Articles by Havi Hoffman
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Build Your Next App With a Flame
Update:This program is now closed. We are no longer accepting new “phones for apps” proposals for Apps on a Flame. The form to submit is no longer available. Thanks for all the great apps built or ported for Firefox OS. If you’re still working on an app, we can’t wait to see it live in […]
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Firefox OS App Workshop Prague
Update:This event will be rescheduled for Autumn 2014. We are designing the workshop with a new regional focus and aim to re-open the invitation request form with a confirmed date and venue before the summer starts. Please stay tuned here on the Hacks blog. Back in March, Mozilla tech evangelist Frédéric Harper visited Prague in […]
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The Translation of the Firetext App
Firetext is an open-source word processor that aims to provide a user-friendly editing experience, and to fill a major gap in functionality on Firefox OS. Learn how Firetext was localized!
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Wanted: Awesome HTML5 app ports for Firefox OS & the Open Web
A bit of background In 2013, Mozilla and our partners launched Firefox OS in fourteen markets. We released three Firefox OS smartphone models and a Geeksphone developer preview device. Our Developer Relations team hosted eight invite-only workshops for app developers around the world: Mountain View, London, Madrid, Bogota, Warsaw, Porto Alegre, Guadalajara, and Budapest. This […]
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Write Elsewhere, Run on Firefox OS
Over the last year we’ve been recruiting developers who’ve already built apps for various Open Web and HTML5 platforms: apps for native platforms built with PhoneGap, Appcelerator Titanium or hand-coded wrappers; HTML5 apps built for Amazon Appstore, Blackberry Webworks, Chrome Dev Store, Windows Phone, and WebOS; and C++ apps translated to JavaScript with Emscripten. We’ve […]
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New Firefox OS App Workshops & Other Updates
Here in the virtual headquarters of Mozilla’s geo-distributed tech evangelism team, we always have bags packed and traveling shoes on. Today we’re happy to announce a couple of new Firefox OS App Workshops for web developers: we’ll be in Guadalajara, Mexico, on Saturday, October 26, and we’ll be in Budapest, Hungary, on Saturday, November 23. […]
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Calling All Porters: Phones for App Ports to Firefox OS
Back in May we launched a program for app developers called Phones for Apps for Firefox OS. We heard from thousands of developers in all corners of the world– thank you for your overwhelming interest. Since then we’ve shipped out heaps of Geeksphone Keon Firefox OS Developer Preview phones and we’ve listed many new apps […]
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Phones for Apps for Firefox OS
Update: Today, Wednesday, June 19, we began inviting app developers with winning Firefox OS app proposals to join the Phones for Apps program. We will begin shipping Geeksphones to app developers who’ve committed to building and porting apps for Firefox OS. Congratulations. Thanks to everyone who participated by sending a proposal. The open mobile web […]
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Announcing Firefox OS App Workshops
Madrid, Bogotá, Warsaw & Beyond Firefox OS phones will be available to consumers in several countries this summer, and they will be looking for great apps to install from Firefox Marketplace. If you know how to build mobile app experiences with HTML5 and JavaScript, we’re looking for you—especially if you’d like to develop apps in […]
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A Conversation With Appeio Developer Harold Fudge
Editor’s note: Appeio is no longer available, and Harold is now spending his time with his consultancy. Last month we released Firefox Marketplace on the Aurora channel of Firefox for Android. This release has given developers an opportunity to start building a base of early adopters and get feedback on apps as the Marketplace grows. […]