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Mozilla Document Shows Firefox OS Tablet, TV Stick, Router, Keyboard Computer
An anonymous reader writes: Earlier this month, Mozilla announced that Firefox OS smartphones would no longer be sold via carriers. Because the company refused to talk about what's next for Firefox OS, aside from saying it will experiment with "connected devices," many were left simply to speculate as to what could be in the pipeline. Today, we have a leaked document, which Mozilla confirmed is legitimate. My favorite of the concepts is a Raspberry Pi-based keyboard.
It's all reverting back to what we had decades ago with the Commodore 64, Color Computer 2, Atari ST, Amiga 500, etc.
And which products do you think are Mozilla's core? Their browser which has a steeply declining market share? If they don't branch out to something else, they're going to close up.
More shit no one wants...
How about making their core product suck less instead of more, so it stops declining in market share? (I say this as someone who is still using FF as my primary browser, as I personally think it sucks the least of the available options... but for the past couple years, every version closes that gap just a little bit more...)
Hasn't really declined much for desktop market share, it's the inclusion of mobile stats that make it seem like it is declining quickly.
And that's mostly because most Android users just use the default Chrome installed and do not know any better or just don't care.
You will notice Safari usage increasing as well during the increase of mobile usage.
I've always wanted a lightweight browser with fast JS and page rendering, good memory management, and a well audited code base. Maybe Mozilla can work on something like this?
If you want news from today, you have to come back tomorrow.
Firefox Phone, the only phone less popular than Windows Phone.
So unpopular, even Firefox abandoned it! Mozilla's problem is that they went from innovation to copying everything in sight. Chrome looks a certain way - gotta copy it. Everyone else is coming out with their own OS - Mozilla needs it's own as well. Others are inventing languages - we gotta do that too.
Seriously, routers? Not gonna happen - too much competition, and Firefox would have to farm out the design and manufacturing anyway. Keyboard Raspberry Pi? Niche product at best, with no margins. Firestick? Why? Just another solution to an already solved problem.
The only reason they're doing all this is to justify all those non-tech salaries. The people inside pushing this won't abandon it because it's against their personal financial interests, even though when they're sober they know it's just a money loser and their own goal is to be a leach for as long as possible.
"Transparent" is a shit show that trades on every stereotype going. A man in drag is NOT a transsexual.