Syanide Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Just saw this on reddit: More pics: click! Source: reddit Did Mozilla just deliver? I mean, wow, that actually looks pretty good. Plus they already have an army of developers since this uses only standard web technologies. Not seeing this as a threat to anyone, but I think they might actually find an audience for this type of OS. remixedcat 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunfai Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 I actually like the simplicity of it, looks good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firey Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 nice and clean. I like it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Star Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 So much nicer than Android. I would love to test this OS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nw2001 Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 I'm not the creator but theres a post on XDA on how to get it on the NS4g, and there is one for the SGS2 I think. You'll have to look around. installing it on the NS is pretty easy from what I hear too. Havnt seen a post for it though, just blogs. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1562153 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firey Posted March 24, 2012 Share Posted March 24, 2012 Heres guide for installing on Nexus S: http://www.bluishcoder.co.nz/2012/03/20/building-and-running-b2g-on-nexus-s.html And here is guide for SGS2 : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1518467 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remixedcat Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Are those live tiles??? or are they gonna do something like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auroka Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Are those live tiles??? or are they gonna do something like that? I think those are glorified bookmarks. Not 100% sure though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syanide Posted March 25, 2012 Author Share Posted March 25, 2012 I think those are glorified bookmarks. Not 100% sure though. To be fair, the whole system is a glorified bookmark, but that's exactly what they're going for. Also, to answer remixedcat's post, this early in development I doubt anything's set in stone, but I don't see why they wouldn't at least add support for badges/counters, could be useful, remixedcat 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Japlabot Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 It looks nice, but they are filling a need which doesnt exist. Apps might be in a fairly ubiquitous programming language but they will still need to be targeted for the platform than already available and working seamlessly. If there were any useful Web apps, it is only a web browser away on existing platforms (which also have their own apps to offer which B2G won't have). They would be far better off keeping this as a concept only and concentrate on integrating the technology on existing platforms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torrentthief Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 this DOES fulfill a need: it is very clear that android/ios spy on you. b2g is an html o.s so anyone with html coding skills can easily create apps, this will allow a lot of apps and will mean that website functionality can be ported to apps very easily android is too complex for many users. android cannot scale the U.I, if you have a 360x480 3" screen it is VERY difficult to read for those with poor eyesight, there are some apps that can reduce this problem but you can't change all fonts in the o.s and if you try changing some the interface messes up. Ios is much better at scaling font but still isn't perfect, this is html so should be very simple to change those sorts of things. another reason is that firefox is the default browser, most people use the built-in browser on android/ios therefore mozilla loses money from ad revenue. you can just download the O.S instead of having to wait for network operators to allow you to download a newer version of android, some manufacturers don't give you any updates, mozilla will likely support phones for years. i am all in favour of this O.S, if they can add similar functionality to android then i'd be happy to switch from android! Site Lab and remixedcat 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
remixedcat Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 To be fair, the whole system is a glorified bookmark, but that's exactly what they're going for. Also, to answer remixedcat's post, this early in development I doubt anything's set in stone, but I don't see why they wouldn't at least add support for badges/counters, could be useful, This would work like the IPB mobile skin for this forum does (when you click the 4 squares in the top right.. grid of icons and the number can be put on the corner of each icon for how many "notifications" whatever "app" had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadEndAccount Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 this DOES fulfill a need: it is very clear that android/ios spy on you. b2g is an html o.s so anyone with html coding skills can easily create apps, this will allow a lot of apps and will mean that website functionality can be ported to apps very easily android is too complex for many users. android cannot scale the U.I, if you have a 360x480 3" screen it is VERY difficult to read for those with poor eyesight, there are some apps that can reduce this problem but you can't change all fonts in the o.s and if you try changing some the interface messes up. Ios is much better at scaling font but still isn't perfect, this is html so should be very simple to change those sorts of things. another reason is that firefox is the default browser, most people use the built-in browser on android/ios therefore mozilla loses money from ad revenue. you can just download the O.S instead of having to wait for network operators to allow you to download a newer version of android, some manufacturers don't give you any updates, mozilla will likely support phones for years. i am all in favour of this O.S, if they can add similar functionality to android then i'd be happy to switch from android! The icing on the cake will be if it is 100% top to bottom open source which will mean that end users will no longer at the mercy of carriers or handset vendors for software updates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SongHyeonDeok Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Mozilla nailed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Japlabot Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 this DOES fulfill a need: it is very clear that android/ios spy on you. b2g is an html o.s so anyone with html coding skills can easily create apps, this will allow a lot of apps and will mean that website functionality can be ported to apps very easily android is too complex for many users. android cannot scale the U.I, if you have a 360x480 3" screen it is VERY difficult to read for those with poor eyesight, there are some apps that can reduce this problem but you can't change all fonts in the o.s and if you try changing some the interface messes up. Ios is much better at scaling font but still isn't perfect, this is html so should be very simple to change those sorts of things. another reason is that firefox is the default browser, most people use the built-in browser on android/ios therefore mozilla loses money from ad revenue. you can just download the O.S instead of having to wait for network operators to allow you to download a newer version of android, some manufacturers don't give you any updates, mozilla will likely support phones for years. i am all in favour of this O.S, if they can add similar functionality to android then i'd be happy to switch from android! The icing on the cake will be if it is 100% top to bottom open source which will mean that end users will no longer at the mercy of carriers or handset vendors for software updates. I agree that this featureset is nice and would have something going for it if you are right, but I have not seen these features as been advertised anywhere. Basically I think that this is just wishful thinking, the same wishful thinking that Android would offer all of this because it also is open source. Open Source and Open Platforms does not guarantee anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djdanster Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Looks good on the SGS2, however I think I'll wait until it's a bit more stable and usable! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n_K Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Wow, just wow... Originally I thought it was going to suck and be a load of rubbish, but hell... That might actually convince me to upgrade my 2005 s.e. w550i :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syanide Posted March 25, 2012 Author Share Posted March 25, 2012 Truly a testament to how powerful HTML5 is. neo158, SongHyeonDeok and remixedcat 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiagosilva29 Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 They better bundle it with a decent calculator application... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duffydemon Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ensiform Posted March 25, 2012 Share Posted March 25, 2012 That browser GUI looks really nice, hope they bring it to Firefox for Android. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbandonedTrolley Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Sign me up! Looks nice and smooth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
migo Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 Colour me intrigued. If it's HTML5 and JS, that would suggest you could use Enyo to develop for it as well - which by all accounts is a very dev friendly framework. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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