Comments on: Firefox comes to Android tablets http://boingboing.net/2011/09/14/firefox-comes-to-android-tablets.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Fri, 24 May 2013 17:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Karl J. Smith http://boingboing.net/2011/09/14/firefox-comes-to-android-tablets.html#comment-1215230 Karl J. Smith Fri, 16 Sep 2011 19:53:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117418#comment-1215230 I'm actually excited by the stylus - I'd like to be able to draw diagrams and things with it. I even went so far as to ask Lenovo customer support via their online chat to see if their new tablet had an open boot loader (e.g. http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/root_friendly), but they didn't quite get what I was asking about and claimed that it had no bootloader at all.  I'll keep waiting until I get more information about it, but I'm also very aware that the Tegra 3/Kal-El tablets with quad-core processors are very close to being released and will probably just keep waiting until then. I’m actually excited by the stylus – I’d like to be able to draw diagrams and things with it.

I even went so far as to ask Lenovo customer support via their online chat to see if their new tablet had an open boot loader (e.g. http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/root_friendly), but they didn’t quite get what I was asking about and claimed that it had no bootloader at all.
 I’ll keep waiting until I get more information about it, but I’m also very aware that the Tegra 3/Kal-El tablets with quad-core processors are very close to being released and will probably just keep waiting until then.

]]> By: Ben Burger http://boingboing.net/2011/09/14/firefox-comes-to-android-tablets.html#comment-1214140 Ben Burger Thu, 15 Sep 2011 23:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117418#comment-1214140 Firefox keeps freezing on me, like 3 or 4 times an hour, does anyone know why this might be? Firefox keeps freezing on me, like 3 or 4 times an hour, does anyone know why this might be?

]]> By: walter davis http://boingboing.net/2011/09/14/firefox-comes-to-android-tablets.html#comment-1213261 walter davis Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117418#comment-1213261 firefox used to be the best in the game, but that's very false now with google chrome firefox used to be the best in the game, but that’s very false now with google chrome

]]> By: guthrien http://boingboing.net/2011/09/14/firefox-comes-to-android-tablets.html#comment-1213163 guthrien Thu, 15 Sep 2011 11:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117418#comment-1213163 I don't want to be one of THOSE people but isn't the Lenovo tablet leveraging its particular grade of DRM? Incongruous! I don’t want to be one of THOSE people but isn’t the Lenovo tablet leveraging its particular grade of DRM? Incongruous!

]]> By: Totally http://boingboing.net/2011/09/14/firefox-comes-to-android-tablets.html#comment-1212263 Totally Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117418#comment-1212263 That happened to me until I updated to Chrome 13.0.782.220 this morning. I had 20 tabs open and not a single hiccup. Try it. That happened to me until I updated to Chrome 13.0.782.220 this morning. I had 20 tabs open and not a single hiccup. Try it.

]]> By: BarBarSeven http://boingboing.net/2011/09/14/firefox-comes-to-android-tablets.html#comment-1212210 BarBarSeven Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:26:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117418#comment-1212210 FireFox nowadays has issues. I mean when they post a new “major” version each month (what’s it up to now 6? Is 7 due soon?) then that wreaks of lack of confidence. It’s also slow from a web animation point of view; jQuery runs like crap on FireFox no matter how much optimization there is. Safari or Chrome is the best way to go nowadays. FireFox nowadays has issues. I mean when they post a new “major” version each month (what’s it up to now 6? Is 7 due soon?) then that wreaks of lack of confidence. It’s also slow from a web animation point of view; jQuery runs like crap on FireFox no matter how much optimization there is. Safari or Chrome is the best way to go nowadays.

]]> By: Nick Hayday http://boingboing.net/2011/09/14/firefox-comes-to-android-tablets.html#comment-1212205 Nick Hayday Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117418#comment-1212205 If it has a stylus, they blew it If it has a stylus, they blew it

]]> By: millie fink http://boingboing.net/2011/09/14/firefox-comes-to-android-tablets.html#comment-1212191 millie fink Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117418#comment-1212191 I prefer Chrome. Quicker, and a bigger window. I prefer Chrome. Quicker, and a bigger window.

]]> By: darrrrrrn http://boingboing.net/2011/09/14/firefox-comes-to-android-tablets.html#comment-1212193 darrrrrrn Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117418#comment-1212193 I used to be an unwavering supporter of Firefox until it started stuttering during every video I watched on youtube.  So I started watching videos in Chrome but when I'm low on memory the Chrome tabs all start failing, now I'm back to Safari, like a chump.  I want Firefox and my lovely adblocker back, but i get the impression it's become a bit bloated and unyeilding. I used to be an unwavering supporter of Firefox until it started stuttering during every video I watched on youtube.  So I started watching videos in Chrome but when I’m low on memory the Chrome tabs all start failing, now I’m back to Safari, like a chump.  I want Firefox and my lovely adblocker back, but i get the impression it’s become a bit bloated and unyeilding.

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