Firefox OS Browser

Browser of the Firefox OS mobile system, where everything was a web app.

Facts

Developer

Mozilla

Website

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Engine

Gecko

Derived from

Mozilla Firefox

Platforms

Other

Details

Firefox OS (2013 – end of support in September 2016); KaiOS fork: see “KaiOS Browser”

Popularity

62/100

Lineage

Derived browsers (1)

KaiOS Browser

Key versions

1. Feb. 21, 2013
   1.0Gecko 18First Firefox OS release (codename TEF), with its Gecko-based browser.[1]
2. July 2, 2013
   ZTE OpenFirst commercial Firefox OS phone, sold in Spain by Movistar for €69.[2]
3. Oct. 9, 2013
   1.1“Leo” release, adding new APIs.[1]
4. Dec. 9, 2013
   1.2Gecko 26Moves to Gecko 26 and adds three Do Not Track states.[1]
5. Apr. 8, 2014
   1.3TGecko 28Release optimised for 128 MB devices.[1]
6. Aug. 8, 2014
   1.4Gecko 30Moves to Gecko 30.[1]
7. Sept. 2014
   2.0Gecko 322.0 branch reaches code complete on Gecko 32.[1]
8. Aug. 20, 2015
   2.2Gecko 37Release fixing the Stagefright vulnerability.[1]
9. Dec. 8, 2015
   2.6Mozilla stops selling smartphones through carriers; 2.6 will be the last smartphone version.[1]
10. Sept. 2016
    End of supportMozilla announces that all Firefox OS work has ceased and B2G code will be removed.[1]

Version sources: [1] Firefox OS (Wikipedia en), [2] cnx-software.com

Sources

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox_OS