Friday, July 5, 2013

Firefox for Android applications will run Firefox OS - Canaltech

For Writing in 05.07.2013 15:25

Firefox OS

browser Firefox for mobile handsets equipped with Android will be able to run applications available for the platform Mozilla’s Firefox OS, as revealed Lucas Rocha, engineer UI Firefox during the 14th Forum International Software Free in Porto Alegre. The information is the newspaper Folha de S. Paul.

Rocha said that the feature works the same way that the extensions available for the web version of browser and still has no release date set. “The idea of ??making apps for web, by definition, is able to make them run anywhere,” said the engineer when asked whether the measure would not be a “shot in the foot” of the company itself.

On the launch of Firefox for iOS devices, Lucas Rocha said that there is no provision for the arrival of the web browser on Apple’s mobile platform. “If we do not have the power to define what the browser will not make sense the iOS app,” he said, criticizing Apple’s position with respect to restriction JavaScript.

Furthermore, the engineer said that the arrival of the first devices equipped with Firefox OS in Brazil is not yet defined. Even with the market being a priority for Mozilla, problems with manufacturers hardware hindered the company’s plans. This week, the ZTE Open with Firefox OS was released in Spain for 69 euros (R $ 200).

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