Mozilla has announced that Firefox will be coming to the iPhone soon, this summer if there are no major delays.
The browser, dubbed “iFox” internally, is a fairly full-featured port of Firefox with a full implementation of the Gecko rendering engine and the TraceMonkey JavaScript processor. It is extensible via an add-on API similar to it’s desktop cousin, and it is bundled with an exclusive mobile version of Flash.
Apple has been working with Mozilla to bring the app to the platform in a way acceptable to both parties. It will land in the App Store as a free application.
P.S. April Fools!
Darn… You got me there. I was about to comment:
"Nice! I hope it's not an April Fools joke"
Did my Photoshopped iPhone home screen lend any credibility to the article?
I put it together a couple months ago while waiting around somewhere without internet, and it ended up being my April Fools joke.
Heh… Didn't notice the Firefox icon.
I imagine the real deal would look a bit more polished, but it's good enough for the casual observer.
had me fooled
Ilove my iPhone. But I hate safari. Im used to firefox and typing is a pain in the ass on the touch screen. I love the apps but I miss my windows mobile phone.
ha you rod. i actually searched all around google for ifox until figuring it had to have been canceled. then i came back here and noticed the comments. nice play.
He he, should have known it was a joke when it said: it is bundled with an exclusive mobile version of Flash. It was too good to be true… Firefox and Flash, yeah right, since when did Apple approve apps people actually want?
Are you sure it will be free?
Yes and its already in the app store
where?
Hes being sarcastic…
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!
Not funny
That was great! I did a google and then came back to read more. You need to get with George Noore for that TRex story ! ;- )
wow either this joke was way to nerdy or it just wasn't funny… FAIL
wow this app works great, so much better than safari.
Omg I can’t find download link ,, where is it ?
Lmao dude it’s a fake
Sadface, i already thought it was real
The internets+April 1st=Rage!
goddamn i was checking and checking in appstore and could’nt finde anything and just check the comment its a f*cking april fool hehe
well there is a mobile version of firefox, but it does nøt wörk õñ thë ïPhøńë.
found this google-ing firefox for iPhone… Oh how I hate April fools day!
It’s been more than a year, and it’s still fooling people.
LOL, its now April 2010 and the only non-safari alternative is Opera (blurhg…) So obviously there are “major delays”…. Bummer, I like Firefox and would have loved to see it and flash on the iPhone
Note: April 2010, and this was published a year ago. Hint, hint.
Googled it and looked for it in the app store, sad…
You suck.
it’s under firefox for iphone
i.e. firefox home
That didn’t exist back in 2009. Mozilla just had to go and ruin my April Fools joke…