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Firefox is Finally Adding Support for Web Apps (www.omgubuntu.co.uk)

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[–] nitefox@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago (3 children)

That’s not true anymore, you can use a custom engine now

[–] kuberoot@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 day ago

I think it might still be EU-only? That said, it's still a lot of work to get their engine working and hooked up on iOS, so no idea if and when that might happen.

[–] Fisch@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Pretty sure you're right but idk if they've updated it to use their own engine yet. They'd probably have to rewrite the app, or large parts of it, and that takes time. Maybe someone who uses Firefox on iOS could tell us.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 7 points 1 day ago

I think it's allowed only in the EU? And there's absolutely no way Mozilla has the resources to support a Safari-based iOS app in addition to a Gecko-based one, on top of everything else they do.

[–] Malix@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

TIL, has it been long when the restriction was dropped? At least wikipedia claims that firefox is webkit on ios, so possibly that is still the case?

[–] nitefox@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 day ago

It is WebKit, but it isn’t enforced anymore. At least in the EU