Is Firefox a Cocoa Application

[Blakeasd]

Hello,
Does anyone know if Firefox 4 is Cocoa or Carbon. If it is none of those than what exactly is it.
Thanks,
Blake

 

[angelwatt]

This article states version 3 is Cocoa.

 

[KirkL]

This article states version 3 is Cocoa.

Wow...it really doesn't feel very native for me...strange

 

[Fuchal]

Just because it uses Cocoa instead of Carbon doesn't mean the UI is native.

 

[raysfan81]

Wow...it really doesn't feel very native for me...strange

Use Camino then.... it has the same rendering engine as FF but is a cocoa app and looks more native than Firefox.

 

[MisterMe]

Hello,
Does anyone know if Firefox 4 is Cocoa or Carbon. ...

In the case of Firefox, this question has little meaning. Firefox is an XUL-based frontend on top of a small runtime interpreter. The frontend is largely the same across MacOS X, Windows, and Linux.

 

[kemsiro]

yes, it is.

 

[KirkL]

Just because it uses Cocoa instead of Carbon doesn't mean the UI is native.

Ya that's what I inferred after I read the article (which states Gecko - the underlying framework is cocoa)

Use Camino then.... it has the same rendering engine as FF but is a cocoa app and looks more native than Firefox.

I've been using Chrome and I like it (minus the random crashes). I might give Camino a try though

 

[solaris]

Yes, it use the Cocoa APIs.

 

[vivid-mist]

I've been using Chrome and I like it (minus the random crashes). I might give Camino a try though

Slightly OT, but I've never had a crash with chrome, I have with firefox. And camino seems to be lacking a few usability features which you won't notice up front, but will irk you if you like to get the most out of your browser's features.