Guest razzmataz1478 Posted July 19, 2012 Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 aka Firefox OS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest utternoob Posted July 19, 2012 Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 Seems like a good idea. Has it compiled for armv6? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest razzmataz1478 Posted July 19, 2012 Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 Dazozzo is working on it for the Crescent.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest razzmataz1478 Posted July 19, 2012 Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 It also seems rather difficult Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest timoti111 Posted July 19, 2012 Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 Looks good :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest utternoob Posted July 19, 2012 Report Share Posted July 19, 2012 Let's hope it works Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oscar-mark Posted July 23, 2012 Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 Haven't read about Firefox OS, what is it? Is it Android based? Or is it like Chrome OS, WebOS enyo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest razzmataz1478 Posted July 23, 2012 Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 Basically an OS made of web pages. http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/b2g/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tilal6991 Posted July 23, 2012 Report Share Posted July 23, 2012 I am also working away as a side project. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest PsYcHoKiLLa Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 If it's made with webpages does that mean it'll basically be infinitely customisable? To be honest the default theme leaves a lot to be desired. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest iReece Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 So, it wouldn't work very well on our devices anyway I imagine?.. Being armv6 and all, the web based apps simply won't run properly. Facebook has problems loading up the thing I want (notifications, messages) on the first hit. It's very slow to react. Also, html5 isn't the best on our devices. What will this mean for apps?.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oscar-mark Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 So it's HTML5 based. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest iReece Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 So it's HTML5 based. Yeah. It's a complete web based experience, rubbish if you have no Internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest andy.hyde4 Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 (edited) Didn't realize skates were armv7 domt know what processor they have Edited July 24, 2012 by andy.hyde4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mtman1 Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 Didn't realize skates were armv7 domt know what processor they have they're not armv7... they're armv6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest razzmataz1478 Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 Yeah. It's a complete web based experience, rubbish if you have no Internet. Wrong. You can use it as you would a normal smartphone without internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest iReece Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 Wrong. You can use it as you would a normal smartphone without internet. But if it is a full web style experience, how?.. I read up on it and, correct me if I'm wrong, it uses the Internet for near enough everything?.. Sadly our skates aren't strong on the Internet.. :/ it would take a lot of optimising... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest razzmataz1478 Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 But if it is a full web style experience, how?.. I read up on it and, correct me if I'm wrong, it uses the Internet for near enough everything?.. Sadly our skates aren't strong on the Internet.. :/ it would take a lot of optimising... The interface is built on HTML5. Doesn't mean it has to be online. Take Angry Birds Chrome for example. Built wholly on HTML5, but after you've downloaded it on Chrome OS or Chrome, you can play it offline. And it's still HTML5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest iReece Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 The interface is built on HTML5. Doesn't mean it has to be online. Take Angry Birds Chrome for example. Built wholly on HTML5, but after you've downloaded it on Chrome OS or Chrome, you can play it offline. And it's still HTML5. This is true. Didn't think of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oscar-mark Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 There are no Firefox OS phones right? So how do you install it on android? Can we get WP7, lol :D? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tilal6991 Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 Through recovery. The very low level code is based losely on android. And no WP7 lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest oscar-mark Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 Through recovery. The very low level code is based losely on android. And no WP7 lol. Ok so it is "based" on android. :( :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tilal6991 Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 Ok so it is "based" on android. :( :) Not really. When I say low level, I mean it. This is like ridiculously low and is probably common to all mobile oses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest omegavesko Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 (edited) I think some things need to be cleared up here. - *sigh* yes the Skate is ARMv6. Not sure where people got ARMv7 from. - "Web-based" doesn't mean it requires Internet to work. Any HTML elements are stored locally. - Like Lalit says, it's "based" on Android, but it doesn't mean much to us, other than it's likely we can flash it through a recovery. - The reason we can't get WP7 is because this is open-source and WP7 isn't. - Being open-source, it's already 'infinitely customizable', HTML-based or not. Also, it's called Boot To Gecko (or B2G for short), not Firefox OS (though that is essentially what it is, since is also uses the Gecko engine). Foot, meet mouth. if I remember correctly, the device Mozilla handed out with B2G was the Nexus S (correct me if not). That definitely means it may be possible to run it on other Android phones as well. Edited July 24, 2012 by omegavesko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest iReece Posted July 24, 2012 Report Share Posted July 24, 2012 Actually, it's now called Firefox os. Boot to gecko was the initial name of the PROJECT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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