Transcript of The Web is the (mobile) platform
- Tristan Nitot - @nitot tnitot@mozilla.com The Web is the
(mobile) Platform
- a global community of people who believe that openness,
innovation, and opportunity are key to the continued health of the
Internet. Mozilla is
- Were known for the Firefox Web browser
- The New Firefox: Easy to use, beautiful & customizable
- Two things to keep in mind: 1 - Were a not-for-prot
organization ! 2 - What we do, we do it for the Web
- The future is mobile
- Google Apple ??? MarketPlace Google Play AppStore Operating
System Android iOS Hardware Motorola & co iPhone Market
position #1 #2 #3 Whos going to be #3? Blackberry? Microsoft?Tizen?
Ubuntu?
- Mozillas vision: The Web is the (mobile) Platform
- How do we get there?
- Firefox for Android Best ranked browser in Google Play
Store
- HTML5: Upgrade the Web so that it can compete with native apps
https://wiki.mozilla.org/WebAPI Vibration Motor Hardware Keys
Proximity Sensor Multitouch NFC Bluetooth Accelerometer Cameras USB
Access Speaker Microphone Light Sensor Gyro
- Firefox OS A complete, standalone operating system for the open
Web, built entirely using HTML5 & standard Web APIs
- Firefox OS: How an Open Web Phone connects HTML5 to hardware
Hardware Drivers Linux Kernel Gecko (Mozillas Web Rendering Engine)
HTML5, JavaScript & CSS Certified apps Privileged apps Hosted
apps { System Marketplace Web Security
- Firefox Marketplace https://marketplace.refox.com/
- Affordable smartphone More hardware choice No gatekeepers: the
Web is the marketplace Adaptive App Search (ability to search and
try apps before installing) Whats in there for users?
- HTML5 Apps can be made available on marketplaces or sell direct
on the Web (no gatekeepers, no middleman!) The Web is a global
platform that belongs to everyone HTML5 also runs on Android and
iOS Whats in there for developers?
- Already millions of Web developers worldwide: long tail of
local apps The Web is a global platform that belongs to everyone
Ability to control a section of the local Firefox marketplace
Operator billing Whats in there for carriers?
- 6 Hardware manufacturers: ZTE, TCL (Alcatel OneTouch), LG,
Huawei, Sony, Foxconn + Qualcomm for the chipset 6 devices
available from LG, Alcatel One Touch & ZTE 18 Carriers :
America Movil, China Unicom, Deutsche Telekom, Etisalat,
HutchisonThree Group, KDDI, KT, Megafon, QTel, SingTel, Smart,
Sprint, Telecom Italia, Telefonica, Telenor, Telstra,TMN, &
VimpelCom Launched in Colombia,Venezuela, Spain, Brazil, Mexico,
Peru & Uruguay byTelefonica. Poland and Germany by
DeutscheTelekom. Hungary, Serbia and Montenegro byTelenor, Italy
byTelecom Italia. Worldwide partnerships
- 2 billion people will get on- line in the next 5 years Theyre
mostly feature- phone users for now Firefox OS runs on inexpensive
hardware Will expand to more high- end hardware in the future For
feature phone users upgrading to their rst smartphone
- Contribute to Mozilla: http://www.mozilla.org/contribute Build
Mobile Web Apps: https://marketplace.refox.com/developers/
https://developer.mozilla.org/ And now?
- Build the digital future we want, not the fragmented one which
is handed down to us.
- Thank you!