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by TremendousJudge 2256 days ago
Tell me when it can use that powerful processor to run an engine other than webkit
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I kinda like the way they're doing things. It reminds me of the IE6 times, but with no decent options. I guess I'm a sucker for nostalgia.

At least the browsers can freeze, crash and hit more bugs per hour with a faster CPU, so at least it got that going for it.

Because web engine is the only thing people run on their phones?
Could you expand on this comment more? Engines that run on Android vs iOS maybe? Just curious :)
Very likely more a point about freedom. Apple does not allow Firefox to use it's own engine under iOS
From your tone I assume that even if Apple allowed you to run Gecko on an iPhone you would find another reason not to buy one.
There are many to choose from.
Use an enterprise cert.
To sideload what? Is there a non-WebKit browser around for iOS you can sideload with an enterprise managed iOS device?
Sounds interesting...

And then what? Can one grab the source and compile chromium or firefox in such a way that it can use JIT and all the other things? Would that even be "supported" as a compile option or up-to-date branch? I thought PROT_EXEC was limited to Webkit.

Curious what the next steps may be / what details I'm unaware of

What is that?