Mozilla offers app to create Web pages on smartphones

The Mozilla Foundation wants to make sure that the Web remains a platform where anyone can create content, rather than just a place to consume information and services created by others.


The foundation says it designed the software to be as easy to use as possible.


After signing in, users are provided with a blank page and the ability to add either text, images or photos. Additional pages can be then be added. A user is given a map to stitch together pages in a way that best fits their needs.


When the app is finished, it is stored on the Webmaker.org site, where it can be accessed from either a phone or a computer browser.


With Webmaker, users could create a blog, a mapped guided tour, a scrapbook, a recipe page, birthday cards, or any number of other Web facing apps. The apps can be accessed through any Web browser, so they don't need to be downloaded on the user's device.


In addition to building pages from scratch, users can also expand on other people's apps, which are all publically available. The software has been available since June as a beta release, and has already built up a repository of user apps that others can borrow from.


Mozilla plans to add more capabilities in future releases, based on user feedback. Many have been calling for video, or a way to run animated GIFs, for instance.


Webmaker can run on smartphones with Android 4.0 or newer. Initially, Webmaker is available in four languages, Bengali, Brazilian Portuguese, English and Indonesian. Additional languages will be supported in future releases.


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