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Has anyone installed Firefox to iPhone, iPad, iPod since it was announced as available for same?

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NO
But I HAD it on Android tablet and it isn't the same product used on real computers === and the app sucks (and that's a GROSS understatement) --- use Chrome
 
I think Firefox has gone way downhill. I used it in the Windows 3X period when Explorer was too vulnerable to malware, but then eventually Firefox became exploited. Chrome is the least problematic.
 
oldShar said:
NO
But I HAD it on Android tablet and it isn't the same product used on real computers === and the app sucks (and that's a GROSS understatement) --- use Chrome
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Now, don't hold back. tell us how you really feel about it.
 
I use Mercury on my iPad and Note 4. I stick with Firefox on my PC at home.
 
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Sac Arrow said:
I think Firefox has gone way downhill. I used it in the Windows 3X period when Explorer was too vulnerable to malware, but then eventually Firefox became exploited. Chrome is the least problematic.
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Have you looked at the Terms of Service for Chrome?

IANAL nor did I stay at a HIE, but the TOS looks like the user must let the Chrome software install updates, all updates.
 
Admittedly not an answer to your question but, when Firefox exercised their right to fire someone for making a campaign donation to a cause that they didn't approve of, I exercised my right to uninstall it from everything that I had it on. Haven't missed it.
 
Graueradler said:
Admittedly not an answer to your question but, when Firefox exercised their right to fire someone for making a campaign donation to a cause that they didn't approve of, I exercised my right to uninstall it from everything that I had it on. Haven't missed it.
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Huh? Mozilla has been a volunteer organization for years, since Netscape went under. Their building has been owned by Symantec since then.

Firefox is an application, not an organization.
 
MAKG1 said:
Firefox still exists?

It's been broken for years.
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Talking about the PC-based browser. Works just fine. Every time I get annoyed at Chrome I move back to it (like for the past 3 months). In fact, it seems to some Google things better than Chrome. Imagine my surprise when using Google Voice just worked in FireFox and didn't require the gymnastics I had to go through in Chrome.
 
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MAKG1 said:
You also mischaracterized his resignation as a "firing." It was nothing of the sort. The public objected to his donation. Free speech does not include freedom from criticism. Nor is it particularly valid to claim paying someone is speech (despite what the Supreme Court has said).
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I don't like the overturning of limits on campaign contributions either but I think the question of whether money is speech or not is that cut and dried.

Personally, I think when I spend money on a political button or T-shirt or bumper sticker, I am exercising free speech, even if I don't wear them. No one can force me to spend it on a candidate or cause I don't support any more than they can force me to say I support them.

Same for when I decide not to spend my money in business establishments that support positions I find repulsive. If that's "not particularly valid" to you, so be it.

So boycotting FireFox - was that speech? What if FireFox was a pay-for?
 
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On my linux systems, I only have firefox. One being a company machine, I have no choice in the matter. On Windows, I prefer firefox and have not found any issues. In fact, I use Thunderbird as the mailer.
On the tablets and android phones, it is Chrome. I'm good with most things but occasionally find a picture or video that won't work.
 
Bob Noel said:
Have you looked at the Terms of Service for Chrome?

IANAL nor did I stay at a HIE, but the TOS looks like the user must let the Chrome software install updates, all updates.
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Have you looked recently? That's quickly becoming the standard. Microsoft in Windows 10, Adobe Acrobat Reader DC, others. The push is to get you to use the cloud where your data can be mined even deeper.
 
midlifeflyer said:
I don't like the overturning of limits on campaign contributions either but I think the question of whether money is speech or not is that cut and dried.

Personally, I think when I spend money on a political button or T-shirt or bumper sticker, I am exercising free speech, even if I don't wear them. No one can force me to spend it on a candidate or cause I don't support any more than they can force me to say I support them.

Same for when I decide not to spend my money in business establishments that support positions I find repulsive. If that's "not particularly valid" to you, so be it.

So boycotting FireFox - was that speech? What if FireFox was a pay-for?
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You may be exercising a freedom, but paying someone money is not speech.

If you wear a button, that's expression (not really speech, but the difference isn't that important there). If you buy one and put it in a drawer, that's not expression. It's payment.

What if you bought that button from ISIS? Is that protected speech or aiding a terrorist group? Does it make a difference if you actually wear it?
 
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MAKG1 said:
You also mischaracterized his resignation as a "firing." It was nothing of the sort. The public objected to his donation. Free speech does not include freedom from criticism. Nor is it particularly valid to claim paying someone is speech (despite what the Supreme Court has said).
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I too have given persons the option of resigning or being fired. It doesn't matter to me what you think. The situation mattered to me enough to decide that I wanted nothing more to do with Mozilla.
 
Graueradler said:
I too have given persons the option of resigning or being fired. It doesn't matter to me what you think. The situation mattered to me enough to decide that I wanted nothing more to do with Mozilla.
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So, who "gave him the option?"

There are no shareholders, and he's in charge.
 
wsuffa said:
Have you looked recently? That's quickly becoming the standard. Microsoft in Windows 10, Adobe Acrobat Reader DC, others. The push is to get you to use the cloud where your data can be mined even deeper.
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I looked at the Chrome TOS just before my post.

It'll be a cold day in Hell before I plop stuff in the cloud.

(And it probably won't surprise you that I don't have any windows machines)
 
Bob Noel said:
I looked at the Chrome TOS just before my post.

It'll be a cold day in Hell before I plop stuff in the cloud.

(And it probably won't surprise you that I don't have any windows machines)
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This post is in the cloud. :)
 
Latest copies of what I have:
Android tablet (Chrome) v 45.0.2425.94
Real (desktop) computer (Chrome) v 45.0.2454.101
Real (desktop) computer (Firefox) v 42.0

Firefox for real computers is a Totally different animal than the crap for tablets.
I frequently switch back and forth (especially with FF starts getting squirrely) on the desktop; but they usually work pretty much the same --- Chrome is a bit faster, sometimes alot faster.
I like the interface on Firefox and the way the user can manage and configure bookmarks better on Firefox (and Navigator before that). But on the tablet -- Firefox is a total loser! Pull something up and have a full coffee break before it responds --- and then often in some jumbled mess.


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FWIW, I also have Opera on my laptop, but almost never use it.

It is sitting at version 12.18 build 1860
 
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