Today I started out with learning more about FirefoxOS. Since it's all HTML, CSS, and JavaScript based, I can hopefully use some of my JavaScript knowledge and WebStorm to fix some bugs!
I also got setup for Firefox Hello, which is their version of Skype or Google Hangouts. It's fairly simplistic, and you can use it with the press of a button, granted you're in Firefox. You can also accept calls from browsers such as Chrome, if you have a link. I tested it out a bit with Aki and it worked perfectly! He doesn't have a webcam, though, so I haven't actually seen how it works with multiple people.
I learned that I can contribute by completing tasks, and the tasks are even tracked to my email. I think that's really cool, because I can keep track of my progress as I go along. I can access it at any time I want here.
I learned how to put the custom developer image on as well - I've actually done something very similar to this on an old Android phone of mine. They had more optimized versions of Android to run, and so I installed a custom image onto it. It's pretty much the same thing here, as we're using the ADB software to install a custom image (developer FirefoxOS) onto the phone. There's a full guide on that available here, and there's video tutorials everywhere as well.
So after spending the better part of today rooting my Nexus 4, installing MultiROM Manager (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tassadar.multirommgr&hl=en) and then installing FX OS 2.2, I can now give the other development phone to the FX OS development team, since I can use my Nexus 4 to do the curriculum development I plan to do.
ReplyDeleteOpps, I meant FX OS 2.0. I don't have 2.2.
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