Firefox OS

Dietrich Ayala

@dietrich

dietrich@mozilla.com

What is Firefox OS?

Firefox OS is a new open source mobile operating system.

Fully based on web technologies.

Provides an alternative, open platform

Firefox OS has been...

Released in 14 24 countries

On with 3 12 devices

By 7 14 mobile operators

Beyond smartphones

Firefox OS == Gonk + Gecko + Gaia

Gaia

Is a set of Web Applications covering the core functionality: dialer, messaging, contacts, camera, gallery, homescreen, keyboard, system...

The next 2 billion internet users

Non-US markets

Low powered devices

Dial-up speeds or nothing

No free connectivity (not even wifi)

User research!

We interview people in their homes

Brazil, Thailand, Indonesia, more

It turns out...

they're different than 'muricans

All of which means...

Offline design

Offline data

Local sharing (USB/BT)

No streaming

YOUR MISSION...

JavaScript library

Easing network aware programming

With emphasis on developer ergonomics

Technologies

Firefox OS

JavaScript

Flame reference device

Muse (Spring capstone)

Muse - Purpose

Experiment based on the research our teams did in Brasil, Columbia, Thailand, India

News reader app that targets new smartphone user, mostly offline, commutes a lot.

https://github.com/mmes2/muse

Muse - Libraries

Passive network info collector

Network info database

Network analysis

-> Predict opportunity windows

New APIs

Non-critical requests

Piggybacking

Last-network-access timestamp

"Now is good" events

Latency recording and analysis

Deliverables

APIs as standalone JS modules

Documentation, sample code for each

All in a Github repo