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Mozilla Launches Firefox 4 for Android

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Re: Mozilla Launches Firefox 4 for Android

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Post by mbrubeck »

windsurfer wrote: post #15
arthurk wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can. Source code: http://hg.mozilla.org/services/sync-server Instructions: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Labs/Weave/Sync/1.1/Setup

Wow, thanks. That looks a little too complicated for me, though. Edit: Also the link seems to be outdated.

That page is reasonably up to date. Also, there's an alternate server in PHP which is easier to set up:

http://tobyelliott.wordpress.com/2011/03/25/updating-and-dep...

The PHP "minimal" server is going away in the future, as the Python server becomes better-supported and easier to set up. For now, however, the minimal server is usable and current; the latest version was released just last week.

Re: Mozilla Launches Firefox 4 for Android

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Post by ianb »

windsurfer wrote: post #15
arthurk wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can. Source code: http://hg.mozilla.org/services/sync-server Instructions: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Labs/Weave/Sync/1.1/Setup

Wow, thanks. That looks a little too complicated for me, though. Edit: Also the link seems to be outdated.

That's not what you should use (though it's what is currently used in production at Mozilla). There's a reimplementation in Python; the README: http://hg.mozilla.org/services/server-full/file/db2d0dbc0a79...

(The Python implementation will eventually replace the PHP implementation in production as well.)

Re: Mozilla Launches Firefox 4 for Android

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Post by mbrubeck »

chihiro wrote: post #72
cdr wrote: post #21

Kind of a bummer that they require an ARMv7 processor - won't install on lower-end but still very decent models like LG Optimus S/V.

I have a HTC. Does it uses an ARMv7 ?

See the list at https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Platforms/Android#System_Req...

Re: Mozilla Launches Firefox 4 for Android

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Post by starwed »

tedunangst wrote: post #59
mbrubeck wrote: post #40

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Microsoft didn't even have anyone working on IE for most of the five years between IE6 and IE7 (2001 - 2006). Without competitors like Firefox to keep web standards and cross-browser compatibility alive through that era, it would have taken a lot longer to dig ourselves out of the IE6 era. (Remember when IE had 90% market share, and web developers routinely wrote IE-only code?)

Remember when mozilla blew so badly that IE6 was the best browser around? Firefox wasn't even around for most of the 2001-2006 era, until somebody finally decided the mozilla all in wonder mega suite was a crime against nature. Sure, firefox keeps IE in line, but mozilla also has a history of jumping the tracks without strong competition.

Its certainly true that statistics work best when you make them up.

The first version of firefox was in 2002, and was already better than IE: http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/phoenix/releases/0.1/

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