>
>
> I am guessing that might require extra security measures...
>
> Zisu Andrei
>
>
> On 15 March 2013 18:01, Kévin PEIGNOT <peignot.kevin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> 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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