Mozilla Build Mobile Operating System

Mozilla reveals his plan to use the Gecko engine, which turns the Firefox browser into an open source operating system that can work on mobile phones and tablets. According to a researcher Andreas Gal Mozilla source code will be released to the public in real time, "we will do this work publicly, we will release the source in real time, and we will track any changes that come out of the process. We will try to systems running these applications on the web not only in Firefox "he added.

Mozilla's Mike Shaver vice president of technical strategy, also said that Boot into the Gecko application will not be using SKD Android, but running something new APIs and Web applications. He also identified four areas for development, one of which is a new web API, to "build a prototype API to expose the device and the ability of the OS to run a piece of content." This is how will this operating system will support an important feature of mobile features today, such as telephone, SMS, camera, USB, Bluetooth, and chip area. The second area is to build and develop a model privileges or privileges, which are key to ensuring the security features of new features safe to run.

Boot to the Gecko will include low-level Android programming language for the kernel and driver support for these operating systems can run on android device. Behind the idea of ​​making the operating system Mozilla is creating a system where a web application that works like an application destkop like the IOS on the device Applenya. Mozilla will also use the Tegra 2 for audio and video formats.

The project will begin by running Firefox to Android with the homescreen, with several costumes API. Gal also said in a posting on the forums that the ultimate goal of this project is "to break the grip of proprietary technology in the world of mobile devices".