Comments on: Do We Need a Firefox OS?

By: mikeyao

mikeyao — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 05:22:22 +0000

Why not ?

Mozilla is application platform, not just a browser. So why not is it be a mozilla os ? There are plenty of extensions and plugins on mozilla platform. It’s time to go for internet users.

By: Dionte

Dionte — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 21:39:10 +0000

“This leaves Mozilla as the only major browser vendor which doesn’t have an operating system. ”

Opera has just about the same number of users as Chrome.

By: Inflecto Systems (Web Based Software)

Inflecto Systems (Web Based Software) — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 10:37:56 +0000

Yes we need Firefox! Firefox has been the best browser around for many years now and has been light years ahead in terms of standards compliance for ages.

I don’t foresee Google chrome taking much of Firefox browser share. I can see the possibility of some of the IE users however moving to chrome which can only be a good thing especially if they are some of the IE 5 / IE 6 users I am constantly having to write hacks for to support!

By: Matthew Gertner

Matthew Gertner — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 18:28:58 +0000

Some sort of wide adoption of a standard that preserves precise formatting across different office suites would certainly be a big step forward.

By: John Drinkwater

John Drinkwater — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 12:30:03 +0000

‘I talk to people constantly who won’t even switch to Mac Office because it isn’t compatible enough with the Windows version.’
That’s half the reason Microsoft makes a cut-down version for Mac, it keeps bosses from allowing staff to use the native apps, and keeps full migrations to Mac from happening. (I’d also call it an anti-trust issue, but you can’t have everything)

This problem is trying to be solved by OpenOffice.org et al standardising ODF, as now nearly all* the office software suites have or are implementing ODF support, so this looks to be the way out from the Office stranglehold. Maybe Mozilla can help this along.

*Only notable exception is Apple’s iWork. go figure.

By: g

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:44:13 +0000

I think firefox should stick to what they know… building a great browser… but lately, they have fallen behind in terms of speed to Chrome. So, I think the effort should be concentrated on getting back out in front of the Chrome team in terms of speed.

Given that Firefox4 will have multiple processes, and a compelte Weave 1.0 (hopefully), I think firefox will be an OS in its own right.

The whole concept of OS’s being replaced by a computer that boots into a browser is going to take 6-10 years to change… its a massive paradigm shift.

For the meantime, I think that COS will only speak to a niche market until everything… “EVERYTHING…. that is games, apps, etc…” is online. Which will eventually happen, but were not there yet.

So, hold up on the FxOS and let FirefoxNext be the best browser in the world!

By: Kurt (supernova_00)

Kurt (supernova_00) — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:38:06 +0000

Another vote for not creating an OS. Mozilla knows and creates browsers and should just leave it at that.

By: nunes

nunes — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:14:56 +0000

Mozillo shouldn’t need a OS. First like on eof the comments sais, they can just load Firefox on Chrome OS and they will have the OS + Browser.
But second, i don’t think Chrome OS will be just a browser + OS. They will redesign the OS, so I expect a better OS-Browser integration than we have today.
This is being done with Prism, and multiplatform. So Mozilla should bet on Prism and a better Desktop integration, to allow the depelopers to design a full desktop application with web technologies. That’s the aim of Chrome but the mistake of google, in my opinion, is to make and use an specific OS.

By: Vincent

Vincent — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 10:23:35 +0000

I need my hard drive. I want to be able to share my documents with other people, even if they don’t have a Google account.

By: Veera

Veera — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:38:32 +0000

It’s natural for a company like Google to build a product centered around web. It has already done that with Chrome, now it is just extending it to reach a wider market.

Open sourcing the Chrome OS is a good market strategy, which may attract developers towards the new OS.