The web is the platform - why FirefoxOS matters

FIREFOX OS @ FOSDEM

Tristan Nitot

Principal Mozilla Evangelist, Mozilla Europe Founder

tnitot@mozilla.com - twitter: @nitot

THE END OF THE WEB BROWSER?

WHAT WOULD WE LOSE?

•Generative nature of the Web - everybody can

participate, no need to ask for permission

•customization of the experience - Add-ons,

Greasemonkey, User-CSS

•The non-commercial part of the Web - what

makes the Web different from TV

FUTURE IS MOBILE

HOW PEOPLE EXPERIENCE THE INTERNET

HOW PEOPLE EXPERIENCE THE INTERNET

HOW THE WEB CAN

REMAIN RELEVANT IN A

MOBILE WORLD?

HOW CAN MOZILLA PURSUE

ITS MISSION

IN A MOBILE WORLD?

1 - KEEP MAKING FIREFOX FOR

DESKTOP AWESOME

2 - KEEP MAKING FIREFOX FOR

ANDROID AWESOME

COMPETING ON MOBILE IS

HARD, ESPECIALLY WITH THE

PLATFORM OWNER

(ON IOS) "SAFARI ALMOST FOUR

TIMES FASTER THAN CHROME

IN JAVASCRIPT"

- ARSTECHNICA

MOBILE PLATFORMS ARE

PROPRIETARY

HTML5: THE WEB IS THE PLATFORM

One open technology to bind them all

3 - MAKE FIREFOX OS

AN OPEN MOBILE PLATFORM

Firefox OS

Complete, standalone

operating system for the

open Web, built entirely

using HTML5 & standard

Web APIs

EVERYTHING IS A WEB PAGE!

Variations around the

Home screen

Variations around

the incoming call screen

FIREFOX OS: HOW AN OPEN WEB PHONE

CONNECTS HTML5 TO HARDWARE

Web Browser/Platform

Native API-based UI

Kernel (e.g. Android, iOS,

Win7, etc.)

Device (phone, tablet,

desktop)

APIs

Web-based User Experience/Web

Content

Kernel

Device

Web Engine/ Standard Device

APIs

Existing Platforms(smartphones only)

Firefox OS

Significantly

smaller stack:

Scales from

high-end

feature phones

to high-end

smartphones}

MARKETPLACE: THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS

FIREFOX

MARKETPLACE

Content owners can use the

Firefox Marketplace to

enhance discoverability

and make monetization

easier.

They can also sell directly

(going through the

marketplace is optional)

THE WEB IS THE

(MOBILE) PLATFORM

JUL 2012: ANNOUNCE

PARTNERS

•Chipset : Qualcomm

•Hardware : ZTE & TCL

•Carriers : Deutsche Telekom,

Etisalat, Smart, Sprint, Telecom

Italia, Telefonica & Telenor

JAN 15, 2013: FIREFOX 1.0

REACHED

JAN 23, 2013: FIREFOX OS DEVELOPER

PHONES ANNOUNCED REACHED

JAN 26, 2013: FIREFOX OS

APPDAYS IN 25 CITIES

FEB 24-28: MOBILE WORLD

CONGRESS, BARCELONA

HOW TO HELP

•Attend the Firefox OS talks at Fosdem, engage

with Mozilla developers!

•Contribute to Mozilla:

•http://www.mozilla.org/contribute

•Build Mobile Web Apps:

•https://marketplace.firefox.com/

THANK YOU!

@nitot