Firefox OS

The perfect Web Mobile system

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Yacine Rezgui

Full-Stack JavaScript engineer

Organizer of the London Phonegap meetup

French-Tunisian

Big fan of Asian culture

Love cheese and baguette

(like every french)

History of the Web

By the way, what's HTML5 ?

• Last standard in date of HTML
• designed to deliver rich, interactive web content
• New semantic, graphics, and multimedia elements
• New form elements
• Cross-platform

By extension, HTML5 is also

• CSS3
• APIs HTML5
• Evolutions in JavaScript

Now, let's talk about HTML5 on mobile

• HTML5 mobile dev came with the iPhone
• The coverage of HTML5 APIs is different between platforms
• There are no Web UI libraries made by Apple or Google
• Debugging tools aren't as good as in Desktop
• You have oftenly to hack to get things right

But that was before...

Firefox OS

• Mobile OS made by Mozilla
• Open Source
• Made with Web Technologies
• User centered
• Works well on low-cost phones

Architecture

Gaia, Native CSS UI

• Same UI as the interface
• Made with HTML and CSS only
• Every UI patterns are available
• Simple to fork
• Two themes (white and dark)

• Same UI as the interface
• Made with HTML and CSS only
• Every UI patterns are available
• Simple to fork
• Two themes (white and dark)

Smooth transitions

• Access to low-level APIs with JavaScript
• Phone, SMS, Vibration
• GSM, Wifi, Bluetooth, FM
• Proximity, Light sensors
• NFC and many more

Web APIs

Hosted app

• Remote code
• Perfect for website
• Push, Offline, Geolocation
• Media capture
• Unlimited storage

Ex: Newspaper, Ecommerce

Privileged

• Local code
• Equivalent of normal apps in iOS
• Alarms, Contacts
• Access storage

Example: Game, Social Network

Certified

• Deep verification
• Access to low-level
• Power management
• Bluetooth, Wifi
• Background, Attention

Example: Message app, Zapier

Open System, Open services

• Open Source
• Notifications aren't handling data
• You can choose another market

What about debugging ?

Firefox Flame

• £ 105
• 4.5"
• Dual core
• 1GB RAM
• 8GB ROM
• Micro SD accepted
• Dual-SIM
• NFC included

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