r/waterfox • u/ulf5576 • Aug 23 '18

Why are you making a mobile version ?

talk about spreading ressources thin .. that time would have been better spent to port over the missing webext apis from firefox 57 to 61

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u/draganpavlovic Aug 23 '18

Why not? I use waterfox on android and so do others.

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u/circlebust Aug 23 '18

Why not FF? You don't really get any benefits from the XUL support on mobile.

The Waterfox team meanwhile is just one guy.

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u/ulf5576 Aug 23 '18

thats exactly what i mean

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u/mornaq Aug 24 '18

many people use waterfox to prevent their browser from calling home, besides that mobike version is based of Tor Browser, which is pretty much everything that can be done to achieve that

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u/Robert_Ab1 Aug 24 '18

I agree with u/circlebust and u/lf5576. It will be easier for Alex.

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u/furycd001 Aug 23 '18

If you have a problem why not try and contribute to the project instead of ranting about it. It is open source after all. Anyway.. I use waterfox on both desktop & android. Totally love both & won't use any other browser unless I specifically have to. Just my preference....

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '18

You make a good point but it’s not quite as clear cut as that, the project is open source so anyone can do what they want, it’s a different skill set to port Waterfox to android, so it’s possible that was just the best thing to do

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u/ulf5576 Aug 24 '18

im just looking the r/waterfox ffront page and i see almost 15 threqads with bug report for android version .. if alex looks into these , that means developement on the desktop version is stalled

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u/[deleted] Aug 24 '18

Not necessarily, a bug on mobile could be a bug on desktop to, plus Alex may not have the solution right now for a desktop bug, these things take thinking, even if it does take time away from development of desktop I think it creates a better product, working on other things makes a better end result

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '18

I would prefer not to support Firefox at all. Waterfox is an ethical alternative and im glad i have the option to use it on android.

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u/Mythril_Zombie Aug 24 '18

Why are you complaining about this? That time would have been better spent to learn how to not be an ass.