Heilmann: The Fox is out of the bag #FirefoxOS

Posted Jul 2, 2013 9:15 UTC (Tue) by ibukanov (subscriber, #3942)
Parent article: Heilmann: The Fox is out of the bag #FirefoxOS

Firefox phones will be supported with updates much longer than, say, Samsung models. It is Mozilla, not operators, who updates the browser with security fixes. And since everything else is HTML+JS, then even a serious bug in the kernel or a low-level native library can be worked-around in the browser without the need to update the firmware.

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Heilmann: The Fox is out of the bag #FirefoxOS

Posted Jul 3, 2013 6:10 UTC (Wed) by rahvin (guest, #16953) [Link]

More importantly we need a standard compliant phone ecosystem. Many people forget that Apple initially promised a phone that only supported HTML 5 but gave in on the idea when they realized developers wanted them to create platform lockin (which is in both developers and Apples interest, after all you can't take a 30% cut of the sale if the application is HTML5 and loaded directly from the website).

Mozilla has the chance to not only prevent Android monopolizing the entire stack (there are already sub $100 android phones that are selling like hot cakes in the developing world) but to try to get a real HTML 5 application ecosystem developed that isn't dependent on the specific operating system. I believe it's in everyone's interest for this to be successful even if you never buy the phone.