Thanks Alexandre, nice explanation. I'm happy with 'FirefoxOS Runtime' :) *W I L S O N P A G E*
Front-end Developer Firefox OS (Gaia) London Office Twitter: @wilsonpage IRC: wilsonpage On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 8:22 AM, Alexandre poirot <[email protected]> wrote: > An important difference between simulators shiped via WebIDE and Mulet is > that the simulators includes Gaia, whereas Mulet doesn't. > Mulet has been designed for gaia contributors, that's why it doesn't have > a gaia profile bundled. > Whereas simulators is more handy for apps developers or people that want > to see how FxOS looks like. > > Given that, I like FxOS Runtime for Mulet and FxOS Simulator for the > addons. > FxOS Runtime would easily match b2g-desktop or mulet. We should keep the > internal codename to distinguish the very precise runtime internaly. Who > knows if we won't come up with yet another runtime?? Like > servo-brand-new-haircut! But FxOS Runtime is going to stay and refer to > whatever should be used to run FxOS on desktop. > Note that, like that, the FxOS Simulator has been based on b2g-desktop and > Mulet over time, but we always kept "FxOS Simulator" as final name. > > > 2015-11-13 4:34 GMT+01:00 Fred Lin <[email protected]>: > >> I suggest `FxOS Runtime Environment` (for win, mac, linux), name after >> JRE (java runtime environment), >> make it sounds more like a developer facing tool. >> >> regards >> -- >> Fred >> >> On Fri, Nov 13, 2015 at 6:34 AM, Michael Henretty <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> I like short names, and I think "FxOS" is well accepted as the dev >>> moniker for Firefox OS. I suggest "FxOS Desktop." >>> >>> I think whatever name we chose we should stop distinguishing (externally >>> at least) between Mulet and the Simulator Add-on. They should both be >>> thought of as the same thing, but you can either run it from command line >>> or through WebIDE. >>> >>> Internally we can call one FxOS Desktop and the other one FxOS Desktop >>> Add-on (or something like that). >>> >>> On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 11:14 PM, Staś Małolepszy <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Considering this part of the blogpost Naoki linked: >>>> >>>> Once Mulet is ready, it will *replace* the following development >>>> environments: >>>> * B2G Desktop >>>> * Gaia-on-Firefox-desktop >>>> * Simulator >>>> >>>> …it would seem like we need a name that spans all three of the above. >>>> >>>> I quite like Firefox OS Desktop Runtime. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 11:08 PM, J. Ryan Stinnett <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 4:00 PM, Wilson Page <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> > Firefox OS Simulator >>>>> >>>>> There is already a thing that exists with this name: the simulators >>>>> you install through WebIDE. >>>>> >>>>> These simulators from WebIDE are now (thanks to :ochameau) Mulet >>>>> packaged in an add-on with the UI hidden, so it's just the device >>>>> viewport. >>>>> >>>>> It's probably confusing for them to have same name, since the UI is so >>>>> different...? >>>>> >>>>> - Ryan >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> dev-fxos mailing list >>>>> [email protected] >>>>> https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-fxos >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> dev-fxos mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-fxos >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> dev-fxos mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-fxos >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> dev-fxos mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-fxos >> >> >
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