In March, Mozilla had launched its iOS Beta Program for its highly anticipated Firefox app. If you couldn’t join the beta program, then we’ve some good news. Mozilla has finally released Firefox browser app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch in the App Store.
Firefox for iOS includes the following features:
SEARCH INTELLIGENTLY & GET THERE FASTER
– Firefox anticipates your needs and intuitively provides multiple suggested and previously searched results across your favorite search engines – every time.
– Easily access shortcuts to search providersBROWSE PRIVATELY
– Your personal information belongs to you. In Private Browsing mode, Firefox won’t remember any of your history or cookies, but new bookmarks will be saved.
– Delete your browsing history, passwords and more in a single tap.
– Choose the private data you want to remove.
– **iOS 9 required for Private Browsing mode**SYNC FIREFOX ACROSS YOUR DEVICES
– With a Firefox Account, access your history, bookmarks and open tabs from your desktop on your smartphone and tablet.
– Firefox can also remember your passwords across devices so you don’t have to.INTUITIVE VISUAL TABS
– Intuitive visual and numbered tabs easily let you find content for future reference.
– Open as many tabs as you like without losing track of your open Web pages.EASY ACCESS TO YOUR TOP SITES
– Spend your time reading your favorites sites instead of looking for them.
Mozilla had previously said that it didn’t plan to launch its Firefox browser for iOS as Apple does not allow third-party developers to use their own web engine, and hence Mozilla didn’t “feel like it could build the browser it wants” on Apple’s platform.
Prior to iOS 8, third-party browsers also couldn’t use the Nitro Javascript engine, which meant that they were not as fast as mobile Safari. Apple has however addressed this issue in iOS 8, as it includes improvements such as increased JavaScript performance via WebKit’s super-fast JIT. You also can’t set a third-party browser as the default browser in iOS. But with a new CEO on board, Mozilla changed its stance and announced plans to launch Firefox for iOS in December 2014.
Firefox for iOS is certainly great for users who use the browser on their computer as features like Firefox account gives them seamless access to their history, bookmarks, open tabs. It remains to be seen it will be able to convince other users from Safari or other third-party browsers.
You can download Firefox browser for iOS using the direct iTunes link below, however please note that it requires iOS 8.2 or later.
Let me know what you think of the Firefox browser in the comments below.
[Hat tip: TechCrunch]
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