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==Contacts== | ==Contacts== | ||
Have a question, comment, or suggestion that isn't covered anywhere else? | Have a question, comment, or suggestion that isn't covered anywhere else? | ||
If you'd like to contact someone directly, the following people can either help you, or get you in contact with whomever you're seeking: | If you'd like to contact someone directly, the following people can either help you, or get you in contact with whomever you're seeking: | ||
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==Why?== | ==Why?== | ||
As mobile platforms move closer to a strict "walled garden" ecosystem, ''Firefox OS'' strives to stand against this trend by bringing the open web to mobile | As mobile platforms move closer to a strict "walled garden" ecosystem, ''Firefox OS'' strives to stand against this trend by bringing the open web to mobile. | ||
There are several key advantages to the web. It is portable and standards-driven, thus it can run anywhere with the same experience. It is ubiquitous, thus there are many websites that already work on it, and almost every organization has a web presence already. It is open, thus anyone can publish to it. | There are several key advantages to the web. It is portable and standards-driven, thus it can run anywhere with the same experience. It is ubiquitous, thus there are many websites that already work on it, and almost every organization has a web presence already. It is open, thus anyone can publish to it. | ||
==Enter, Spark== | ==Enter, Spark== | ||
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===Secondary=== | ===Secondary=== | ||
* Get novice users interested in hacking and customizing their devices. | * Get novice users interested in hacking and customizing their devices. | ||
* | * Take advantage of things that only the web platform can do. | ||
==Features== | ==Features== | ||
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* Achievements for accomplishments, such as creating your first customization, publishing it on Hackerplace, etc. | * Achievements for accomplishments, such as creating your first customization, publishing it on Hackerplace, etc. | ||
* Bundled social apps, including Twitter, Facebook, Yammer, and others to be announced. | * Bundled social apps, including Twitter, Facebook, Yammer, and others to be announced. | ||
* MozVR demos and news | * MozVR demos and news. | ||
* WebGL mobile games. | * WebGL mobile games. | ||
* Built-in IRC client. | * Built-in IRC client. | ||
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* '''Testing'''. Our QA team needs your help finding bugs. You can install Spark onto your Firefox OS device and foxfood it. Finding and reporting bugs is tremendously valuable to us. | * '''Testing'''. Our QA team needs your help finding bugs. You can install Spark onto your Firefox OS device and foxfood it. Finding and reporting bugs is tremendously valuable to us. | ||
* '''Development'''. You can find any bug in the [[#Bugs]] section and take it. We'd be happy to mentor you. | * '''Development'''. You can find any bug in the [[#Bugs]] section and take it. We'd be happy to mentor you. | ||
* '''Ideas'''. Have you got a cool idea for how we can use the web to empower developers and users? We'd love to hear from you! You can post publicly in any Mozilla forum, or see the [[#Contacts]] section to contact someone directly with your idea. | * '''Ideas'''. Have you got a cool idea for how we can use the web to empower developers and users? We'd love to hear from you! You can post publicly in any Mozilla forum, or see the [[#Contacts]] section to contact someone directly with your idea. | ||