Boot to Gecko - a look at Mozilla's mobile OS [Video]
Perhaps some people know that Mozilla , the developer of the popular Firefox browser, is preparing to release its own mobile OS , codenamed Boot to Gecko . The main focus of the creators are on the web platform orientation, to be more precise, all the shells, applications and interfaces will be written in HTML5 .
At MWC, we were able to learn a few details about the unusual development and look at the alpha version of the system itself.
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As a test device was taken smartphone Samsung Galaxy SII . Boot to Gecko (B2G) itself was installed on top of Android , and in the future, users themselves will be able to install it on rooted smartphones. So far, the system is damp and slows down a lot, but you shouldn’t demand too much from such an early build.
The undoubted advantage of B2G is that applications written for it can work on any device with a browser. In addition, it is likely to be distributed free of charge, just like Mozilla Firefox . The company is negotiating with various phone manufacturers about possible cooperation.
At MWC, we were able to learn a few details about the unusual development and look at the alpha version of the system itself.
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As a test device was taken smartphone Samsung Galaxy SII . Boot to Gecko (B2G) itself was installed on top of Android , and in the future, users themselves will be able to install it on rooted smartphones. So far, the system is damp and slows down a lot, but you shouldn’t demand too much from such an early build.
The undoubted advantage of B2G is that applications written for it can work on any device with a browser. In addition, it is likely to be distributed free of charge, just like Mozilla Firefox . The company is negotiating with various phone manufacturers about possible cooperation.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/139275/
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