Apps Articles
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Web Activities – Firefox OS: the platform HTML5 deserves
In the sixth video of our “Firefox OS – the platform HTML5 deserves” series (the previous five videos are published here) we talk about how Web Activities allow you as a developer to access parts of the hardware without having to package your app. Check out the video featuring Chris Heilmann (@codepo8) from Mozilla and […]
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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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Firefox OS Security: Part 2 – User Experience and Security Updates
When presenting Firefox OS to people, security is a big topic. Can an operating system built on web technologies be secure? What has Mozilla built in to avoid drive-by downloads and malware? How can a browser-based app be secure without making the UX suffer by asking the user to react to a lot of “do […]
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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. […]
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Report from San Francisco Gigabit Hack Days with US Ignite
This past weekend, the Internet Archive played host to a crew of futurist hackers for the San Francisco Gigabit Hack Days. The two-day event, organized by Mozilla and the City of San Francisco, was a space for hackers and civic innovators to do some experiments around the potential of community fiber and gigabit networks. Kick-off […]
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The Mozilla Marketplace is now open for app submissions
The Web IS the Platform! Using HTML, CSS and JavaScript, a developer can build an app using responsive design, and that app can offer the same look and feel as a device-native app, without having to rewrite for every desired target platform. One code base – all popular devices! Now, developers can build apps and […]
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Open Web Apps feedback: Consolidating our channels
In August 2014 we announced the opening of a new feedback channel for web apps on UserVoice. It has led to some good discussions and here are a few highlights: This post showed the importance of the nascent FileSystem API. A suggestion about background services reinforced the need for something like the proposed BackgroundSync API. […]
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Turn your Facebook page into a Firefox OS mobile app
Whether you are a business or community page owner, what would be better than increasing your page reachability by offering your standalone mobile app? Apptuter is an open source framework to help you achieve that, with minimum coding knowledge and easy to follow steps you would be able to produce your own app. The framework […]
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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 Days: It's a Wrap!
Over the last few weeks, Mozilla sponsored a worldwide series of hack days for developers to learn about creating apps for Firefox OS. Dubbed “Firefox OS App Days,” the events took place in more than 25 locales around the world, starting on 19 January in Mountain View, California and ending on 2 February in Berlin, […]