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Firefox for the iPhone: Safari-based?
Malik is skeptical, mainly because of Apple’s draconian approval policies. Apple has already approved web browsers, but here’s the catch: they’re all based on Mobile Safari. They’re all really just add-ons, rather than full-blown independent browsers. Additionally, Mozilla isn’t stupid: you don’t invest time and energy into a project that you know will just be rejected.
That leads me to an interesting thought. Mozilla CEO John Lilly said that the app “[will] surprise people”. What could be more surprising than a WebKit-based Firefox? It could run on WebKit, but include an awesome bar, Weave, and all the other Fennec features.
Crazy idea? Heck yes. In fact, it probably won’t happen — Mozilla is pretty committed to Gecko. But still… food for thought.
