Boot to Gecko
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Boot to Gecko
ntThe lock screen that welcomes users to Boot to Gecko. To access the home screen underneath, an upward flick is required.
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Boot to Gecko: home screen
ntThe first page of the home screen for B2G. There’s quite the Firefox motif happening here.
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Boot to Gecko: home screen
ntPage two of the HTML-based applications available.
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Boot to Gecko: home screen
ntThe final page of the home screen.
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Boot to Gecko: on a call
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Boot to Gecko: messages
ntInside the Messages application of the system, we had to run this off a web server and inside a desktop browser to get the dummy data to appear. This area was blank in our emulator.
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Book to Gecko: message thread
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Boot to Gecko: browser
ntThe browser is similar to the current Aurora builds of Firefox for Mobile, this is a much better and cleaner experience than the Firefox builds currently available on Android handsets.
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Boot to Gecko: browser
ntOne “problem” with the browser is that sites will often return their mobile versions to it — this can be both a blessing and a curse depending on which site you are requesting.
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Boot to Gecko: contacts
ntA bit of polish on this interface would be nice.
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Boot to Gecko: video list
ntThis listing screen is typical of the listing screens for media items throughout B2G.
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Boot to Gecko: video playback
ntThis shot shows video playback in the simulator. Performance on the simulator is terrible, but is more than adequate when viewed via a desktop browser — no doubt a result of the processing power available to the different viewing techniques.
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Boot to Gecko: Facebook
ntThanks to running in the Android emulator, Facebook recommends we install the Facebook for Android application — best of luck with that.
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Boot to Gecko: marketplace
ntThe marketplace does not function and merely shows this mock page.
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Boot to Gecko: music list
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Boot to Gecko: music playback
ntThe familiar HTML5 audio controls are present when playing an audio file.
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Boot to Gecko: Zimbra
ntZimbra is one of the surprising inclusions in the build. Much like the Gmail and Google calendar “applications” available, it links out to the standard mobile web login for the platform.
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Boot to Gecko: settings list
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Boot to Gecko: screen settings
ntThe number of options in the settings pages are minimal as the system is still coming together.
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Boot to Gecko: Cut the Rope
ntB2G includes a link to the Microsoft-promoted Cut the Rope. This is a good example of HTML-based gaming.
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Boot to Gecko: Penguin Pop
ntOn the flipside, this decidedly uncrisp game of Penguin Pop provides an example of an HTML-based game with pixellated graphics.
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Boot to Gecko: landscape
ntAn example of the work in progress that B2G is, can be found by rotating the home screen in the emulator and having the home screen remain static.
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Boot to Gecko: clock timer
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