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> For example, if there was a device that focused on running progressive web apps well, there would be a market today than compared to the past when horsepower
by rrix2 9y ago
> For example, if there was a device that focused on running progressive web apps well, there would be a market today than compared to the past when horsepower wasn't at the level it is at now.
How does that explain the failure of FirefoxOS?
- fabrice_d 9y agoFirefoxOS lacked official support from key apps (eg. Whatsapp), and then lacked support from Mozilla leadership. With today's PWAs it would be a wonderful OS.
- pjmlp 9y agoI keep seeing webapps failing since Nokia introduced Web Runtime for Symbian.....
- petecox 9y agoChrome OS has proven the viability of an HTML5-based OS. In Mozilla's case it was an inability to define a market more than the technology stack. I had a Flame. While the OS started a little rough around the edges, by Firefox OS 2.5 it was perfectly usable as a daily driver with modest specs by 2017 standards.
- pjmlp 9y agoOnly in the US school system, because it isn't used anywhere else. Even here, most people buy Chromebooks to replace ChromeOS with an usable version of GNU/Linux, just like we used to do with Windows 95/98 back in the day.
- Brakenshire 9y agoPWA's weren't ready 2 years ago when FirefoxOS was being pushed, they're probably still not ready but there is major progress. It's mostly about scale and ecosystem now, development of well designed touch-friendly web components, iOS implementing Service Workers as is currently underway, and so on. That's not to say they can or will replace native apps, but there will be a growing overlap.