Mozilla Firefox is one of the popular browsers on the desktop with a large fan following, but it is far behind on mobile devices. Mozilla released Firefox for Android and it is absent in iOS devices such as iPhone and iPad. The reason for the absence of Firefox in the walled garden of Apple is because of the Apple's rules for third-party browsers. It's going to be that way in the future, or at least that Apple relaxes the rules for third party browsers.
Mozilla's VP of product Jay Sullivan says Apple continuous hostile attitude towards any third party browsers, reports CNet. Speaking at SXSW panels he said Mozilla browser does not work on iOS version of the browser, nor they are planning for a.
Third-party browsers on iOS platform have Apples use component UIWebView, but Apple's Safari browser is using the Nitro JavaScript rendering engine that is faster that is the other, Safari a speed advantage. Mozilla is not ready to use UIWebView if it doesn't serve the purpose, it wants to own rendering engine, such as the IonMonkey in the desktop and Android versions of the browser found.
It also allows the same topic in Windows RT, where Microsoft Win32 Apis does not open to third-party browsers. Recently Mozilla announced Firefox OS for smartphones and showed off devices running Firefox OS at MWC this year. The some market share in the mobile market with its own OS can get, but there is a long way to go to get to that point.
Source: CNet
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