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>In 2013 we launched Firefox OS , the first open Web devices based entirely in Web technologies This early sentence really derailed me. There is so much going
by mapgrep 13y ago
>In 2013 we launched Firefox OS , the first open Web devices based entirely in Web technologies
This early sentence really derailed me. There is so much going on:
-What is an "open web device", what qualifies? Maybe put a link here?
-Why is Firefox OS called an OS if it is actually devices?
-Is being based IN web technologies the same as being based ON web technologies?
-And there is a weird implication here that there have been open web devices NOT based on web technologies but now we have open web devices that actually ARE based on web technologies. That can't be right, can it?
From what I can tell the sentence should read something like, "In 2013 we launched Firefox OS, the first [mobile?] operating system based entirely on Web technologies."
- jaredsohn 13y agoMy interpretation: "Web device" implies a device that allows browsing the web (such as a smartphone or tablet). "open" implies that it is open source to some extent (similar to Android). "based entirely on web technologies" differentiates it from Android in that all apps are web apps and use standardized web APIs to access the hardware rather than having native apps that use proprietary APIs. It does seem weird that the sentence use the term "OS" to describe devices, though.