So Firefox OS is heading to Africa. Great! I'm really excited!
But thinking of it, I joined a chat on Twitter [0] yesterday. The topic was whether Firefox OS can bring web literacy/development to mobiles. You probably have heard about the Firetext project [1]. It's a text processor for Firefox OS, which can also run as website. However, when I assume, that people in Africa does not have a Laptop/ Desktop, but "mobiles" (= smartphones/tablets) at hand, WebIDE is unsuitable as working environment. I myself learned HTML through a text editor + browser. The text editor is their. What is needed is a way to be able to install webapps locally on a device without the need of a PC. I opened a ticket [2] to discuss this their, but other developers may be interested in this feature as well. What are Mozillas rationales about this topic? Is it possible to open an API for this ideas? We have to protect the users against vulnerabilities! What is needed to open up a locally stored html file in the browser app (using file://)? I would like to discuss this topic. Regards, André [0] https://twitter.com/WarrenWhitlock/status/529955398036762624 [1] https://github.com/codexa/firetext [2] https://github.com/codexa/firetext/issues/214 _______________________________________________ dev-b2g mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-b2g
