FirefoxOS

Siddhartha Rao (Mozilla FSA)

So, what exactly

is FirefoxOS?

• New OS for smartphones developed by

Mozilla

• Based on B2G

• built entirely using HTML5 and other open

Web standards

• It is Open Source

Ok! Tell me more…

• Firefox OS is not iOS or Android

• Designed for Emerging Markets

• Full access to a device’s features. You

name it!

• Firefox OS is completely built on web

standards( , & )

PROMISES OF HTML5 Open, independent, standardized

Look it’s clean!

FirefoxOS Architecture

Gaia • UI of FirefoxOS.

• Implemented on web standards

Gecko • Gecko is a layout engine used in Firefox

• Boot-to-Gecko is an environment to run apps

Gonk • Lower level of FirefoxOS

• Accesses the device hardware

Everything

Notifications

Maps

Twitter

Settings

“New is always better!”

Thank You!