<story><title>Mozilla Gains Global Support For a Firefox Mobile OS</title><url>http://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2012/07/02/firefox-mobile-os/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>nicpottier</author><text>To me this is one of the most exciting projects coming up.  it is still in early, early days, but it seems to pose the most realistic sane alternative to Android and iOS.&lt;p&gt;Android is great in that they are open, but their UI library is really just a mess, anybody who uses it for any amount of time yearns for the days of laying things out using HTML.  iOS is much better in this respect but has the problem of limited devices and of being a closed platform.&lt;p&gt;I have no idea how they B2G (Boot2Gecko) will navigate the patent minefield, but I hope they do.  I&apos;m picking up another Galaxy Nexus just so I can have a phone dedicated to hacking on it.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>untog</author><text>&lt;i&gt;Android is great in that they are open, but their UI library is really just a mess&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;Historically, HTML has hardly been much better in enforcing UI consistency. Mozilla may have some tricks up their sleeve, I don&apos;t know.</text></comment>
<story><title>Mozilla Gains Global Support For a Firefox Mobile OS</title><url>http://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2012/07/02/firefox-mobile-os/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>nicpottier</author><text>To me this is one of the most exciting projects coming up.  it is still in early, early days, but it seems to pose the most realistic sane alternative to Android and iOS.&lt;p&gt;Android is great in that they are open, but their UI library is really just a mess, anybody who uses it for any amount of time yearns for the days of laying things out using HTML.  iOS is much better in this respect but has the problem of limited devices and of being a closed platform.&lt;p&gt;I have no idea how they B2G (Boot2Gecko) will navigate the patent minefield, but I hope they do.  I&apos;m picking up another Galaxy Nexus just so I can have a phone dedicated to hacking on it.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>mmahemoff</author><text>It&apos;s exciting for developers. The developer build has a &quot;View Source&quot; hard button you can use on any app, so you can view the HTML source on the dialler, home screen, etc.&lt;p&gt;And maybe for manufacturers too. Some manufacturers are concerned that Android and Windows Phone are becoming more siloed, given the Motorola deal and the MS-manufactured Surface. So the timing might work well for Moz, but like you say, there are patent questions.</text></comment>