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Here's what Mozilla needs to "fix" in Firefox OS IMO: - have real browser. Seriously. Firefox on Android is a much better browser. - handle the software, and
by Aissen 12y ago
Here's what Mozilla needs to "fix" in Firefox OS IMO:
- have real browser. Seriously. Firefox on Android is a much better browser.
- handle the software, and the updates, Microsoft-style. Maybe have OEMs pay for this service, maybe involve the community. Seriously, all Firefox OS devices sold have an ancient version of the OS. It means I'm safer when I'm using Firefox on Android than when I'm using a Firefox OS phone.
I understand the tradeoffs that led them to this decision (their dependency on the Android stack for example), but they seriously need to rethink it.
- allow for native code to run. I know it's hard. Even Google with it's uber-optimized (or so they thought at the time) Dalvik (for small phones) understood the need for the NDK. I'm not sure asm.js can cut it, as I've yet to see console-class games on Firefox OS like there are on Android and iOS.
- Of course, they need to continue their groundwork on APIs. There shouldn't be a thing you can do on say, iOS or WP and not in Firefox OS (and I'm not saying Android because it gives a lot of power to developers).
- They need a flagship phone, for everyone. Not a "developer phone" (although it can act as one), but a real flagship.