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I hope they add C-library support soon so things like PhoneGap plugins can work with the OS. It seems like a natural fit.

• Skinney 13y ago
  Uhh... Wouldn't it make more sense to just create a PhoneGap wrapper in Javascript? I mean, PhoneGap is mostly just javascript bindings for things like camera og sensors, which Firefox already has js bindings for, right?
  • mahyarm 13y ago
    If you have your own plugins or native libraries that none of the Firefox OS stuff will cover functionality for now or in the future, then no, it's not enough. Also games are huge part of mobile sales, and sales is the biggest driver of developer adoption. I feel like webOS's slowness in adopting native access kneecapped them in game porting. As a new platform, the less barriers the better to getting games ported, the better.
• hansjorg 13y ago
  As Skinney says, Mozilla are creating JS APIs for access to hardware and commonly needed phone features in Firefox OS. Check out the WebAPI list: https://wiki.mozilla.org/WebAPI#APIs https://wiki.mozilla.org/WebAPI#APIs Some of these APIs are also available or planned for the Firefox Desktop and Android versions (availability column).
• rhelmer 13y ago
  PhoneGap will be supporting FirefoxOS directly as a supported platform: http://phonegap.com/blog/2013/07/31/phonegap-30-faq/ http://phonegap.com/blog/2013/07/31/phonegap-30-faq/
• ubernostrum 13y ago
  Sort of the whole point of Firefox OS is that the apps are just web technology, and it's coming from people whose mission is to promote open web technology. I don't see how "ignore the web technology and write apps in C" would further that mission.