Firefox OS

The cluster centers on discussions about Firefox OS, a web-based mobile operating system, including its potential advantages, reasons for failure, comparisons to Android and others, and its legacy in KaiOS.

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Sample Comments

Discordian93 Sep 22, 2024 View on HN

If only Firefox OS had taken off...

cjrd Nov 1, 2013 View on HN

interesting suggestion, why firefox OS?

Ziomislaw May 16, 2013 View on HN

you are mistaken, firefox os does not need "the same hardware" as android, it needs less, a lot less.

jrl Nov 15, 2012 View on HN

FirefoxOS might make the mobile web better. It will give web developers more access to the device's hardware, unlike a website running stock Android browser. Everybody has been saying it for years, native apps can do more than web apps in iOS and Android. I wish that FirefoxOS changed that, similarly to how Chrome pushed HTML5 on the desktop.

fzzzy Jan 25, 2022 View on HN

Starting Firefox OS and expecting it to be viable in less than a year?

Raphael Feb 28, 2013 View on HN

Sounds like Firefox OS. Yes, Google should do that.

PedroBatista Sep 19, 2018 View on HN

Is this another Firefox OS moment?

gkanai Mar 25, 2015 View on HN

There is a web-based mobile phone: Firefox OS.

rat87 Jul 19, 2012 View on HN

Firefox OS = Chrome OS for phonesie a way to encourage webapps rather then attempt to capture os marketshare.

wkat4242 Feb 9, 2023 View on HN

Firefox OS is actually still around in the form of KaiOS for budget phones.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/KaiOS