Petrovic Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Mozilla plans to remote WebRT (WebRuntime) from Firefox for the desktop and for Android. The feature, which most Firefox probably never heard of or came in contact with, is the latest in a series that is getting removed from the web browser. WebRT was implemented in 2012 in Firefox for the desktop and found its way into the Android version of Firefox in 2013. So where do users come into contact with WebRT in Firefox, and what it is being good for? Mozilla's Wiki describes WebRT in the following way: Quote The Web Runtime project builds application runtimes that enable users to install and run Open Web Apps on Android, Windows, Mac, and Linux. It enables users of the browser to install apps using Firefox that behave like native programs of the operating system. This includes entries in the start menu or other locations, and being listed as an installed program. On Windows, WebRT apps show up in the Windows Start Menu and in the Control Panel applet listing all installed software. Mozilla plans to remove WebRT support from Firefox, and the reason provided is found on the official Firefox Dev discussion group: Quote Both runtimes were deprioritized by MoCo around the times they initially shipped, and they've seen little activity since. Bugs have gone unfixed, enhancements have gone unimplemented, and unit tests have broken and been disabled. Although their core functionality continues to work, their developer and user experiences are poor, and their technical debt is substantial and growing. The Runtime Engineering team has also been disbanded, and its engineers have been reassigned to other projects. MoCo no longer invests in the runtimes, and it hasn't for years. Full Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesDDI Posted January 9, 2016 Share Posted January 9, 2016 Finally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessicaLeigh Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 I'm glad they're ridding themselves and their browser of garbage which holds no significant value, whatsoever. Microsoft could learn a lot from Mozilla. That being said; thank goodness Firefox still retains support for NPAPI. Companies still utilize Java-based web interfaces like Kronos and the like, and I was shocked that Google Chrome would discard that feature so haphazardly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven36 Posted January 10, 2016 Share Posted January 10, 2016 5 hours ago, JessicaLeigh said: I'm glad they're ridding themselves and their browser of garbage which holds no significant value, whatsoever. Microsoft could learn a lot from Mozilla. That being said; thank goodness Firefox still retains support for NPAPI. Companies still utilize Java-based web interfaces like Kronos and the like, and I was shocked that Google Chrome would discard that feature so haphazardly. This is not a big deal as i simply disabled it long ago . The problem with Firefox there removing everything NPAPI support is to end by the end of 2016 . This the 1st good thing i heard in a long while but its still removing something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessicaLeigh Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 On 1/10/2016 at 3:06 AM, steven36 said: This is not a big deal as i simply disabled it long ago . The problem with Firefox there removing everything NPAPI support is to end by the end of 2016 . This the 1st good thing i heard in a long while but its still removing something Yes Steven, but not all corporations can just stop on a dime and implement new applications overnight. It's one thing for the user, and quite another for the corporate infrastructure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven36 Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 4 minutes ago, JessicaLeigh said: Yes Steven, but not all corporations can just stop on a dime and implement new applications overnight. It's one thing for the user, and quite another for the corporate infrastructure. Most corporations dont use Firefox though it only have a small marketshare most are stuck on IE or use Chrome and IE . You cant say anything with only 5.26% makertshare would matter to most corporations or most home users even . I been a Firefox user since 2006 and I know its not really poplar . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JessicaLeigh Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 1 minute ago, steven36 said: Most corporations dont use Firefox though it only have a small marketshare most are stuck on IE or use Chrome and IE . You cant say anything with only 5.26% makertshare would matter to most corporations or most home users even . I been a Firefox user since 2006 and I know its not really poplar . I was actually referring to Chrome rather than Firefox in my last post; it having become very popular as a corporate-accepted browser these past four years. But you're right; IE is the framework and industry standard upon which most corporate web-based applications have been based. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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