Desigan Chinniah Head of global partenrships and business development de Firefox OS nos cuenta cómo se lanzó Firefox OS y el futuro del sistema operativo (SO)
6. FIREFOX OS
A new mobile operating system — built entirely using open web
technologies — powering smartphones at super affordable
price-points.
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8. CORE BENEFITS
Truly Open Mobile OS - built on open standards and introducing
new capabilities via the web
Allowing Choice - Firefox OS offers an alternate OS choice in the
market joining iOS & Android
Affordable Smartphone — single web stack brings down cost of
hardware
Expanding the Web - giving 100 of millions of feature phone
users in LatAm, Africa, India, China, Japan, South East Asia etc. an
affordable way to unlock the power of the web
Aggregated Marketplace - list your app on the Firefox
Marketplace and have it on the Firefox for Android Marketplace
too
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15. An initiative to bring App experiences — built
using HTML5 standards and open
technologies (HTML, CSS & JS) — across all
your devices.
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16. CORE BENEFITS
Native-like Experience - uses 100% open Web APIs giving access
to all hardware functionality
Web Apps - Fsdcdssds
Carrier Billing — sfsdfsdf
Cross Platform, Cross Device - sdseb
Aggregated Marketplace - list your app on the Firefox
Marketplace and have it on the Firefox for Android Marketplace
too
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18. Developers. Web Developers.
* Based on standards; HTML, CSS, JavaScript
* No longer a need to develop w/ proprietary native code, SDKs and APIs
* Develop, design and maintain content off a common code base
8 Million
450,000
+
100,000+
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20. MARKETING
Featured: App promoted within prominent areas of Marketplace
Social Media: +25m engagements on Facebook and Twitter
Newsletters: Promotion, case studies and more in email mailing lists
Snippets: Homepage promotions on Firefox desktop and mobile
Press: PR Releases, Tours and blog posts
YouTube: Video channel showcasing your app
*Carriers: Can include pre-loads and marketing
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22. APP SUBMISSION
The main requirement is to
create a manifest file and
upload it to the marketplace,
from the mobile optimised url.
MDN + DEV
Most relevant resources
required include:
Developer Hub
https://marketplace.firefox.com/developers/
App Manifest
https://developer.mozilla.org/en/Apps/Manifest
Manifest Validator
https://marketplace.firefox.com/developers/validator
Firefox OS Simulator
https://marketplace.firefox.com/developers/docs/firefox_os_simulator
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24. “It's quite swift, even on low-spec hardware...
Firefox OS, though looks a tad similar to Android, in fact, functions quite differently. Built using
JavaScript, all of its applications are web-based and run on 'open web' technologies. This
dramatically reduces the device's cost and thus puts it in the hands of every user. So, since every
application is running JavaScript, that too without any middleman, all the apps can thus run in their
full glory even on the most low-end hardware. It's hackable right from the start."
“It's open. Yes, completely open...
If you're tired with all the patent wars, the corporate hunger and the incessant
struggle for mobile market dominance, Firefox OS is something you should be
waiting for. Firefox OS, by relying almost completely on the openness of the
worldwide web, evades the patent traps that Android smartphones fall in to. So,
you won't find a copied feature and a billion-dollar lawsuit awaiting Mozilla
Corporation.”
“It's hackable right from the start...
If you're happy having an Android device that you can hack away at any time of the day, you'll be
screaming with joy once you see Firefox OS. Since the operating system is written in nothing but
HTML, JavaScript and CSS, any web developer can create his or her own Firefox OS experience. Also,
even if you're not a web developer, just by reading and following a few tutorials on the web, you can
drastically alter the look and feel of your phone. Moreover, being open-source, you can create your
own custom Firefox OS and distribute it among your peers.”
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25. "But Mozilla is doubling down on the Web. The named
reference to Mozilla’s biggest brand is purposeful. Much as the
Firefox browser targeted Internet Explorer, so Firefox OS is a
major project meant to disrupt the existing smartphone
leaders."
Aesthetic flair aside, HTML5 mobile apps are also costeffective alternatives to native mobile apps. (Native mobile apps
have to be developed for a specific platform, such as iOS or
Android.) And no doubt Mozilla's robust developer community
will help promote the creation of new HTML5 apps.
"Firefox OS is a rechristening of Mozilla’s “Boot to Gecko” project,
a plan to create a mobile OS around the company’s Gecko layout
engine, used by many open-source software projects. By basing
the entire OS on open web standards, HTML5 apps will be able to
take advantage of aspects of the device that are often restricted to
native apps on other platforms — things such as hardware
acceleration."
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26. Thanks. My name is Desigan Chinniah.
I am a Firestarter at Mozilla. I work on Global Partnerships.
Questions?
cyberdees@ ~ @cyberdees
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