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Posted 19 July 2012 - 08:35 PM

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aka Firefox OS

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Posted 19 July 2012 - 08:37 PM

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Seems like a good idea. Has it compiled for armv6?

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Posted 19 July 2012 - 08:38 PM

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Dazozzo is working on it for the Crescent..

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Posted 19 July 2012 - 08:41 PM

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It also seems rather difficult

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Posted 19 July 2012 - 08:48 PM

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Looks good :)

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Posted 19 July 2012 - 08:53 PM

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Let's hope it works

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Posted 23 July 2012 - 09:34 PM

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Haven't read about Firefox OS, what is it? Is it Android based?
Or is it like Chrome OS, WebOS enyo?

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Posted 23 July 2012 - 10:00 PM

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Basically an OS made of web pages.

http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/b2g/

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Posted 23 July 2012 - 11:23 PM

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I am also working away as a side project.

If you like my work or if I helped, click the Plus button.

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Posted 24 July 2012 - 12:33 AM

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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.

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Posted 24 July 2012 - 01:42 AM

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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?..

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Posted 24 July 2012 - 07:33 AM

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So it's HTML5 based.

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Posted 24 July 2012 - 08:00 AM

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View Postoscar-mark, on 24 July 2012 - 07:33 AM, said:

So it's HTML5 based.

Yeah. It's a complete web based experience, rubbish if you have no Internet.

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Posted 24 July 2012 - 08:11 AM

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Didn't realize skates were armv7 domt know what processor they have

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Posted 24 July 2012 - 08:29 AM

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View Postandy.hyde4, on 24 July 2012 - 08:11 AM, said:

Didn't realize skates were armv7 domt know what processor they have
they're not armv7... they're armv6.

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Posted 24 July 2012 - 08:36 AM

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View PostiReece, on 24 July 2012 - 08:00 AM, said:

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.

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Posted 24 July 2012 - 09:06 AM

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View Postrazzmataz1478, on 24 July 2012 - 08:36 AM, said:



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...

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Posted 24 July 2012 - 09:49 AM

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View PostiReece, on 24 July 2012 - 09:06 AM, said:

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.

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Posted 24 July 2012 - 10:15 AM

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View Postrazzmataz1478, on 24 July 2012 - 09:49 AM, said:



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.

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Posted 24 July 2012 - 11:38 AM

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There are no Firefox OS phones right?
So how do you install it on android?
Can we get WP7, lol :D?

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