On 09/01/14 17:47, David Haslam wrote: > We already have two front-ends that are Firefox add-ons. > > One is FireBible. The other is xulsword.
I have intentionally spoke about JavaScript not about Firefox (notice also that Firefox OS despite the name and despite the fact it runs on Gecko is not full Firefox running on the phone ... especially with regards to NPAPI plugins and XUL apps). FireBible is actually based on JSword and Java support in Firefox (and all other browsers) is being (after line of high-profile Java security breaches and less demand for it given the advent of JavaScript apps) phased out together with NPAPI technology (which is foundation of Java support in browsers). So, it doesn't work on Windows Phone nor on Firefox OS. Read https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/mozilla.dev.platform/BwWeQwLACiM, https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/mozilla.dev.platform/NPAPI/mozilla.dev.platform/BwWeQwLACiM/PlgZKWK-EyYJ, and https://wiki.mozilla.org/NPAPI:Pepper for the Mozilla side of the story. Also https://blog.mozilla.org/research/2012/11/12/introducing-the-shumway-open-swf-runtime-project/ http://thenextweb.com/google/2013/09/23/google-chrome-drops-netscape-plugin-api-support-to-improve-stability-will-block-most-plugins-in-january-2014/ for the Google position, Mozilla prefers pure JavaScript and HTML5 app everywhere, and others (particularly Google) prefer their own proprietary (meaning used and developed only by them; nothing about licensing) technology. XULSword is based on C++ libsword, which means it doesn't work on Firefox OS (there is no C-level API for that), nor it works on Windows Phone. Also, whole XUL technology is limited to the real Firefox on desktop operation systems (it might be possible that Firefox for Android is able to run XUL apps as well, but I doubt it would be a pleasant experience). To make long story short ... neither of these solutions have any hope for Windows Phone (or Firefox OS), and frankly I don’t consider either of these viable long-term solution. Blessings, Matěj -- http://www.ceplovi.cz/matej/, Jabber: mc...@ceplovi.cz GPG Finger: 89EF 4BC6 288A BF43 1BAB 25C3 E09F EF25 D964 84AC Why should I travel, when I'm already there? -- Bostonian lady, when being asked why she never visited other places than Boston
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