Apps Articles
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HTML5: The difference between an App and a Page.
HTML5 is only one part of the”Stack” HTML5 is really more than one thing. In the strictest sense, HTML5 is fifth major revision of the W3C specification of the markup language that is used to create web pages. But in a practical sense, HTML5 is far more than that. For developers, HTML is a wave […]
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Creating a mobile app from a simple HTML site: Part 3
Adding a server to separate the app from its data This is the third part in our series of posts about creating a dynamic mobile app from a simple HTML site. In Part 2 we separated the data from its visual representation, but the data is still contained inside the app. In this article, we […]
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Easier in-app payments with fxpay
For developers building web applications on Firefox OS or Firefox Desktop, supporting payments is easy with Mozilla’s fxpay library. In addition to accepting credit cards, Mozilla’s payment system lets users charge purchases directly to their phone bill in many countries—making it ideal for mobile commerce. Since our first introduction to fxpay the library has received […]
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An analytics primer for developers
There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics – Mark Twain Deciding what to track (all the things) When you are adding analytics to a system you should try to log everything. At some point in the future if you need to pull information out of a system it’s much better to […]
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Launching Open Web Apps feedback channels – help us make the web better!
About three months ago we launched a feedback channel for the Firefox Developer Tools, and since it was a great success, we’re happy announce a new one for Open Web Apps! For Developer Tools, we have, and keep on getting, excellent suggestions at http://mzl.la/devtools, which has lead to features coming from ideas there being implemented […]
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Custom Elements for Custom Applications – Web Components with Mozilla's Brick and X-Tag
In this article, we will explore the use of Mozilla’s Brick and X-Tag libraries. First we’ll use Brick to rapidly prototype a simple application. Then, we’ll build a custom web component using X-Tag. The Technology Brick: Curated Web Components Brick is a set of modular, reusable UI components. The components are designed for adaptive, responsive […]
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Weekly HTML5 Apps Developer Resources, October 24th 2012
Weekly Resources for HTML5 Apps Developers Articles Using HTML5’s canvas and audio elements for a guitar tuning mobile app Rendering templates obsolete with JavaScript Rich JavaScript Applications – the Seven Frameworks Getting HTML5 Ready – CORS Five things you didn’t know the web could do Resources Fuel UX extends Twitter Bootstrap with additional lightweight JavaScript […]
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Five Potential Privacy Pitfalls for App Developers
Fighting for data privacy — making sure people know who has access to their data, where it goes or could go, and that they have a choice in all of it — is part of Mozilla’s DNA. Privacy is an integral part of building an Internet where people come first. “Individuals’ security and privacy on […]
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Privacy policy guidelines and Template for web apps
Releasing an app is much more than just coding it. You are providing a service to people and they trust you with their data. With the amount of reports of apps “calling home” and storing and sending your data to third parties without your consent rising it is important to make it plain and obvious […]
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Enhance your HTML5 app with audio.
When we think of sound in an HTML application we might think of two things: We remember all those sites that started playing loud obnoxious background music when the page loads and then we think about music playing apps. Sound can however be much more: when building immersive app experiences it can be a crucial […]