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If you haven't heard yet, Mozilla is working on an awesome new phone OS called Firefox OS. From a developer's perspective, highlights include:
- all apps are and will be created from CSS, JavaScript, and HTML
- the OS is open source
- each app runs as its own virtual Firefox/browser process
- installing apps from Firefox Marketplace is incredibly easy
- support for mobile will push Firefox to keep improving performance
- more!
While it's now possible to create your own FirefoxOS build, many of you probably don't want to take the time quite yet. No problem -- there's a faster solution for getting a sneak peak at Firefox OS: Firefox OS Simulator (formerly R2D2B2G). Firefox OS Simulator is installed into Firefox like any other plugin, and once activated, is activated by selecting
Tools > Web Developer > FirefoxOS Simulator
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