Firefox OS - What are your thoughts?

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Mozilla’s Firefox OS, the mobile operating system from the company that makes the Firefox browser build entirely on open web standards and having ability to beat Android or iOS. Firefox OS is Mozilla's ambitious attempt to build an operating system that brings more openness to the walled gardens of Apple's iOS and Google's Android.

New Operating Systems for Smartphones
Its a new mobile operating system built entirely using open web standards and with codename Boot to Gecko, means a Linux distro that automatically loads Gecko or in more simple words apps for Firefox OS are basically just websites written in HTML, JavaScript, and CSS. The Web is the Platform, which means not only taking down barriers, but also a lighter system that makes your apps run smoothly and an optimal battery life.


Firefox OS written with basic HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
Mozilla has also added some extra hooks to Firefox OS that allow developers to access a phone’s hardware via HTML such as Battery info, Camera, Contacts, WebSMS, Storage, Vibration, Settings, Alarm, Browser, and many more. A large number of WebAPIs will be supported in the initial implementation of Firefox OS. A complete list can be found here.

Battling against other mobile platforms
Firefox OS will not be directly battling against other mobile platforms. Firefox OS is a cutting-edge mobile operating system, designed to render the highest performance. Its main objective is to change the way the world develops mobile apps. While some other mobile vendors such as Blackberry also provide ways to develop apps for their systems using HTML5, but Mozilla is Mozilla!!

Easy, powerful and Open for Developers
Firefox OS instantly promoted millions of web and JavaScript developers into app developers. Developers already know the browser environment and the tools, and there’s no need to learn any new language or framework. All they have to do is download a free Firefox OS Simulator. Everything Mozilla does is open so it is common knowledge that you can create your own Firefox OS build if you have a supported device.

Whereas in Apple's iOS and Google's Android platforms currently dominate the mobile space and rely heavily on developers to produce high-quality apps that increase and augment the functionality of their platforms.

Install Apps from Any Domain
In Firefox OS, there is incredibly liberating to allow installation from outside an app store. instead of needing to jump over to the device's app store app, Mozilla provides a JavaScript API for installing web apps from any allowed domains.


First Mobile Handsets with Firefox OS
The first test devices (Keon and Peak model) (available for purchase) with Firefox OS was developed by a Spanish smartphone start-up Geeksphone and Telefonica, one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world.

Enjoy Mobile freedom with Firefox OS!

Mozilla — Firefox OS — mozilla.org

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Pretty amazing stuff hey? It looks really promising. I wonder which phones would run that? Would android phones (HTC, etc) be able to run that? I dont think firefox would start producing phones.

[MentaL]

[MAXTRAXv3]

muhhahahahaha! awesome, it has a radio! been waitng for a smart phone to come with one!

[Laz-low]

Have to admit I'm not impressed with it at first glance, the UI makes it look like a children's "My First Smartphone"

[404]

UI is sort of similar to iPhone, BUT, my guess since it's firefox OS and browser is firefox too, it's going to have flash?

[MAXTRAXv3]

well apple use this saying since OS X in all the porducts.

Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler. - Albert Einstein

[sunnyboy]

Now I want to see an Opera OS.

[MAXTRAXv3]

Now I want to see an Opera OS.

why we can have more bloat where then MS windows? wtf?

[Razer]

Gotta agree with Nick on this one. The UI does look quite childish, although I imagine it can be customized to a minimal limit?
Will have to look out for this.

[NubPro]

Gotta agree with Nick on this one. The UI does look quite childish, although I imagine it can be customized to a minimal limit?
Will have to look out for this.

no worriez, when there's a designer and a coder :d this job can be easily done

[Mootie]

why we can have more bloat where then MS windows? wtf?

Implying Firefox isn't bloated... /facepalm

[MAXTRAXv3]

Gotta agree with Nick on this one. The UI does look quite childish, although I imagine it can be customized to a minimal limit?
Will have to look out for this.

have you met the iphone yet?

Implying Firefox isn't bloated... /facepalm

no... lol wtf, less bloated /doublefacepalm

[madhuz]

"OH MY GOSH. IT HAS 4 ICONS AT THE BOTTOM. GOTTA SUE THEM!" ~Apple

[MAXTRAXv3]

fuck yer they will try at every angel they can find.

[NoBrain]

Firefox OS - Firefox at Mobile World Congress 2013 — mozilla.org

I have to say that Firefox OS has a nice looking theme and seems like it will be very popular upon release and best of all, it will be open source!

Some technical information:
Supports ARM
Uses the Linux Kernal (Monolithic)
Programmed in HTML5, CSS, JavaScript and C++

[madhuz]

Apple's gonna sue them. Just watch.

[Liv3]

Looks quite similar to iOS. The format of it anyway. Overall, it looks okay. Nothing really special appealing to me here.

[Lapje]

Letting the looks aside, it looks promising. Since it's based on web languages it is quite a bit easier to create apps for it, and apps don't even have to be installed to run (not all of 'em tho). On the other hand, the OS is quite slow atm. It's an OS for low-end phones, I think I read they were targetting phones < 100 euros. So it won't actually replace iOS or Android, but it'll be for those people who don't want to spend too much on a phone. I'm curious how this progresses. One thing is for sure, they get a lot of support from a lot of popular brands (ZTE, Qualcomm, t-Mobile etc etc).

[Hejula]

Apple's gonna sue them. Just watch.

For what? Lol. Don't just say something without proof.

[Lewis]

When looking at this, it reminds me of the new 'Metro' theme on windows.(Bottom left picture)

I actually like the style of this mobile OS, it's nice and sleek!

[JaydenC]

LOL @ THE CONTACT PICTURE
like anyone would have a professionaly photographed contact picture

looks nice if they use the android app market or whatever

[Parker]

Haven't looked into this project very much but just going from the UI, in the second lower screenshots, the status bar looks way too much like iOS, and I doubt they want to go down that path. The top one doesn't look too bad, hopefully you can customise the UI a bit, to me, it seems a bit 'bulky' but that just might be the resolution of the phone/emulator they were working off.

LOL @ THE CONTACT PICTURE
like anyone would have a professionaly photographed contact picture

A lot of my contacts are sync'ed with Facebook/Google & it uses peoples display pic as a contact photo if there isn't one manually entered, so it's not that hard to believe especially since these days a lot of people seem to take up photography as a hobby.

Last time I checked the photo that comes up on other peoples phone when I call them is a photo of my motorbike :P

[Parker]

Experimental Firefox OS software for Xperia™ E available for developers [ROM] – Developer World

Firefox test build for the Sony Xperia™ E

[Ron]

Offers nothing different than android.

What ever happened to that beast prototype video of a phone they made a while back? It had sick ideas, but if they're just doing an OS and not a phone now then I really don't see any potential.

People need to move away from home screens with ugly icons. I'm ready to see some fucking innovation. Windows phones are so appealing because at least they're doing something a little different...

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

[Laz-low]

Due to there already being a Firefox OS thread posted by Error 404 on page 2... merged the two threads.

[NubPro]

it runs really slow '-'
@firefox...stop....plz