{"id":52955,"date":"2012-06-19T09:06:36","date_gmt":"2012-06-19T07:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=52955"},"modified":"2012-06-19T09:08:24","modified_gmt":"2012-06-19T07:08:24","slug":"firefox-working-on-junior-for-ipad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/52955-firefox-working-on-junior-for-ipad.html","title":{"rendered":"Firefox working on \u201cJunior\u201d for iPad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><\/strong>iPad users will soon have an alternative to the default Safari browser, courtesy of <a title=\"Mozilla Foundation\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/342687-Mozilla-Foundation\">Mozilla<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The foundation best known for its popular <a title=\"Firefox\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/220755-Firefox\">Firefox<\/a> web browser, says it is busy working on a dedicated <a title=\"Apple\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/342717-Apple-inc\">Apple<\/a> iPad version of Firefox, named \u201cJunior\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Mozilla says the new browser \u201cmakes browsing more fun, more ergonomic and re-thinks [the] browser-user experience from the ground up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new browser sports a simple interface with just two buttons which are positioned where iPad users\u2019 thumbs would go. The back button is under the left thumb, and handles the standard \u201cback to previous web page\u201d function.<\/p>\n<p>There is a plus button under the right thumb, which opens up a menu with more features that will allow users to enter a manual URL and go to a recently-viewed or bookmarked site.<\/p>\n<p>Mozilla has yet to announce a release date for Junior.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full story at: <a title=\"Boy Genius Report news site\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bgr.com\/2012\/06\/19\/mozilla-firefox-junior-ipad-browser\/\" target=\"_blank\">Boy Genius Report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Related articles:<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Mozilla Thunderbird now offers unique e-mail domains\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/quick-news\/52045-mozilla-thunderbird-now-offers-unique-e-mail-domains.html\">Mozilla Thunderbird now offers unique e-mail domains<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Firefox sports new \u201creset\u201d button\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/quick-news\/50299-firefox-sports-new-reset-button.html\">Firefox sports new \u201creset\u201d button<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Internet Explorer 9 no match for hackers\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/quick-news\/45339-internet-explorer-9-no-match-for-hackers.html\">Internet Explorer 9 no match for hackers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The company behind the Firefox web browser is working on a smaller version for the iPad<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":27287,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[605,981,12655,975],"class_list":["post-52955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-apple","tag-firefox","tag-junior","tag-mozilla"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52955"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52955"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52957,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52955\/revisions\/52957"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}