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Comments on: Mozilla plans mobile Firefox, plus 'public resource' usage data

Data Sales 

Posted Friday 19th September 2008 20:08 GMT

Of course Mozilla wants to sell the user data. They never had a business model and now that Google is moving into browsers they won't need to help Mozilla out. Google has been the only provider of significant revenue for Mozilla for a long time. They have to do something to make money - and giving away your primary product never worked well for anyone.

@ Solomon 

Posted Saturday 20th September 2008 07:42 GMT

Paris Hilton

...surely Google gives away its primary product, and they're doing alright? :-P

Paris 'cos she likes to give her primary product away too

Most Commented...? 

Posted Saturday 20th September 2008 15:24 GMT

Alert

Came to this item through the 'Most Commented" selection on the right of the site.

Guess there's a bug, as I'm only the second to add a comment...Hmmmm!

Mobile Firefox? Wow! 

Posted Saturday 20th September 2008 18:14 GMT

I've been using PortableFirefox, from PortableApps, for over two years... Wow...

@An ominous cow herd 

Posted Monday 22nd September 2008 02:51 GMT

Stop

they mean for mobile phones you idiot!

twit 

Posted Monday 22nd September 2008 06:43 GMT

This is about Firefox for mobile devices (like phones and that) not about the 'portable' version you silly man.

GOODBYE Firefox. 

Posted Monday 22nd September 2008 08:19 GMT

Seriously.

I was very disturbed to see the Google Toolbar included on the last download, and making anything to do with my browsing history more public is not something I and most people who use Firefox want anything to do with.

Now the question is can they use the information that's already been submitted?! Probably (hopefully) not. What browser now?

so whats new exactly? 

Posted Monday 22nd September 2008 09:59 GMT

Thumb Up

Been using Minimo for some time (although I prefer opera mini)

mobile Firefox 

Posted Monday 22nd September 2008 12:05 GMT

Happy

There is a mobile version of firefox compiled for GPE. It runs well on my iPAQ hx4700 with either Familiar or the later Angstrom release for it.

There: Another good reason to run Linux on your PDA :D

Availble from http://www.angstrom-distribution.org

@Khyle Westmoreland 

Posted Tuesday 23rd September 2008 15:13 GMT

Paris Hilton

Apperently you are unaware of Google's core product. Let me give you a hint, it's not search.

Google's core product is advertiseing, and no, they don't give it away for free.

Paris, cus her core product isn't search either.

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