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Mozilla pulls the plug on Win8 version of Firefox, citing lack of demand

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Good for them (Score: 4, Funny)

by nightsky30@pipedot.org on 2014-03-18 12:31 (#N7)

I think Mozilla made they right decision here. I have heard very few people happy with or actually using the Metro interface.

My favorite comment from the linked article:
Dear Microsoft,

Metro is bad and you should feel bad.

Sincerely,
Damn Near Everyone

Though that makes me wonder why they continue trying to push the Firefox OS. How many people are actually using that? I'm not saying it's bad or I dislike it, but I've never actually seen a device running Firefox OS in person.

Anyone here at |. running Firefox OS? What device do you have?

Re: Good for them (Score: 4, Informative)

by joshuajon@pipedot.org on 2014-03-18 13:01 (#NA)

I haven't used Firefox OS, but my understanding is it's aimed at lower end smart phones (modest hardware specifications) in emerging markets where there isn't already necessarily a heavily entrenched Apple/Google bias in phone sales. This page lists the devices with specifications and availability.

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Time Reason Points Voter
2014-03-18 18:39 Informative +1 bryan@pipedot.org
2014-03-20 03:22 Informative +1 reziac@pipedot.org
2014-03-18 14:01 Informative +1 sleazyridr@pipedot.org

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