Hi Jezra, I don't know really know what is the path forward or the scope of the rocket bar.
On 2014-04-16, 12:34 PM, jezra wrote: > Armen, > I'm a ZTE Open owner so I don't have access to firefoxos images that > contain the rocket bar. However, if the bar is anything like the > v1.1 "search bar on the homescreen that I never use and I can't remove > and replace with what I want", then I hope the rocket bar gets > decoupled as well so that I as a user can remove it from my device. > > > > On Wed, 16 Apr 2014 > 08:23:46 -0400 "Armen Zambrano G." <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi jerzra, >> I see the point of that. >> I wonder how that decoupling will play with the rocket-bar (I believe >> the idea is to remove the browser completely and make it ubiquitous or >> something like that). I could be misunderstanding what the plans and >> timelines are. >> >> On 2014-04-15, 5:49 PM, jezra wrote: >>> I would say that step 1 is to uncouple the single most important >>> application from the OS and put it in the market place so that users >>> aren't beholden to OEMs for updates to the browser. >>> >>> There is already a ticket for this. >>> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=973372 >>> >>> >>> On Tue, 15 Apr 2014 10:10:12 -0400 >>> "Armen Zambrano G." <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Max, Adrian, >>>> I agree that the situation is less than ideal, however, this is not >>>> what things will be like forever. >>>> >>>> I want to point out, that Firefox OS coming out on 2013 was a 1.0 >>>> release. That means that a lot of sacrifices had to made to hit the >>>> schedule. The mobile industry is very demanding specifically with >>>> schedules. There's a saying in software development which is "you >>>> have to get to 1.0 to even be able to ship a 2.0". >>>> >>>> It is very unfortunate that early adopters have to face these >>>> difficulties; knowing that you're supporting us and trusting >>>> something very dear to you (your phone and personal time if not >>>> more than that). >>>> >>>> As you can probably imagine, dealing with EOMs is not easy. The >>>> mobile industry in general is not easy. It is very cut-throat and >>>> don't necessarily look towards long-term support. >>>> >>>> As far as I know, Mozilla is here to change things for the sake of >>>> the public. There is a limit on how much we can influence the >>>> industry, however, we have already seen a lot of changes which >>>> eventually will percolate to the end-users (e.g. EOMs working in >>>> "open" issues rather than behind closed doors or contributing code >>>> to an open source initiative). >>>> >>>> I don't know how to help you in this specific issue, however, look >>>> for the "Let's fix updates" thread in this mailing thread. I >>>> assume good stuff will come out of it. >>>> >>>> Thank you for supporting the open web and I hope that a way to help >>>> you can come out of all the conversations. >>>> >>>> sincerely yours, >>>> Armen >>>> >>>> On 2014-04-14, 7:46 AM, [email protected] wrote: >>>>> I can only wholeheartedly agree with adrian on this. >>>>> >>>>> What i expected from fxos was one thing primarily: a good web >>>>> browser. >>>>> >>>>> Instead i get this excuse of a firefox that: >>>>> * can not be upgraded >>>>> * can not be configured >>>>> * does not run adblock >>>>> * crashes on 80% of all websites >>>>> >>>>> i get weekly updates for marketplace and wikipedia. I couldnt care >>>>> less. >>>>> >>>> >> -- Zambrano Gasparnian, Armen (armenzg) Mozilla Senior Release Engineer https://mozillians.org/en-US/u/armenzg/ http://armenzg.blogspot.ca _______________________________________________ dev-b2g mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g
