Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Mozilla plots Web app store tools, updates Firefox

A mockup of a dashboard to manage Web applications through Mozilla's app store technology.
A mockup of a dashboard to manage Web applications through Mozilla's app store technology.
(Credit: Screenshot by Stephen Shankland/CNET)



The scramble to release Firefox 4 in 2010 means it's a frenzied time for Mozilla, but there's more afoot at the organization than just building a browser.
Specifically, Mozilla is concerned about how people on the Web will find and pay for the increasingly sophisticated online applications made possible with modern Web browsers.
On Tuesday, Mozilla announced its labs project to develop "Open Web App Ecosystem" technology for finding, managing, and distributing Web apps.


Read the full story at 
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20020137-264.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

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