Mozilla pulls Firefox Home from the iOS App Store, posts source code to GitHub

[Hovertruck]

It is so ridiculous to me that the word "Github" in this article links to an engadget search for the word "Github", rather than the Github repo that the article is about.

[gpmcadam]

It's hard to find a single outbound link in an Engadget (or other similar "tech blog") article, as if somehow the user will just stay on the site clicking internal links ad infinitum.

Instead, I see a link--in this case, to what should be the GitHub repo--click it, realise that I've been duped and promptly leave Engadget, reminding myself why I left last time never to return.

[WiseWeasel]

Here's the Github repo, since Engadget is worthless:

https://github.com/mozilla-services/ios-sync-client

[bibinou]

Here is the original Mozilla blog post : https://blog.mozilla.org/services/2012/08/31/retiring-firefo...

[megablast]

They do actually have a link at the bottom, labelled github, outside the article for some reason.

[mburns]

A Mozilla employee has posted a fork called 'Bookmarks On The Go' which opens links in the Safari instead of using an in-app browser.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bookmarks-on-the-go/id5500371...

[iuqiddis]

It's not a big deal I suppose. They are supposed to be coming out with their own iOS browser, called Junior

https://air.mozilla.org/product-design-at-mozilla/

[mccr8]

I think that Junior is just an experiment, not a forthcoming product.

[fromhet]

So Mozilla have been distributing an iphone app that is nonfree?

[icebraining]

No, it just wasn't on Github. The original repo was this: https://hg.mozilla.org/services/fx-home/ And it's MPL licensed.