Mozilla To Launch Cross-Platform App Store

Announced today, Mozilla have decided to set up an app marketplace of sorts for HTML5 & other API-based languages which will provide developers are place to release their creations onto the web, for the web. The idea seems very interesting – further advancing the customizable experience of one’s web browsing, via purchasing apps (or downloading free ones?) which will work with your Mozilla Firefox browser or HTML5 enabled device. Todd Simpson, Mozilla’s Chief Innovator, said:

The Web is the largest platform in the world. We are enabling the Web to be the marketplace, giving developers the opportunity to play on the biggest playing field imaginable,” … “By building the missing pieces, Mozilla is now unlocking the potential of the Web to be the platform for creating and consuming content everywhere.

The ‘Mozilla Marketplace’ aims to become open for applicant developers at the MWC 2012. Another key point to stress is the cross-platform side of the service. The idea that you only have write once, but are able to deploy everywhere really unites different platforms and streamlines the app creation process. It will be really interesting to see what the Mozilla Marketplace will bring to the table, but they certainly believe it’s an innovating concept.

The Mozilla Web Apps platform will feature:

• The Mozilla Marketplace, the first operating system & device-independent market for apps based on popular open Web technologies like HTML5, JavaScript and CSS.
• New Mozilla-proposed APIs that advance the Web as a platform.
• A new identity system for the Web that puts users in control of their content, tying apps to the user and not the device or platform.