I'd say that Firefox OS biggest issue is its reliance on JavaScript.

ngokevin · on Aug 27, 2014

And Android's biggest issue is its reliance on Java...

And Apple's biggest issue is its reliance on Obj-C...

They're just languages. At least JS runs more ubiquitously.

frowaway001 · on Aug 27, 2014

Neither Android nor iOS force you to use Java/Obj-C.

Both just expect bytecode/native code as an immediate target.

JavaScript is an terrible target to compile to.

> At least JS runs more ubiquitously.

Yes, I think that describes the issue. Nobody would care about how terrible JS is if it wouldn't be so popular.

voxic11 · on Aug 27, 2014

What are you talking about, pretty much everything can compile to JS these days.

tracker1 · on Aug 27, 2014

Hmm.. I guess that's why the uptake of node.js has been so bad...

frowaway001 · on Aug 27, 2014

a) What uptake?

b) Popularity != technical merit.

tracker1 · on Sept 1, 2014

B implies you are aware of the answer to A...