Mobile OS

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Mobile OS

laurensiusadi opened this issue 5 years ago · comments

I have an idea to develop NodeOS into a Mobile OS that runs on smartphones, and apps that's written in JS will run on it, or use PWA (Progressive Web Apps - that currently install-able on android). So the world have another option besides Android, iOS, and Kai OS, etc. An OS which is privacy-focused, monopoly-free (because Google controls everything), and totally open-source.

Since JS (PWA) will run on the OS, current web developers can develop their app or web apps just straight working. So the app ecosystem shouldn't be a problem (like Windows Phone had).

Any thoughts?

P.S. I'm a front end JS developer that don't know shell/linux coding. I can do UI/UX too.

There's some discussion on #114 but that was years ago.

asdf23 · Answer 1 · Fri Jun 28 2019 00:43:25 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Are you familiar with Firefox OS it was a fully working html/js OS . Mozilla killed our but I believe it lives on. Ory was an amazing OS but just needed more

Laurensius Adi · Answer 2 · Fri Jun 28 2019 19:34:36 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

I didn't know that. Definitely will check Firefox OS, and see why it fails and what can be done.

Laurensius Adi · Answer 3 · Fri Jun 28 2019 22:53:17 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

I've heard of KaiOS before, but didn't notice they're using HTML, CSS, and JS for their apps.
To my surprise, it is forked from FirefoxOS B2G.

Tristan Ross · Answer 4 · Sat Jun 29 2019 02:03:14 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

FirefoxOS failed because it didn't have native application support so nobody could develop resource demanding apps or anything that needed to be written in a lower level language. Here's a video from TechAltar explaining it better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YA-Enxfhl0E

asdf23 · Answer 5 · Sat Jun 29 2019 05:45:41 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

it failed for two reasons: 1) mozilla pulled the plug and did not support ( no build instructions, bizarre hard to get phones, $) 2) it was too open. I could take any game copy it, hack it which scared off some. And I'm convinced big brother which is largely in control of the mobile area didn't want this taking off

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Laurensius Adi · Answer 6 · Sat Jun 29 2019 08:52:54 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

FirefoxOS failed because it didn't have native application support so nobody could develop resource demanding apps or anything that needed to be written in a lower level language. Here's a video from TechAltar explaining it better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YA-Enxfhl0E

Just watched it, just now, before checking github.

Now I'm curious if KaiOS could be made on better phones ($100-$200) instead of their current line up ($17-$100)