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Mozilla Leaves Out Linux For Initial Web App Support

Posted by timothy on from the thy-fickle-heart dept.

darthcamaro writes "Guess What? Linux is not a primary platform for Mozilla. For Mozilla's upcoming Web Apps marketplace, Linux support is not part of the initial release. Some Mozilla developers simply are shrugging this off as Windows and Mac dominate the Mozilla user landscape today."

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  1. Fork it, then by crazyjj · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Unlike with Internet Explorer, if the Linux community feels strongly about this, they could always do their own fork. So stop bitching and start coding.

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    1. Re:Fork it, then by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

      You most likely wouldn't even need to fork it, it's not like Mozilla is fundamentally opposed to the idea, they just can't justify the resources necessary for it at the moment. If you were to fully implement it with some decent code, I'm pretty sure Mozilla would be more than happy to integrate it.

    2. Re:Fork it, then by Vintermann · · Score: 5, Informative

      Seamonkey isn't a fork of Firefox, it's the other way around. Seamonkey is what remains of the old Mozilla suite. I'm surprised it's under active development.

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    3. Re:Fork it, then by localman57 · · Score: 5, Insightful

      According to Barry Schwartz (Let the spaceballs jokes begin...) it not only confuses people, it actually makes them less satisfied:

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Paradox_of_Choice:_Why_More_Is_Less

      One of the reasons for this is percieved "Missed Opportunities". The idea that, yeah, maybe you picked Firefox, but you have a nagging feeling that you might have been happier with IceWeasel. This makes you enjoy FireFox less, through no fault of FireFox itself.

    4. Re:Fork it, then by FictionPimp · · Score: 5, Interesting

      I suffer from some kind of mental problem where when presented with a choice, I break into a near frenzy of research on said choices. It can almost paralyze my choices as I try to discover the best choice. While I enjoy the research, sometimes I think I would be happier to just have one choice.

  2. Useless anyway by Hatta · · Score: 5, Insightful

    What's a "web app marketplace" and why would I need one anyway? There's plenty of useful software available to me in the repositories. There are plenty of websites I can browse with a regular browser. There are plenty of extensions I can use to customize my browsing experience.

    Seriously, what does a "web app marketplace" have to offer that isn't already done better through one of the above resources?

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  3. What? by Corson · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I thought that Web App = platform independence? If it's not not then what's the point of developing Web Apps?

  4. Re:Turnabout is fair play by Killjoy_NL · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Isn't it a shame however that because more and more people get more and more powerful machines, that the developers code more sloppily because "the machines can take it"?

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  5. Linux Web Apps Development - How to Help Out by jds2501 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Hi Everyone, Linux support for web apps is actively being worked on. Our contributor (Marco) is driving the implementation of it here: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=744193 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=744190 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=745018 If you would like to help out, then feel free to drop a comment in those bugs!