Hi, I would like to resonate Gareth's view of Firefox OS. I majorly use foxfooding phone for web browsing, and find that at some websites, like sched.org..., it runs faster and smoother. And it has the power that I could make websites easier to be browsed with add-ons, just like what we have on the desktop. It would be really nice if I could turn my deprecated mobile devices into Firefox OS, since these devices get useless once it can't be updated and is not supported by manufacturers.
On Thu, Dec 3, 2015 at 2:56 PM, Gareth Aye <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello! > > I wanted to write a short bit about why I use Firefox and what might make > me use Firefox OS if I weren't working on it. I started thinking about this > after reading through Naoki's thread, but I didn't want to derail that > discussion, so I'm posting a standalone bit. I hope my experience resonates > with others' in some helpful ways. > > I am Linux user. I only use two applications: my terminal and Firefox. > Lots of people like having a ton of different installed apps or content > bookmarks. I want a simpler experience with more control than that. The > browser is like a universal remote control for me. > > I can customize Firefox with addons so that it makes every content > experience I have exactly right for me. I can also debug and inspect all of > the content I view and interact with via the dev tools. I love that my > universal remote lets me investigate what's going on under the hood of any > application. Sometimes there's a banner blocking some text that I want to > read in the browser. I can use my universal remote control to delete that > banner (dev tools delete element). I expect for my remote control to > remember who I am, what content I visit, my passwords, etc across devices. > I love that when I update my browser history and identity on my laptop, it > persists to my phone and vice-versa. > > Firefox makes me feel like a "hacker". With Firefox I am in the driver's > seat and I can tinker with all of the knobs and configurations. A lot of > people don't like looking under the hood and just want things to magically > do what they're hoping to accomplish. Whenever I have experiences like > that, I just wonder about how the thing happened under the hood and wish I > had a way to find out. I recognize that I'm not in the majority of users in > a lot of facets. However, if Firefox OS achieved the same market share on > mobile that Linux has on desktop, we would (rightfully) be _very_ pleased. > > So I'll end with one vision for Firefox OS v3 as food for thought. Firefox > OS isn't an "apps" phone. It's a mobile browser that also gives you > calling, texting, contacts, clock, email, calendar, calculator, music, > video, camera, and file browser functionality. Those bits aren't core apps > so much as they are browser / remote control buttons in a similar way to > how applications like Firefox Hello and Pocket augment the desktop browser. > > Thanks for reading! > Gareth > > _______________________________________________ > dev-fxos mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-fxos > > -- Yi-Fan
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