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." <arme...@mozilla.com> 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." <arme...@mozilla.com> 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, maxrottenkol...@googlemail.com 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 dev-b2g@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g
