Meet The First Firefox OS Phones: Keon And Peak

Mozilla has declared a cooperation with Language start-up Geeksphone for two cellular mobile phones that run the HTML-5 centered Mozilla OS. The free application application group had declared previously at CES that they will be prepared with the OS in two-three several weeks.

GeekPhone's Keon and Optimum are Mozilla OS-running cellular mobile phones that are particularly designed with app developers and developers in mind. The supports of both cellular phones are brandished with the terms Mozilla OS Designer Review. Mozilla desires that getting two developer version gadgets out will help facilitate the procedure of developing an app environment before the future formal release of the OS.

The Keon, which will be available in Mozilla’s attribute lemon color, has specifications that belie its smart phone origins. It is operated by a single-core 1GHz Snapdragon S1 from Qualcomm, has 512MB of RAM and 4GB of on board storage space. It activities a 3.5” show with a 480 x 320 quality, placing it directly in the low-end classification. It also has a 3 mega-pixel photographic camera (no show, though) and Wi-Fi/3G antennas. 

The other system Optimum is predicted to deliver in a flat white-colored body. Although its specifications are not interesting by any indicates, the Optimum is predicted to be a more highly effective system as it is depending on an unspecified 1.2GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 SoC. Presently, neither Mozilla nor Geeksphone has declared whether the cores are underclocked Kraits or of the aging Cortex-A5 wide range. The smart phone has a 4.3-inch qHD show with a 960 x 540 quality. On the back is an 8 mega-pixel camera, associated with a show and there happens to be 2 mega-pixel front-facing photographic camera as well. Just like the Keon, the Optimum has 512MB of RAM and 4GB of storage space.

As of now, there are no company information on the cost or accessibility for the Optimum, but Mozilla considers the first groups of Keon will be delivered out by next 30 days. The great thing is that one will not have to invest big dollars to area their arms on one of these beginning versions. Geeksphone statements the cellular phones will come with a cost tag “you could never have imagined” and their Tweets consideration said they will give more information about the “price and the provision during the next weeks”. So anticipate both designs to be competitively-priced.

Mozilla is also welcoming developers to Mozilla OS App Days, where they will have to be able to understand, crack and create applications for the Mozilla OS. The Mozilla Hackers website goes on to say, “Technologists and developers from the Mozilla group will existing resources and technological innovation designed to boost and assistance the Web foundation, such as cellular Web APIs to accessibility system components functions such as the accelerometer.”

Firefox OS uses a web system, eschewing exclusive systems and developers (and gradually, users) can accessibility information and applications across several gadgets. Mozilla has also launched a Mozilla OS simulation that allows developers to analyze out their HTML5, CSS and Javascript app.

Our latest study (it's still open) requested visitors which future OS they are more likely to choose over iOS and Android operating system. One of four options, Mozilla OS rests in second place with 15 % of all ballots.

Posted by Unknown Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Mozilla Stresses Privacy While Testing New Social API In Firefox

Summary: Mozilla is testing a new API designed to connect Firefox better with social networks while asserting that it is keeping privacy in mind.

As part of the newest try out edition of Firefox, Mozilla is examining a new public API for the purpose of better linking and developing public media sites with the web browser.

Essentially, Mozilla is trying to bring public media functions to the individual without the individual having to always log in and fill the public system's website first. It's a way to prepare all of those force announcements and talk information straight into the web browser.

While developing public media sites in anyway possible is the anger these days, so is the subject of comfort and how this could slow down that.

Tom Lowenthal, who protects comfort and public policy on Mozilla's Privacy Blog, had written in a publish on Thursday that the new public functions are "completely opt-in" and are impaired until a individual trips a online community and elects to turn these functions on first.

    Once allowed, Firefox plenty several webpages from your online community over secure relationships. These webpages are handled just as if you would packed them in another web browser tab. They discuss biscuits and other information like normal but they don’t get any special therapy or additional information from Firefox, nor is information about your public activities sent to Mozilla. Facebook or myspace, for example, will know that you have turned on the feature and packed the webpages, just as if you had frequented the website.

Lowenthal mentioned the suggestions option as an example of where the web browser could offer better comfort than the online community itself.

    If we put this performance in Firefox instead, you can still communicate with your online community and discuss webpages, but without the potential monitoring by the public media sites. It also allows you to discuss webpages even if that page does not include public discussing icons. The suggest option in the URL bar — for Facebook or myspace, it’s a Like option — only delivers the page’s URL to your online community when you click on it.

Being that it was introduced a number of times in the publish, it is no shock that Facebook or myspace is the first online community applying Mozilla's new public API.

The statement of the public API follows the release of the Firefox Industry last week, with Android operating system device owners and designers getting a first break at the digital store.

 

Posted by Unknown Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Firefox Bits App Store To Brave Android Users

Summary: Mozilla has opened its Firefox Marketplace app store for the first time in its latest test Aurora build of the browser for Android, asking early adopters and developers for their feedback.

Mozilla has opened its Firefox Marketplace, with Android device owners and developers getting the first access to the browser's app store.

 The access came on Friday, in the discharge of the latest 'Aurora' develop of Chrome for Android operating system. Aurora is meant for designers and beginning adopters, as it is the test flow of Mozilla's web browser. The store lets people and install web programs delivered via the web browser, and gives designers a position to promote their programs.

"We're hoping that Aurora users, our awesome beginning adopters, will go experience the Chrome Industry on their Android operating system phones and let us know what they think," Mozilla Laboratories technological innovation manager Bill Master said in a writing.

"Our goal is to gather as much real-life reviews as possible about the Marketplace's design, functionality, performance, stability, and content."

A several programs are already in position for examining, including Twitter and Soundcloud, Mozilla said.

"We designed the Chrome Industry to allow designers to develop, spread and monetise rich, immersive programs that use web technology like HTML, JavaScript and CSS," Mozilla had written in a launch publish.

The Industry program was designed this year, and designers began posting programs in Feb.

"It's still beginning for Chrome Industry Aurora — we'll be adding payments, scores, reviews and more soon — keep tuned in," Mozilla said.

As Aurora is the designs' development version of the web browser, it is modified frequently and may sometimes break. Mozilla said it desires to follow with a Industry for the Chrome web browser try out and Chrome OS releases next year.

Posted by Unknown Friday, October 19, 2012

Firefox 16 Brings Developer Command Line For Faster Debugging

Summary: The newest version of Firefox includes a command line feature designed to make it easier for developers to debug code and assess websites using the browser's tools.

The modified web browser, launched for obtain on Wednesday, is light on new functions in comparison with previous variations, but does present a new designer plugin and the control range.

The designer plugin, when selected, appears at the bottom of the screen and allows immediate access to functions like the page home inspector and debugger.

Alongside the plugin is the control range interface: this is designed to allow designers to easily run orders for managing web browser tools, such as style linens or add-ons, using only the laptop key pad. For example, entering 'open' encourages the autocomplete to offer the choices 'console open' and 'tilt open' (pictured above), while entering 'list' gives the choices to jump to the add-on record, break record or biscuit record.

In inclusion, Mozilla 16 also "unprefixes a variety of constant functions including: CSS3 Animated graphics, Changes, Changes, Image Principles, IndexedDB and Principles and Models. Mozilla also unprefixes Battery API and Shake API, two web APIs that Mozilla assisted create", Mozilla said in a writing on Wednesday.

A variety of bug repairs have been combined into Mozilla 16, but some known insects, such as one that causes the web browser to accident if it's started out using a closed information, have not been put right.

The mobile edition of the web browser has been given minimal step-by-step upgrades, such as the inclusion of a 'Reader' method for watching and discussing articles on an Android operating system phone or product. Hitting the 'reader' button in the Amazing Bar triggers the tool, which instantly reformats text and images, and eliminates any ads.

 

Posted by Unknown Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Firefox For Windows 8 Preview, In Pictures

Summary: Mozilla's Windows 8-optimised Firefox Metro browser is now available to download in preview form ahead of its release later in the year.

 

Firefox Metro for Windows 8 is now available to download in preview form from the Mozilla website, bringing with it a 'Widows 8' style Firefox start page and support for established features such as sync.

The company released the early build software on Thursday, noting that it is still in preview and is not finished software; as such bugs and missing features may well abound.

"Today's preview marks the beginning of Mozilla community testing for the Firefox Metro browser designed from the ground up for Windows 8," the company said in a blog post on Thursday. "Earlier this year, we began development on a version of Firefox that runs on x86 Windows 8. This version of Firefox runs in both the Windows 8 'classic Desktop' environment, and in the new 'Metro' environment. "

Mozilla had not confirmed at the time of writing whether it would be making an ARM-compatible version of Firefox Metro. The preview version will only work on machines running the RTM version of Windows 8 currently.

Included in the new look is a redesigned "Metro style" (pictured) Firefox start page.

 

Features such as Mozilla's well-established Awesome bar are also present in the Windows 8 optimised version of the software.

In this case, searching in the Awesome bar returns results from your web history, as well as presenting the option to search the web using a variety of different providers, such as Google, Yahoo, Twitter, Wikipedia and Bing.

The browser has also been integrated with Windows 8's native search 'charm', meaning that users can search using Firefox before even opening up the browser, directly from the sidebar.

Like all other modern versions of Firefox (and every other major browser) Firefox Metro for Windows 8 also supports tabbed browsing.

It does it in a similar way to the preloaded Internet Explorer 10 browser; swiping down from the top of the screen reveals the open tabs with a preview of each tab. 

Mozilla said it would continue to add features, work out the bugs and integrate it more tightly with Windows 8 in the coming weeks.

Posted by Unknown Friday, October 05, 2012

Mozilla On HTML5: Here's What Zuckerberg Really Meant To Say

Summary: There's more to the Facebook founder's view of HTML5 than seeing it as a 'mistake' in development focus, says Mozilla CTO Brendan Eich, who laid out to ZDNet his reasons why the tension between native apps versus web technology will eventually fade away.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg seemed to take a potshot at HMTL5 on Tuesday, when he said the social-networking company had spent too much time working on that technology than on native apps.

"The biggest mistake we made, as a company, was betting too much on HTML5 rather than native," he told TechCrunch's Michael Arrington during a fireside chat.

But dig a bit deeper, and Facebook's chief is actually keener on HTML5 than it first appears, according to Brendan Eich, the chief technology officer at Mozilla, a key backer of the web technology.

After that widely quoted sentence, Zuckerberg went on to say: "It's not that HTML5 is bad. I'm actually, on long-term, really excited about it. One of the things that's interesting is we actually have more people on a daily basis using mobile web Facebook than we have using our iOS or Android apps combined. So mobile web is a big thing for us."

(For the record, that's the full quote according to Tobie Langel, an engineer at Facebook.)

Eich argues that Zuckerberg was actually making a slightly more high-level point about web standards.

"If you read between the lines, what it seemed he was saying is what they tried to do was hybridise native and HTML, and when you do that there's always a seam between the systems," Eich told ZDNet at a briefing in London on Wednesday.

"A friend of mine, Joe Hewitt, used to be at Facebook and did the first hybrid app and did a very good integration. But he left, and the skill required to keep that seamless — and possibly some of the support from Apple to do it — weren't there in the later versions," the Mozilla exec added.

Why the web will win out :

Eich's comments about HTML5 are perhaps unsurprising, given that the company is now deeply involved in its own Firefox OS platform — a bid to create an entire mobile operating system using HTML5.

The Mozilla exec did concede that HTML5 still faces standardisation issues. However, he does believe that more mature web technologies will eventually win out.

"I don't think the web ever loses. It's just a matter of pragmatics and spin that you get into with these things," he said, suggesting that politics and rivalry sometimes overshadow technological factors in making development choices.

"Companies like Facebook can afford to do a native [app], especially on iOS," he noted. "But for the long tail, developers will generally do the web and often be content there.

"If the web can be evolved to include the missing APIs and have better performance, [developers] won't need to go beyond the web."

This is particularly relevant given Zuckerberg's comment that there are more people using the Facebook mobile site than either of its iOS or Android native apps combined. This fact illustrates the strength in numbers from web users, particularly in emerging markets where smartphones are less prevalent.

Strength in numbers :

Eich hopes that by continuing to lead development of essential HTML5 standards, Mozilla will actually make developers' lives easier. This is because it can offer all the functionality and performance of a native app but in a platform-agnostic way, thereby opening up the potential audience.

"One of our hopes 10 years from now — which is very hard to forsee — is that you will have the web uplifted; you'll have these APIs we pioneered and more," he said.

"If you look at these APIs we've pioneered in the W3C, it wasn't just Mozilla — it was Nokia, Microsoft, Samsung and some of the Chrome OS people from Google. So there's enough strength in numbers there to get the web uplifted," Eich pointed out.

With the lure of Apple's ecosystem and reach, the iOS platform is often the first stop for developers. But Eich predicts that even this will change, as web technology matures.

"Apple has too healthy a balance sheet not to be around in 10 years. I'm sure they will have a native application stack in 10 years," he said. "I'm sure it will be awesome, but I have a feeling the web will be pretty darn good, and you won't have this tension between native versus web that we're endlessly debating these days."

Posted by Unknown Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Mozilla Shows Off Firefox OS Build On A ZTE Phone

Back in July, Mozilla declared that its cellular os, formally known as Mozilla Firefox OS, would be put into some low end cellular mobile phones starting in early 2013 in South america. The OS is depending on HTML5, the same terminology used to make websites and other programs.

Now videos clip has been published to the formal Chrome route displaying off the functions of Mozilla OS running on a designer phone by China producer ZTE, which you can view below.



The display, which was registered last Thrusday and submitted on Friday, reveals the contacting abilities, connections list, Mozilla Firefox web browser, exclusive key pad, digital camera, images collection, and Industry app for finding and installing additional software.

The movie also reveals an example of an app called Galactians2 by Space Creature Games being set up from the Industry (jump to 2.45) and then being released.

The big promoting feature for Mozilla Firefox OS is not only that it's free, all of its functions, such as texting, contacting, programs and more, will be depending on HTML5. Mozilla states:

    "Due to the search engine marketing of the foundation for entry-level cellular mobile phones and the elimination of needless middleware levels, cellular providers will have the ability to offer wealthier encounters at a variety of prices such as at the low end of the smart phone cost variety, assisting to drive adopting across creating marketplaces,"

You can also get in on the action, Mozilla is enabling anyone with a Microsoft windows, Linux system or Mac PC to check out and even test creates of Mozilla Firefox OS.

You can download the Firefox OS daily desktop builds right now. Head over to the Gaia Hacking Wiki page for instructions on how to set up your PC to install it.

Update: As some of the comments are already pointing out, the OS is laggy and choppy, but it is designed for low end phones, so don't expect much!

Posted by Unknown Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Firefox OS Marketplace Screenshots Surface

Mozilla had declared the Chrome OS at the starting of September this season and mentioned that they had been working on a "Boot to Gecko" venture, which is generally a cellular os that is based on the Web and HTML5. Towards the end of the 30 days, the product declared the option the Chrome OS every night creates, which are available for examining from the Mozilla website. The newest information regarding this future os comes via Engadget in the form of some screenshots of the cellular Chrome Market.

A repor by Jon Fingas declares, “From what we've seen of the present shop, it's a considerable crack from the top-level store we saw back in the Start to Gecko days, in addition to Mozilla Market on the pc. The further discovery reveals a simple shop that's targeted on quickly sampling into individual groups rather than an large quantity of outlined programs. We're not seeing any stunning details -- there's only free programs noticeable in these starting pictures, for example -- but the collection is evidence that Mozilla is well on its way to fleshing out the primary of its OS for a release next season.”
For those not in the know, the Chrome OS for cellular mobile phone gadgets is designed on Mozilla’s “Boot to Gecko" venture, which opens many of the present restrictions of web growth on cellular, enabling HTML5 programs to accessibility the actual abilities of a mobile phone that were formerly only available to local programs. Telefónica’s Electronic device had connected with Mozilla starting this season to take this work and display a new mobile phone structure where every mobile phone function, such as contacting, texting, games, etc., is an HTML5 program.

Mozilla statements that due to the optimization of the foundation for entry-level mobile phones and the elimination of needless middleware levels, cellular providers will have the capability to offer wealthier encounters at a variety of prices, such as at the low-end of the smart mobile phone budget, assisting to generate adopting across creating marketplaces. Mozilla and all other members are dedicated to guaranteeing the venture is completely start and the referrals execution of the required Web APIs is being posted to W3C for standardisation.

Speaking at the statement, H Kovacs, CEO, Mozilla, said, “The release of the start cellular OS carries on the Mozilla objective to market visibility, advancement and chance on the Web for customers and designers.  As immeasureable customers are required to come online for the first time in in the future, it is important to provide a powerful smart mobile phone encounter that anyone can use. The high number of providers and producers now assisting this attempt will carry additional sources and variety to our international promotions.”

Also leaving comments at the statement of the Chrome OS, Matthew Key, Chair and CEO of Telefónica Electronic said, “Firefox OS will carry a better smart mobile phone encounter to a higher percentage of the inhabitants at a more affordable. This is essential for us to speed up the adopting of mobile phones in creating marketplaces. The depth of assistance for this attempt across the market makes it clear that there is an chance in the market for a new, start cellular environment.”

Posted by Unknown Tuesday, September 04, 2012

Firefox 15 For Android Released, Along With Firefox-Based FPS

Mozilla has already released version 15 of the Firefox web internet browser for PC, Mac and A linux users, but that's not the only new or modified venture the company released this weeks time. Mozilla has also released a new edition of Firefox for Android operating system cellular phones and pills.

The Google Play store now has Firefox 15 available for download. The change log shows that the new edition has an modified individual interface made especially for Android-based pills. It also allows customers to change between a web website's pc and (if available) cellular web edition from the selection, which should please hefty Neowin customers.

Firefox 15 for Android operating system will also allow for customers to transfer the favorites and record from a lamps frequent web internet browser. An eye have also been enhanced, including a "swipe to close" function.

As if that were not enough, Mozilla has also released a new and free internet browser centered first person present shooter known as BananaBread (yeah, we have no idea either). The venture was designed as a idea to make a FPS design activity using C++ and OpenGL value and operating on JavaScript and WebGL.

The Quake III Arena-style activity has three levels to choose from, where gamers fight against crawlers, with five different weaponry available. The experience can be performed with the pc edition of Firefox 15, along with Firefox. However, it won't work on Internet Traveler because it currently doesn't assistance WebGL. The BananaBread page declares, "Please ask Microsoft to support it."

Posted by Unknown Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Firefox For Windows 8 Preview Due By End Of September

Earlier this year, Mozilla declared its programs to release a edition of its Mozilla FireFox web web browser that would be made specifically for the City (now "Modern") UI in Windows 8. This week, one of the developers on the project, Mark Bondy, has offered up a new growth upgrade on Mozilla FireFox for Windows 8.

In a new post on his blog, Bondy states, "Work on the City style allowed pc web browser has developed continuously and things are looking really good." Bondy says that Mozilla now programs to release a review edition of Mozilla FireFox for Windows 8 sometime in the third one fourth, which means that the company is focusing on a release before the end of Sept. Bondy adds that he considers Mozilla has programs for a try out release sometime in the fourth one fourth of 2012.

Bondy also lists a number of the features that the Windows 8 Mozilla FireFox team have executed into their growth build, including crash confirming, a built in PDF audience, windowless Flash assistance and more. While add-on assistance won't be a part of the first edition of the Windows 8 port, Bondy says that add-on assistance will be put into the web browser in the future.

Bondy also says, "We'll have some kind of synchronize performance to synchronize data between your City interface and your pc interface. We're hoping for a local, no installation synchronize performance, but at worst it will be done through the current synchronize performance."

Posted by Unknown Friday, August 17, 2012

Firefox 16 Will Have Integral Web Apps.

 Mozilla has declared that Chrome 16 will have assistance for web applications in its editions for Windows, Mac and A linux systemunix. This indicates that when the business's Industry is launched, which could be Q4 of 2012, customers will be able to run web-based programs from any of their gadgets. It is also exciting to observe that Chrome OS is arriving next year, and this whole package is part of Mozilla’s Kilimanjaro venture, with excellent syncing functions at the primary.

The Chrome weblog had lately declared the discharge of a new edition of try out for Chrome 15. However, one of the main specifications of the new edition of this well-known web web browser was restoring storage leaking, both for the web browser and its add-ons. Chrome has been getting critique from the time its first editions were presented over its hoggish storage specifications. But these days, Mozilla has made excellent upgrades to the browser’s storage control, which is a fantastic thing. Another significant modify to the try out of the new edition of Chrome is the inclusion of assistance of the Opus sound structure. The structure can be performed straight in Chrome 15 and provides better pressure than types such as MP3, OGG and AAC. It is also expected to be excellent for both songs and conversation, can dynamically modify bitrate, sound information and programming wait, and can handle both entertaining and pre-recorded programs.

Along with the web app assistance in Chrome 16, Chrome for Operating system has also got modified. It functions better protection and comfort with functions such as Do Not Monitor. There is also full assistance for HTML5 and Web APIs. Users can synchronize their pc record, favorites and security account details to all gadgets for a faster surfing around experience. More customized functions and add-ons have been involved in this new upgrade as well. The stay thumbnail pictures let you modify between an eye to demonstrate you modified pictures from your site. Another exciting function is the Audience Function that allows you add websites to a ‘Reading list’ so you can preserve it for later studying. It does look like a identical function to what Wallet for Operating system provides but we’ll have to try it out to know for sure. Search recommendations pop up when you are entering into the place bar, providing you faster entry to your websites. Next is the "tab send" function that, as the name indicates, allows you deliver an eye to any of your other computer systems or gadgets that are synced with Chrome Sync.

Posted by Unknown Thursday, July 26, 2012