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Mozilla Launches Firefox OS 3.0 Simulator

Posted by samzenpus on from the try-it-out dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Mozilla on Thursday announced the release of Firefox OS Simulator 3.0, polishing all the features in the preview release as well as making a few more improvements. You can download version 3.0 now for Windows, Mac, and Linux from Mozilla Add-Ons. The following features included in the simulator are now functionally stable, according to Mozilla:
  • Push to Device
  • Rotation simulation
  • Basic geolocation API simulation
  • Manifest validation
  • Stability fixes for installation and updates to apps
  • Newer versions of the Firefox rendering engine and Gaia (the UI for Firefox OS)."

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  1. Mozilla needs to explain ... by guanxi · · Score: 1, Insightful

    ... why the world needs another mobile OS. I imagine they have good reasons, but I read /., I even read Planet Mozilla occasionally, I support Mozilla's overall mission, and I still have no idea.

    Perhaps a tagline or a some consistent, widespread marketing message would help.

    1. Re:Mozilla needs to explain ... by SolitaryMan · · Score: 5, Insightful

      So that we can have truly Free mobile OS?

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      May Peace Prevail On Earth
    2. Re:Mozilla needs to explain ... by SuilAmhain · · Score: 5, Insightful

      It's fairly obvious what they are hoping to do. Same bloody thing they did to the web.

      Try this tagline for size:

      "Hi we are Mozilla and we aim to knock down walled gardens and remove the need to whore every last bit of your privacy just so you can call your mother every now and then"

    3. Re:Mozilla needs to explain ... by epyT-R · · Score: 5, Insightful

      android is riddled with closed binaries for drivers and shell environments. the shells are one thing as they can be replaced, but the drivers truly hamper maintenance and development on hardware.