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Firefox Home Coming To iPhone, Browser Next?

Posted by StoneLion on from the where-the-heart-is dept.

siliconbits writes "Mozilla has launched an iPhone app called Firefox Home that gives iPhone users instant access to their Firefox browsing history, bookmarks, and the set of tabs from their most recent browser session. What's more, it provides Firefox Awesome Bar capability that enables people to get to their favorite websites with minimal typing." With the Mozilla blog promising "There will be more to come," can the full browser be far behind?

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  1. Re:Desktop? by The+MAZZTer · · Score: 5, Informative

    There is an extension you need called Firefox Sync. Just install it and it walks you through the sync process. IIRC you just need to set up an account with a password and choose what to sync. The data is encrypted by YOUR password which they don't know (so they can't peek at your data). Works with Firefox for desktop and Firefox Mobile. It was called Weave when it was in development.

    Keep an eye on labs.mozilla.org, cool stuff on there.

  2. More insightful than it sounds by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Slashdotters have an odd tendency to view things in terms of black and white, good and Evil-with-a-capital-E. Most corporations fall solidly within the Evil category. Slashdot assumes that companies are in business to screw their competitors and customers as much as posible.

    The idea that companies are in business to do business doesn't register.