Wow, it looks like a really slick OS. I think it'll be neat seeing web-apps as first class citizens - it never made sense to me why we have to use Objective-C or Java just to make some UI or whatever.
Having to deal ludicrously overcomplicated environments is what's kept me from writing apps for my own use for my Android phone. I recently took to the decidedly suboptimal choice (on Android) of "simply" writing js/html apps with localstorage as a workaround, so an OS that is designed to actually make apps written that way a first class citizen will be awesome.
If you're interested in seeing the code for it, it's made with love and open sourced up on github. Please try it out and leave us some constructive criticism in our issue tracker: https://github.com/mozilla/r2d2b2g/issues?state=open
Is there any way to get your hands a dev phone without being a mobile app developer rockstar (I assume they give them away to these guys/girls)? Alternatively is there a method to get your hands on the OS and load it on an android phone to play around with?
The simulator is great and all but I love seeing the finished product on an actual phone.
- shop is down, has a white page saying that the shop will
be up again "in the following hours"
- the shop goes live
- the shop sells out
- the shop is up, but says "Out of stock" on product pages
Everything was developed in the open from day 1. We are not hiding anything there. If you get a Keon from Geeksphone, you'll get a good idea of how it performs on low-end hardware similar to the one that will be sold by the first carriers. And it's pretty good I think. (disclaimer: I'm a Mozilla employee working on b2g)
Here is a link from Mozilla explaining whats new in the new version of the simulator:
https://hacks.mozilla.org/2013/05/firefox-os-simulator-3-0-r...