Mozilla nurtured the web with Firefox. This is yet another great project for the Mobile ecosystem.<p>I always wished for myself and for the larger web community a 'Rock solid web based Open' Mobile Platform. And it is happening fast.<p>All such advancements are only possible today, as we have faster Javascript engines, can leverage Cloud services, access to cheaper hardware and much faster Internet Penetration and adoption than ever before. The web can function as a strong platform by itself and not a hybrid model.<p>Also let's not forget the big failure of the over hyped Palm WebOS.
Many said - it was too early; not ready for the market. I too agreed then. :)
Lets hope Firefox has good design patterns and moves agile.<p>Couple of things I wish everyone knows -<p>1. Are all the System level API's ready? Telephone API, Sensor API's et al. It looks to me, its under prototype and design, what's the current stage?<p>2. Can this leverage WebGL and all HTML5 features?<p>3. AFAIK, all the front end is around Javascript or some Javascript MVC.
Are there any other programming API's?
Mozilla has lost their way with Firefox, and are becoming like MS. They have a slow, bloated browser that runs terribly on Android. Instead of trying to make the best browser for the platform, they created FF OS, locking the user into their platform and API standards, just like MS tried to do when it bundled IE in Windows.<p>I had a WebOS phone and despite loving the beautiful UI and it being ahead of iOS in many ways like notifications and task switching, I dumped it. HTML5 killed the user experience. I need fast, responsive apps that only Android and iOS can deliver.<p>There's no way I'd ever go back to generic, laggy, HTML5 Apps.
Sorry for the OT, but I always get a certificate error when visiting that domain. Am I the only one?<p><a href="http://www.sslshopper.com/ssl-checker.html#hostname=hacks.mozilla.org" rel="nofollow">http://www.sslshopper.com/ssl-checker.html#hostname=hacks.mo...</a><p>Says the cert is ok, but my firefox complains:<p><pre><code> hacks.mozilla.org uses an invalid security certificate.
The certificate is only valid for tbpl.mozilla.org
(Error code: ssl_error_bad_cert_domain)
</code></pre>
Maybe there is something wrong with my network.