Following on nicely from my post a few moments ago, Mozilla have just announced that they are starting working on a mobile version of its popular desktop browser.
You have to feel for Mozilla at the moment as things aren't exactly going brilliantly. When I say this, I mean it with a pinch of salt. You will always have those people out there who love Firefox and those who swear that it is the best thing since sliced bread but, and this is a big but, they really must be feeling that they are out in the ocean on their own at the moment.
Microsoft have Internet Explorer, Apple have Safari and Google have Chrome. So that's desktop and mobile covered for three major platforms at the moment, with only the various Linux flavours not covered. So...my question is, is there any point to this? I'm thinking probably not. In the early days of iOS, rumours were rife about a mobile version of Firefox, but the rumours were denied and they never turned into anything more than gentle whispers in the wind. I think that they've missed the train and are now playing catch up. They should stick with what they are good at, or innovate with a new niche product that nobody else has.
I still need you Firefox for development, so don't go anywhere anytime soon!
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