First Piece of Mozilla’s Web Apps Project Arrives, But Can it Outfox Chrome?

Mozilla has finally revealed the first developer release of their Web Apps Project . Back in May of 2010, Google announced plans for what would become the Chrome Web Store. Mozilla responded immediately with plans for its own Web store. Of course, the Chrome Web Store launched in December, and we've been waiting for Mozilla's more "open" rejoinder since. The initial phase of Mozilla's project is finally here and shows that it's making a serious attempt at filling the gaps left by the Chrome Store. Whether it will become a serious contender remains to be seen. Mozilla's Web apps will run on Firefox browsers on desktops, tablets and smartphones, just as Chrome Web apps run on Chrome and corresponding Android devices. Yet, the difference is that Mozilla wants to play nice with Chrome and others (which isn't exactly a new trend, considering Google pays Mozilla to run their search bar in Firefox), by offering Chrome users the ability to use its Web apps through the release of a plug-in.