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Intro to Firefox OSTRANSCRIPT
FIREFOX OSBringing the Open Web to Mobile Devices
Sumanth DamarlaFirefox App Developer Mentor
twitter: @Sumanth_Damarla – [email protected]
TODAYTODAY
Mobile Industry is DOMINATED by PROPRIETARY Mobile Platforms
TOMORROWTOMORROW
Built entirely using HTML5 & standard Web APIs without the need for an intermediate OS layer
Complete, standalone operating system for the open Web
Built entirely using HTML5 & standard Web APIs without the need for an intermediate OS layer
Complete, standalone operating system for the open Web
FIREFOX OS
Create Customized & Differentiated User Experiences (everything is a Web app)
Variations around the Home screen
Variations around the dialer
Web Browser/Platform
Web Browser/Platform
Native API-based UI
Native API-based UI
Kernel (e.g. Android,
iOS, Win7, etc.)
Kernel (e.g. Android,
iOS, Win7, etc.)
Device (phone, tablet,
desktop)
Device (phone, tablet,
desktop)
APIsAPIs
Web-based User Experience/Web
Content
Web-based User Experience/Web
Content
Kernel Kernel
Device Device
Web Engine/ Standard Device
APIs
Web Engine/ Standard Device
APIs
Existing Platforms(smartphones only)
Existing Platforms(smartphones only) Firefox OSFirefox OS
Firefox OS: How an Open Web Phone connects HTML5 to hardware
Significantly smaller stack: Scales from high-end feature phones to high-end smartphones
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FIREFOX MARKETPLACE
Content owners maintain direct connection to their audience
Enhanced discoverability
DEVELOPERS
Easy payment & built-in Carrier billing
Revenue sharing
CARRIERS
Create amazing HTML5 experiences and apps
Developers can write Apps & Services for ONE Platform – the Web
• Web Apps based on HTML5
• Developers will no longer need to learn and develop against platform-specific native APIs
• Write Apps & Services for one platform – the Web
• Web Apps based on HTML5
• Developers will no longer need to learn and develop against platform-specific native APIs
• Write Apps & Services for one platform – the Web
8 Million
450,000+
100,000+
More developers than any
other platform
An affordable smartphone: brings the smartphone experience at a feature phone price point
An affordable smartphone: brings the smartphone experience at a feature phone price point
CONNECT TO THE WEB
Tons of apps to choose from: the Web is the limit!
FOR USERS
Welcome to a new, open and powerful mobile world!
More info: •marketplace.mozilla.org•developer.mozilla.org/Mobile
@Sumanth_Damarla