> Since Firefox OS limits you to running HTML5 apps, the best you can do is create a new skin for Mozilla's browser.
Right.
> The same limitation that iOS imposes on its users.
And wrong. With Firefox OS there is a major difference: Should you ever decide to leave it (or should Mozilla do so), you don't lose your apps. Because those are web-apps and they are not locked into a closed eco-system.
> And wrong. With Firefox OS there is a major difference: Should you ever decide to leave it (or should Mozilla do so), you don't lose your apps. Because those are web-apps and they are not locked into a closed eco-system.
Only IF those apps run on your next device. Considering HTML5's track record of cross browser incompatibility, that's a big IF. The HTML5 "standard" is so broken and performance so poor, that's one eco-system I'd rather not be part of.
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> Since Firefox OS limits you to running HTML5 apps, the best you can do is create a new skin for Mozilla's browser.
Right.
> The same limitation that iOS imposes on its users.
And wrong. With Firefox OS there is a major difference: Should you ever decide to leave it (or should Mozilla do so), you don't lose your apps. Because those are web-apps and they are not locked into a closed eco-system.
> And wrong. With Firefox OS there is a major difference: Should you ever decide to leave it (or should Mozilla do so), you don't lose your apps. Because those are web-apps and they are not locked into a closed eco-system.
Only IF those apps run on your next device. Considering HTML5's track record of cross browser incompatibility, that's a big IF. The HTML5 "standard" is so broken and performance so poor, that's one eco-system I'd rather not be part of.