is one part of those future plans, of course, and will be released "in a few months," according to the report.

Even more intriguing, though, is the company's confirmation that it's planning what it calls an "Open Web App ecosystem"--also known, in other words, as a platform-independent app store.

"The current app model has traits that threaten some of the characteristics that have made the Web so vibrant a platform, particularly in the mobile space," Mozilla explained in its .

Specifically, "apps are often device specific and platform specific," it said. "Information we create in an application is stuck in that application and / or that platform. One doesn't join a unified whole as one can with the Web. App-related information isn't generally linkable or findable. In addition, developers often need to get permission from one or more gatekeepers to reach people--from a network operator, a device manufacturer, a 'store' operator. Similarly, consumers must go through these filters to access new functionality."