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Focus by Firefox, a Content Blocker for iOS

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Re: Focus by Firefox, a Content Blocker for iOS

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Post by anonbanker »

joosters wrote: post #79
anc84 wrote: post #3

And why I would never buy an iOS device.

Do feel free to frequent all stories about iOS and continue to spread the word about your buying preferences. It is a wonderful use of your time.

I do the same for stories about systemd.

The target market for the comment was fence-sitters, or people that aren't iOS addicts that were brought to the comments by the word "firefox".

To paraphrase Gabe from penny arcade[0]: You'd like to judge the comment, wouldn't you, critics? but you can't. it's not for you.

0. http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2004/03/24/

Re: Focus by Firefox, a Content Blocker for iOS

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Post by srameshc »

sp332 wrote: post #139
srameshc wrote: post #136

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wanted to stay away from the discussion weather ads are effective or not business model. My question was what would happen to the smaller sites who still monetize through ads.

But isn't that the same question? If ads make enough money, then they're "effective". If they don't, they're not.

What is not enough money for you could be enough money for someone else. It is hardly a basis for anyone to judge other's judgement.

Re: Focus by Firefox, a Content Blocker for iOS

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Post by FussyZeus »

bydo wrote: post #134
FussyZeus wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Content blockers are only supported in Safari, per Apple.

Safari and anything using the Safari View Controller. Which is, admittedly, a bit limited to use for a full custom browser. The faster JS engine was also limited to Safari for a few iOS versions before it was extended to third-party applications, so perhaps they're taking the same approach here. It's worth noting that they could also integrate their own ad blocking into their custom browser, which other third-party i…

Didn't know it also applied in the safari view controller. +1 Informative.

Re: Focus by Firefox, a Content Blocker for iOS

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Post by billyhoffman »

fareesh wrote: post #39
kdamken wrote: post #18

If Nick is really the one who wrote that piece, it's sad that the Vice President of Firefox doesn't know about image resizing and optimization.

Their content management system should ideally do it for them, minor point but yeah.

Yes, CMS should do lossless optimizations no question. The problem here is that this is a photographic image, saved as a PNG, when it really should be a JPEG. Converting to JPEG is a lossy optimization, in addition to offering different features. It's risky to have a general "convert PNGs to JPEG" or even "convert all non-transparent PNGs to JPEG" optimization rules built into your build process or as a CMS plugin

Re: Focus by Firefox, a Content Blocker for iOS

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Post by shortstuffsushi »

edd wrote: post #102
st3fan wrote: post #54

We just pushed the button on stage at the Mozilla All-hands. It should by live in most countries now. https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1055677337 Ask us anything you want to know about this product. Also, keep an eye on the Github repo. https://github.com/mozilla/focus We are still watching the Keynote but will flip the switch soon.

Any reason you're not supporting the iPhone 5 or 5C? Is there something you need which they don't support?

Not sure why you're being downvoted. I actually had the same question, and found out by seeing the responses to your question that 64 bit is required.

Re: Focus by Firefox, a Content Blocker for iOS

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Post by mikeash »

goerz wrote: post #135
mikeash wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Try obtaining a different browser on your iThing. It can't be done (unless you build one and sideload it through Xcode, or jailbreak). There are "third-party browsers" out there, but they all use the same engine as Safari, by decree of Apple. However, the reason why Apple gets away with it while Microsoft doesn't should be obvious if you're at all familiar with Microsoft's history and current market share numbers. (H…

Are there any iOS browsers available that can be installed via sideloading that do not use the Safari engine?

It looks like Chromium can build for iOS, although without much of a UI. I'm not sure about Firefox, as their official iOS version (which is just a UI for the WebKit engine, of course) makes it hard to search for.

Re: Focus by Firefox, a Content Blocker for iOS

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Post by s73v3r »

pistoriusp wrote: post #87
mikeash wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's certainly an item in the "pro" column, but there are lots of other free ones out there.

If someone were to gain some traction in this space I would prefer it to be a credible organisation. I long thought that this should be driven by a foundation , rather than a private enterprise, but I wanted the additional benefit of delegating the profits to a particular donation. The hooks are implemented by Apple and the data is crowd sourced. I don't see any reason why anyone should profit in this space.

"I don't see any reason why anyone should profit in this space."

Because there's still work in putting it together and maintaining it? And because profiting from doing this means they're less likely to take money from an ad company?

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