> marginalizing native will only make this platform a no-go for a lot of very good applications out there Not marginalizing native, not going with JS+HTML5 for

> marginalizing native will only make this platform a no-go for a lot of very good applications out there Not marginalizing native, not going with JS+HTML5 for the whole interface, also makes it completely uninteresting. You can't win market-share away from Android unless you target a different market (which is quite difficult, as Android and iOS are everywhere) and/or you're newsworthy. Notice the complete failure of Windows Phone, even with Nokia and Microsoft's muscles behind it. And at least Firefox OS is newsworthy in the sense that (1) it's building a whole OS interface around the web, which makes us web developers happy and (2) the browser is the best sandbox, so in regards to malware you can eliminate the need for "curated" marketplaces. > NO, Emscripten doenst count.. its pure madness this is being pushed like if it were some sort of solution to all of our problems Apps compiled with Emscripten run everywhere and they run fine in both Chrome and Firefox. Emscripten is targeting asm.js. On Firefox, asm.js is AOT compiled by the browser. Performance is pretty good too. Many Android developers don't seem to mind writing games in Java, so where's the problem? > the Web itself its not there yet Well, that's one the goals of Firefox OS. To push the web forward. As part of its mission statement, Firefox OS will introduce new APIs that will be then pushed for standardization. It's a win-win for everybody. > stand against iOS and Android in terms of quality and usability Quality and usability aren't the only things that matter. > being in the low end of the phone industry chain; its a pretty harsh place to be That's also the only place where a new operating system has any chance of winning any marketshare whatsoever. It's a seriously ignored market after Nokia dropped the ball.