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Firefox OS

Firefox OS. By Tyler Moore. The Firefox Os.

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Firefox OS

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  1. Firefox OS By Tyler Moore

  2. The Firefox Os • “Firefox OS is about pushing the boundaries of what is possible with the Web on mobile and enabling entirely new segments of users to come online with their first smartphone. It’s an open source mobile operating system based on Linux, open web standards and Mozilla's Gecko technology that provides a reinvention of what mobile platforms can be.”

  3. What is it for? • Designed for: • Smartphones • Tablets • Smart TVs • Can also work on desktops

  4. Linux kernel based and open sourced • Uses Gonk • Linux kernel and HAL • HAL: hardware abstraction layer • Gonk is a device porting layer: an adapter between the hardware and Gecko

  5. Gecko • The Gonk software was paired with the Gecko web browser engine • Gecko’s fuction is to read and render web content (examples: HTML, CSS, XUL, JavaScript)

  6. User Interface: Gaia • The front end of the operating system. • Default apps: • Bluetooth, Browser, Calendar, Camera, Clock, Contacts, Cost Control, Dialer, FL. FM, Gallery, Homescreen, Keyboard, Music, PDF.js, Ringtones, Search, Setringtone, Settings, SMS, System, Video, Wallpaper, and WAPPush.

  7. Phases of Developement

  8. Downsides • Still being perfected • Multiple app stores • Possibly confusing to new smartphone users

  9. Upside • It is can fit on a small amount of memory • Makes it usable on very cheap phones letting it reach a new group of people who could not afford smart phones before.

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