Hopefully the scope includes the ability for owners/users to remove the bar. Not having the option to use my device the way I want to is extremely frustrating. Currently, someone else has made the decision for me in regards to how I should use my device; and that is definitely not user friendly.
Yes, there is a ticket for this as well https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=968500 On Wed, 16 Apr 2014 12:39:22 -0400 Armen Zambrano Gasparnian <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > >>>>> > >>>> > >> > > _______________________________________________ dev-b2g mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g
