[simcop2387]

Another advantage that's not immediately apparent is that it would also open up changing the rendering engine. I think the firefox mobile browser is actually using this to do the main UI on android at least. Along with that there's the browser.html that Servo is using as a base for the browser chrome.

[kbrosnan]

Firefox for Android is Gecko. Firefox for iOS which is in the works is playing inside the Apple ecosystem, using WebKit.

[simcop2387]

I can't imagine that Firefox on iOS will actually be that useful. Half the usefulness of Firefox is the extensions which I think would violate the store rules on iOS wouldn't they?

[danudey]

The primary usefulness I would see is syncing your browser history, bookmarks, etc. across devices. I use Safari and I have pretty much every extension I feel like I need.

[JadeNB]

Can this be done? The last time I checked, Firefox Sync was only available on iOS via some hacky workaround with an extra (ToS-bending) app.

[rfk]

Yes, proper syncing with Desktop Firefox is a core part of the new Firefox for iOS initiative.

[JadeNB]

OK, but (sorry if I'm misunderstanding!) can it be done now?

[malkia]

I wonder if there could be some collaboration where firefox, chrome, safari, IE, opera, etc. can exchange and sync - possibly too much to deal with, and might hurt innovation.

[addicted44]

Firefox is my primary browser everywhere but on iOS. It would be nice if I could have the passwords, history and bookmarks available to me on all my other OSes on iOS as well.

This is a huge gap for Firefox IMO.