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Re: Tizen 2.0 Magnolia SDK and Source Code Release

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Post by josteink » Thu, Mar 21, 2013, 4:21 PM UTC

thelukester wrote: post #13

lucian1900 wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Firefox OS has native apps and of course allows alternate browsers.

WRONG on both counts. Firefox OS only allows apps to run under its javascript VM engine. Under no way shape or form can you compare the performance of a native app to those running under a javascript VM. Since Firefox OS limits you to running HTML5 apps, the best you can do is create a new skin for Mozilla's browser. The same limitation that iOS imposes on its users.

> Since Firefox OS limits you to running HTML5 apps, the best you can do is create a new skin for Mozilla's browser.

Right.

> The same limitation that iOS imposes on its users.

And wrong. With Firefox OS there is a major difference: Should you ever decide to leave it (or should Mozilla do so), you don't lose your apps. Because those are web-apps and they are not locked into a closed eco-system.

Re: Tizen 2.0 Magnolia SDK and Source Code Release

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Post by bshastry » Thu, Mar 21, 2013, 4:47 PM UTC

smogzer wrote: post #6

I don't get all the development... so is this like an html5 player ? linux + some webkit ? what's the novelty ? Again a bunch of developers working for free on Samsung (20% of SK GDP) plan C mobile phone OS ?

The novelty is in supporting native as well as HTML5 apps. So, it's a hybrid between Firefox OS and Android/iOS on the other. I'm only unsure if it is novelty worth having.

Re: Tizen 2.0 Magnolia SDK and Source Code Release

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Post by slacka » Thu, Mar 21, 2013, 6:45 PM UTC

josteink wrote: post #21

thelukester wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

WRONG on both counts. Firefox OS only allows apps to run under its javascript VM engine. Under no way shape or form can you compare the performance of a native app to those running under a javascript VM. Since Firefox OS limits you to running HTML5 apps, the best you can do is create a new skin for Mozilla's browser. The same limitation that iOS imposes on its users.

> Since Firefox OS limits you to running HTML5 apps, the best you can do is create a new skin for Mozilla's browser. Right. > The same limitation that iOS imposes on its users. And wrong. With Firefox OS there is a major difference: Should you ever decide to leave it (or should Mozilla do so), you don't lose your apps. Because those are web-apps and they are not locked into a closed eco-system.

> And wrong. With Firefox OS there is a major difference: Should you ever decide to leave it (or should Mozilla do so), you don't lose your apps. Because those are web-apps and they are not locked into a closed eco-system.

Only IF those apps run on your next device. Considering HTML5's track record of cross browser incompatibility, that's a big IF. The HTML5 "standard" is so broken and performance so poor, that's one eco-system I'd rather not be part of.