Mozilla launches app store to rival smartphone giants

Derrick · Feb 23, 2012

http://mybroadband.co.za/news/internet/44025-mozilla-launches-app-store-to-rival-android-ios.html

In a challenge to the dominance of the smartphone giants, Firefox open-source browser maker Mozilla launched a store for web apps ...

Fearl3$$ · Feb 23, 2012

All Good and whell, having a web browser for an OS.. One problem with it.. In Sout-Africa and other countries where bandidth is not as cheap as breathing air, it cannot work + Our Infrastructure is already so over populated, that getting decent signal these days is getting more and more difficult...

Skerminkel · Feb 23, 2012

But does it use bandwith, or does it just utilise the browser app itself as a type of virtual machine?

InTheCube · Feb 23, 2012

Skerminkel said:
But does it use bandwith, or does it just utilise the browser app itself as a type of virtual machine?

Good question. It could be that the web app doesn't use any more bandwidth than a regular app would. It all depends on implementation though.

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