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> We wanted to know if it was possible to use Building Blocks not only for its main purpose, that’s creating phone applications, but also as a base to create a standard web site. While I've known that the "phone" has been the primary target so far of FF OS, but still I'm a little sad that I'm reading it. iOS and Android are built for tablets as well as phones. iOS is going to be expanding by allowing more devices to connect in their next version. When I first heard about FF OS, I thought: "Awesome! Now I can start writing HTML5 apps for my phone, my tablet, my desktop, etc." But, then I found out that the goal was just to be a phone. I not only spend a lot more of my day on a laptop/desktop than a phone, but I'd like to live in a future where the software can be written once for desktop, laptop, tablet, phone, "watch", car, or other device, and new hardware can easily be integrated with it (such as a keyboard, printer, car electronics/computer, stereo, etc.). I think it is awesome that FF OS apps will be easier to develop, but I wish there was something fun to develop in HTML5 and JS that I couldn't do already in Android or iOS. To do this, FF OS has to stop being afraid to really dig into Gonk and make it as easily extensible on the hardware side as it is to develop and share HTML5 apps in FF OS. |
Edit: Disclaimer, I work for Mozilla