The mobile web is broken -- and Firefox OS will fix it

The mobile web is broken -- and Firefox OS will fix it

Ten years ago the web was broken, but Mozilla fixed it with Firefox. Today, the mobile web is just as broken — and Mozilla will fix it again with Firefox OS. Read on to learn how.Not everyone has been around long enough to remember it, but the web used to be dominated by a single company that dictated most of its terms. Ten years ago, most dynamic websites were built using ActiveX, a technology developed by Microsoft that only worked in Internet Explorer on Windows because it was closely tied to the underlying functions of the operating system. For customers, this meant that in order to use the (then) modern web, you had to use Internet Explorer

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  1. Caolan McMahon

    85.0 days ago

    The mobile web is broken — and Firefox OS will fix it http://t.co/BhJH55dppY ...I hope this prediction works out, we're in a right mess atm

  2. BrendanEich

    85.0 days ago

    RT @maboa: Can Firefox OS fix the mobile web? http://t.co/2zVQYmWtwU

  3. Robert Nyman

    85.0 days ago

    My Mozilla colleague/fellow Swede @djst and his thoughts on how The mobile web is broken — and Firefox OS will fix it:http://t.co/0QKzrfNGff



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