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		ozten on June 12, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Firefox OS Apps run on Android Our goal with Firefox OS APIs is to create open web standards for the sensors / capabilities on mobile devices. FxOS is a demonstration of new open web APIs, not a new platform to lock people in. Web standardization takes time and Chrome OS / FxOS will hopefully converge and become standards. We should write web apps with standards and progressive enhancement. Raw access to the camera? Use that. No, getUserMedia? Use that. No, file upload? Use that...

micampe on June 12, 2014 [–]

Sorry, deleted my comment while you were posting this. Repeating verbatim here:

“Chrome OS APIs, like Firefox OS APIs are not web APIs, so a Chrome OS app is not a web app, it’s just a regular app developed using web technologies.”

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