Thank you very much, Andrew. That did help. And also your posts http://www.andrewsavory.com/blog/2012/2471 and http://www.andrewsavory.com/blog/2012/2468 were interesting and insightful.
On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 4:43 PM, Andrew Savory <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Tim, > > On 27 September 2012 13:52, Tim Babych <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Can please someone point me to posts or quickly outline benefits of b2g >> comparing to Tizen? I am preparing a talk on b2g and had that question >> asked before >> > > Some initial hasty thoughts, following on from this question being asked > last night at the London meetup as well. > > B2G: > - thin linux layer (shared with Android I believe) with just a web runtime > on top. Everything you see is a web app, the entire UI is built with > HTML/CSS/JS. There's no native (aside from the runtime itself). > - open source project hosted by mozilla; anyone can contribute; also > leverages firefox developer ecosystem > - uses open development principles, so anyone can show up and suggest > future development path > - strong support from Telefonica and others > - no custom sdk, you use your existing web tooling to develop apps (this > is a benefit!) > - documentation benefits from extensive html docs already available > > Tizen: > - full linux stack. UI is a mix of native and web runtime (and was to > include e.g. flash/air though I suspect that will be deprecated) > - open source code hosted by linux foundation; contribution is done via > gatekeeping by samsung/intel > - not true open development (membership in most project teams is > invite-only and is mainly open to people at companies who are building > products based on Tizen) > - support from "broad cross-section of the mobile ecosystem", see for > example > http://tizenassociation.org/en/tizen-association/board-of-directors > - custom native sdk, eclipse-based, can also build web apps using web > tooling > - extensive documentation at https://developer.tizen.org/documentation > > Some of the benefits of B2G: it can leverage the rich world of open web > standards and specifications; it is extremely easy to build apps; no need > to know C/C++ or to have a large SDK / toolchain; instant developer > feedback when building apps; you can install it on a number of > commercially-available handsets for development/testing purposes (with > Tizen you can request developer handsets but I don't believe you can > install it on existing commercially-available handsets). > > Hope that helps. I'll try to write up a more detailed analysis in the next > few days. > > Andrew. > -- > [email protected] / [email protected] > http://www.andrewsavory.com/ > -- Sincerely, Tim Babych http://clear.com.ua _______________________________________________ dev-b2g mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g
