fabrice_d

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   by fabrice_d 14y ago

   We have accessibility coming for Firefox OS. It still need some work, but I've seen text to speech working really well last week on a target device (with 256MB of RAM).
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   by fabrice_d 14y ago

   You can install extensions from any site. You'll only get an additional prompt if you're not installing from the mozilla add-on site. You can think it was about control, but this could not be farther from truth. <disclaimer>I work f
3. 723.▲
   by fabrice_d 14y ago

   We can't redistribute binary blobs (gpu drivers for instance) that you need when building the images to flash phones. They are exceptions though, like the nexus S.
4. 724.▲
   by fabrice_d 14y ago

   We can't distribute builds for most of these devices for legal reasons.
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   by fabrice_d 14y ago

   You mean, something like http://blog.twitter.com/2013/02/twitter-for-firefox-os.html ?
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   by fabrice_d 14y ago

   Hm.. I see what you mean. The nice thing is that anyone can experiment and build a different system app that would be more like a browser with apps in tabs if you want. Getting all the UX right and please everybody is hard ;)
7. 727.▲
   by fabrice_d 14y ago

   We only have a limited number of devices, and won't sell any ourselves. For sure we would be happier if geeksphones were available for all to use...
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   by fabrice_d 14y ago

   If you use the twitter site from Firefox OS browser, links will just open in a new tab as you expect. What they where using is the twitter app. In this situation, external links are openened as _target=blank and we redirect these page loads
9. 729.▲
   by fabrice_d 14y ago

   Firefox OS doesn't use SurfaceFlinger at all. Our graphic susbsytem talks directly to the GL layer.
10. 730.▲
    by fabrice_d 14y ago

    That's basically correct. We can update Gecko (the web runtime) and Gaia (the core apps) independently of firmware updates.
11. 731.▲
    by fabrice_d 14y ago

    As low res an unusable as the iphones before the iphone 4....
12. 732.▲
    by fabrice_d 14y ago

    Yes, Firefox OS plays mp3 (and h264 videos), using the hardware decoder from the device.
13. 733.▲
    by fabrice_d 14y ago

    It has been from day one. Just clone https://github.com/mozilla-b2g/B2G to start!
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    by fabrice_d 15y ago

    Feel free to file a github issue at https://github.com/andreasgal/gaia And since we work in the open, we also gladly accept pull requests ;)