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pcernie
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http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.c ... ID=3224980Is it only a matter of time before someone like the EU looks at the 'ban'? Or is it a case of 'There's other phones out there', or something else? 
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finlay666
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The fennec on WM beta was terrible.
Browser was stupidly slow and laggy when it wasnt being totally unresponsive
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l3v1ck
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I couldn't even get the Android alpha fo Fennec to load on my phone.
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Amnesia10
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Will this really be taken up by many. Safari is a perfectly adequate browser on the iPhone. Though if I were to consider another browser I would probably opt for Opera.
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pcernie
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Between the respective user bases, I'd think you'll get one or two people willing to give it a go  _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
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Amnesia10
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I will accept that. Possibly because they could get add-ons to work with Firefox which are simply not available for Safari. _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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Nick
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I hope so, personally. I reckon there is room for improvement as far as browsers on the iPhone go. Opening it up should mean everyone raises their game. _________________
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Amnesia10
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I do not think that there is a real need for another browser, it is nice but that is about it. As for opening up the iPhone, I do get peeved that so many apps are refused for no apparent reason.
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pcernie
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It's that sort of behaviour that would make another browser a good idea in general IMO. Oh, and let's not forget about complacency, though they'd be going well to match IE6  _________________Plain English advice on everything money, purchase and service related:
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Amnesia10
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Yes but Safari is not in IE 6 territory. It gets updated regularly. _________________Do concentrate, 007... "You are gifted. Mine is bordering on seven seconds." https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTg5MzczNTkhttp://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwx404couk-21
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forquare1
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So basically it's Safari with some add-ons?
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Nick
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Well, in some respects I guess so.
It's only the rendering that Safari will do though - I assume the UI will all be Mozilla, and they might include some snazzy features that Apple haven't included with Safari.
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JJW009
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So I guess that means it won't work with any of the existing FF plugins, including Flash and Java obviously... _________________jonbwfc's law: "In any forum thread someone will, no matter what the subject, mention Firefly." When you're feeling too silly for x404, youRwired.net
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forquare1
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I'd have thought so. I don't really see the point of it if it's Using WebKit...After talking to the Camino developers on IRC, Gecko provides a lot more than just rendering, switching to WebKit would mean a lot more work to be done to the actual browser...Therefore, Firefox for iPhone simply won't be Firefox at all, rather Safari dressed up to look like it...
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Amnesia10
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But since Flash and Java are huge security holes would you really want them on your phone? I don't.
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