firefox os: bringing the open web to mobile devices
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Tristan Nitot's (Principal Mozilla Evangelist) keynote at WebIt Congress, Istanbul, Turkey on the importance of having the freedom of the Web on mobile applicationsTRANSCRIPT
FIREFOX OSBringing the Open Web to Mobile Devices
Tristan NitotPrincipal Mozilla Evangelist
twitter: @nitot – [email protected]
TODAYTODAY
Mobile Industry is DOMINATED by PROPRIETARY Mobile Platforms
Mobile Industry is DOMINATED by PROPRIETARY Mobile Platforms
• Device Specific Software
• Limited revenue choices
• Customer relationship mediated by
store
• Take-it-or-leave-it policies
• Users and Developers are Locked-In
TOMORROWTOMORROW
Built entirely using HTML5 & standard Web APIs without the need for an intermediate OS layer
Complete, standalone operating system for the open Web
Built entirely using HTML5 & standard Web APIs without the need for an intermediate OS layer
Complete, standalone operating system for the open Web
FIREFOX OS
Create Customized & Differentiated User Experiences (everything is a Web app)
Variations around the Home screen
Variations around the dialer
Web Browser/Platform
Web Browser/Platform
Native API-based UI
Native API-based UI
Kernel (e.g. Android,
iOS, Win7, etc.)
Kernel (e.g. Android,
iOS, Win7, etc.)
Device (phone, tablet,
desktop)
Device (phone, tablet,
desktop)
APIsAPIs
Web-based User Experience/Web
Content
Web-based User Experience/Web
Content
Kernel Kernel
Device Device
Web Engine/ Standard Device
APIs
Web Engine/ Standard Device
APIs
Existing Platforms(smartphones only)
Existing Platforms(smartphones only) Firefox OSFirefox OS
Firefox OS: How an Open Web Phone connects HTML5 to hardware
Significantly smaller stack: Scales from high-end feature phones to high-end smartphones
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FIREFOX MARKETPLACE
Content owners maintain direct connection to their audience
Enhanced discoverability
DEVELOPERS
Easy payment & built-in Carrier billing
Revenue sharing
CARRIERS
Create amazing HTML5 experiences and apps
Developers can write Apps & Services for ONE Platform – the Web
• Web Apps based on HTML5
• Developers will no longer need to learn and develop against platform-specific native APIs
• Write Apps & Services for one platform – the Web
• Web Apps based on HTML5
• Developers will no longer need to learn and develop against platform-specific native APIs
• Write Apps & Services for one platform – the Web
8 Million
450,000+
100,000+
More developers than any
other platform
An affordable smartphone: brings the smartphone experience at a feature phone price point
An affordable smartphone: brings the smartphone experience at a feature phone price point
CONNECT TO THE WEB
Tons of apps to choose from: the Web is the limit!
FOR USERS
Firefox OS demo
Welcome to a new, open and powerful
mobile world!
More info: •marketplace.mozilla.org•developer.mozilla.org/Mobile
Tristan Nitot - @nitot