Firefox OS coming to smartphones in 2013
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Indeed, it sounds pretty cool, but I Wonder if the HTML5 apps need to be open with a web browser, or other HTML5 player which might make apps run a little slower, and use more battery life, RAM and CPU then a natively written App for Android, iOS, Windows Phone, etc which uses a more standard programming language like C++, C, Java, etc which can run without a web browser, and can be open by the operating system without another app like a web browser, or plug-in like Adobe Flash and Air.
I believe the design of it is to run HTML5/CSS/JavaScript as "native" code for it, so you don't need a browser open and any apps you develop for it are theoretically cross-platform. It seems like they're trying to do something a lot different from the competition, and what they're doing looks really cool.
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Interesting, HTML5 apps running natively. I read on Wikipedia that Firefox OS uses Linux for hardware controls, etc.
- Linux kernel (with some modifications made by AOSP and vendors)[sup][11][/sup]
- a hardware abstraction layer, codenamed "Gonk"
I hope this also mean users can install Native Linux software like Gimp, etc on Firefox OS which does not have a HTML5 version yet.
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I honestly, don't know how I feel about this. I mean, I like Firefox as a browser. I'm not sure how I'd like it as an OS..