Firefox submits Home app to Apple for approval

OPEN SOURCE web browser outfit Mozilla has submitted its Home application for Firefox to Apple in the hope that it will be accepted to the fruit themed App Store.

Apple is notorious for its tight acceptance policies for its App Store, so how far the Safari competitor will make it is anyone's guess.

We asked Mozilla how likely it thought it was that it would get accepted, but apparently the only people allowed to comment on such things live in California. We are still waiting for them to roll out of bed.

In the meantime, Mozilla said that the application, which is free, will let its web browser users carry their desktop history and bookmarks over to Apple gadgets.

It added that this should allow for continuous browsing as users flit between fixed and mobile devices.

Users will have to have already installed Firefox Sync to take advantages of these cross-platform features. This, Mozilla explained, lets users save content securely in the cloud.

If Home is accepted by Apple, and is downloaded by users, this will let Iphone users open up tabs, for example, in either Firefox Home or Mobile Safari as and when they need them.

Mozilla suggested a couple of likely scenarios in a blog post, "Are you on the go all the time? Run to a meeting, or catch a cab to the airport without thinking twice. Just pull out your iPhone and access the list of tabs you just had open on your desktop," it said.

Short of a fire or equivalent emergency, we hardly ever run. But point taken. µ