Mozilla bet to confront the powerful iOS and Android OS Firefox entered a phase of public beta this week. Now developers worldwide can download and run the operating system, which will make its world premiere Brazilian shelves in early 2013.
This is the first time the software was officially announced in May, can be tested publicly. Despite being aimed at smartphones and tablets, for now the program is only able to run on computers with Windows, Mac OS X or Linux, since it is only one version prior to application developers. "If you're a developer, you can use this version for creating and testing your own webApp," explains the team responsible for creating the new platform.
Unlike its rivals, Firefox OS will run applications created in pure HTML5, which should make life easier for developers. Remember that multiple applications for iOS and Android are also created in HTML5, but are then "locked" in specific formats for their systems.
On Thursday a blog called TechWeekEurope released a series of screenshots of Firefox OS. The images showed an elegant system, with elements inspired by Android, iOS and even Chrome. Soon after the Mozilla "about" confirmed the veracity of the images, saying that these were old pictures and a new look will be revealed soon.
To test the Firefox OS, follow the instructions on the Mozilla developer wiki. You must download the source code and compile the Firefox OS on their own.
This is the first time the software was officially announced in May, can be tested publicly. Despite being aimed at smartphones and tablets, for now the program is only able to run on computers with Windows, Mac OS X or Linux, since it is only one version prior to application developers. "If you're a developer, you can use this version for creating and testing your own webApp," explains the team responsible for creating the new platform.
Unlike its rivals, Firefox OS will run applications created in pure HTML5, which should make life easier for developers. Remember that multiple applications for iOS and Android are also created in HTML5, but are then "locked" in specific formats for their systems.
On Thursday a blog called TechWeekEurope released a series of screenshots of Firefox OS. The images showed an elegant system, with elements inspired by Android, iOS and even Chrome. Soon after the Mozilla "about" confirmed the veracity of the images, saying that these were old pictures and a new look will be revealed soon.
To test the Firefox OS, follow the instructions on the Mozilla developer wiki. You must download the source code and compile the Firefox OS on their own.
