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Maybe someone here will know - is Firefox OS going to be customized by manufacturers like Android, or the same everywhere like Windows? I know it's open source

by beaner 14y ago

Maybe someone here will know - is Firefox OS going to be customized by manufacturers like Android, or the same everywhere like Windows? I know it's open source so manufacturers could do whatever they want, but maybe there's some agreement I don't know about which will make them keep the standard ui. Anybody know?

dreamdu5t 14y ago
As far as I know, the UI is completely HTML/CSS/JS and can be entirely replaced or customized. Sadly that will just cause horrible fragmentation and bad design as it has for Android.
- Blenderkitty 14y ago
  Yeah - I don't see why people are so excited about this. To me, it looks like the Firefox OS will end up being a carriers' vector to try and assert more control over the phone ecosystem again. Without a big player like Apple, Google, or MS to enforce some ground rules, the carriers can just completely screw with any phone. I think this will be a miserable experience for consumers - think about it - why else would carriers be so excited?
  - dbaupp 14y ago
    Hopefully Mozilla can assert some control over when a carrier/manufacturer is allowed to call something "Firefox OS" (like they do with Firefox itself) so that there is a core brand which is un-crapware-ified.
    - DannyBee 14y ago
      Except mozilla has no real experience in marketing. So you are hoping they can build a brand big enough and powerful enough that carriers are willing to cast aside their main goal of differentiation from each other, just so they can call their phone a "firefox os" phone, instead of hiding what it runs and calling it whatever they want. Good luck with that. :)
- slurgfest 14y ago
  Flexibility doesn't cause bad design. If you want an iPhone and a tightly regulated app store because only an Apple-type platform is acceptable to you, you will still be able to buy an iPhone.

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Maybe someone here will know - is Firefox OS going to be customized by manufacturers like Android, or the same everywhere like Windows? I know it's open source

by beaner 14y ago

dreamdu5t 14y ago
As far as I know, the UI is completely HTML/CSS/JS and can be entirely replaced or customized. Sadly that will just cause horrible fragmentation and bad design as it has for Android.
- Blenderkitty 14y ago
  Yeah - I don't see why people are so excited about this. To me, it looks like the Firefox OS will end up being a carriers' vector to try and assert more control over the phone ecosystem again. Without a big player like Apple, Google, or MS to enforce some ground rules, the carriers can just completely screw with any phone. I think this will be a miserable experience for consumers - think about it - why else would carriers be so excited?
  - dbaupp 14y ago
    Hopefully Mozilla can assert some control over when a carrier/manufacturer is allowed to call something "Firefox OS" (like they do with Firefox itself) so that there is a core brand which is un-crapware-ified.
    - DannyBee 14y ago
      Except mozilla has no real experience in marketing. So you are hoping they can build a brand big enough and powerful enough that carriers are willing to cast aside their main goal of differentiation from each other, just so they can call their phone a "firefox os" phone, instead of hiding what it runs and calling it whatever they want. Good luck with that. :)
- slurgfest 14y ago
  Flexibility doesn't cause bad design. If you want an iPhone and a tightly regulated app store because only an Apple-type platform is acceptable to you, you will still be able to buy an iPhone.