Open source browser firm targets developers of web apps.
The Mozilla Marketplace is based on the Mozilla Web Apps platform, and therefore comprises a device-independent market for apps based on open Web technologies like HTML5, JavaScript and CSS.
It's also building Mozilla-proposed APIs that will be submitted to the W3C for standardisation and an identity system that ties apps to the user and not the device or platform.
The Mozilla Marketplace will open for developers to submit apps next week and will open to consumers later this year.
It adds more spice to the whole apps revolution and brings another player in the the web apps space that's seeking to break apart the walled gardens erected by device makers.
Mozilla will therefore line up alongside Amazon, Opera and others in trying to become a partner for developers and a destination for consumers.
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”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,” said Todd Simpson, Mozilla’s Chief of Innovation.
“By building the missing pieces, Mozilla is now unlocking the potential of the Web to be the platform for creating and consuming content everywhere.”
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