Mozilla Announces Development of Web-Based Mobile Operating System

Firefox browser developer Mozilla announced on Monday that it plans to develop a web-based mobile operating system called "Boot To Gecko".

This project is similar to Chrome OS, but for mobile and tablet devices, Chrome OS is primarily for netbooks.

Mozilla researcher Andreas Gal & Andreas Gal said in an official blog: "We want to figure out why it's difficult for web developers to launch native apps for iPhone, Android and Windows Phone 7. The shoulders of the app. & rdquo; Mozilla hopes to form a developer army, develop a web-based operating system, and use Android components in the underlying language and Gecko browser engine.

The Mozilla operating system will not run Android apps. Boot To Gecko just borrows part of the Android open source project to launch on power buttons and a few other basic tasks, then Mozilla engineers and volunteers write application interfaces ( API), this interface will connect to web applications such as mobile phone cameras, or launch a small number of basic applications.

Mike ·, vice president of technology development at Mozilla; Mike Shaver said they will focus on mobile phones and tablets. He said: "We must make targeted choices, mobile phones and tablets are the most worthwhile areas. ”

In any case, Mozilla needs time to complete the development of this project. It took Google nearly two years to release the first Chrome OS device. Many industry mobile developers and product designers are inspired by the web operating system, but before you try, you need to figure out how to promote this concept to the public.