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Mozilla: Fennec pages

Firefox aims for ‘many devices, one web’ experience
16.10.2008
"Up until recently, web browser developers have more or less seen the mobile handset as an afterthought as opposed to a serious platform, but when the iPhone came along with Safari, this was the impetus for change. The beta version of Firefox Mobile will be released before the year is out and is expected to come out of beta testing some time in 2009."

Source: SiliconRepublic.com


"Mozilla is giving the public a taste of its Firefox mobile browser, as the company debuted an alpha version of the software for the Nokia N810 Internet tablet. Code-named Fennec, the browser uses the same technology as the desktop version, including its HTML rendering engine called Gekko. Mozilla said it wants to ensure that the mobile version is not inferior to the version that people use on their home computers. "

Source: InformationWeek

Fennec - Here Comes AMO
" Last night, support for Fennec on AMO was pushed live. A big thank you to Mike Morgan and crew for making this happen. There are no recommended Fennec add-ons yet, so you need to search for them. Here are some results, based on the two add-ons I know support Fennec and are on AMO" ...Mark Finkle

MR Tech’s Toolkit (Local Install) from Mel Reyes was updated with support for Fennec. Then, URL Fixer from Chris Finke got support for Fennec.

http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2008/10/...here-comes-amo/

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Fennec 1.0a2
User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2a1pre) Gecko/20081222 Fennec/1.0a2 Build ID: 20081223001324

This is an early developer release of the mobile version of Firefox, for testing purposes only, intended to:
- get wider community feedback on our approach to the user experience
- engage Mozilla community teams, including localizers, add-on developers, and testers
- get feedback from Web developers

http://www.mozilla.org/projects/fennec/1.0a2/releasenotes/

What's in this version?

• Faster panning
• Faster zooming
• Improved responsiveness while pages are loading
• New content manipulation hooks for extension authors
• Look and feel improvements to improve usability

This builds upon the feature initial release:

Easy navigation to Web content:

• Bookmarks, including tags
• Smart URL bar ("awesome bar")
• Tabbed browsing with thumbnail images
• Integrated Web search - built into the URL bar
• Easy access to multiple search engines

Web content:

• Maximize content by auto-hiding controls and URL bar
• Zoom in and out

Security:

• Instant Web site ID ("Larry")
• Password manager
• Popup blocker
• Clear private data

Devices services integration:

• Click on a phone number to initiate a call
• JavaScript API to get device location

Also:

• Searchable download manager
• Preferences pane

This release is available for the OS2008 ("Maemo") software platforms that runs on the Nokia N810 Internet Tablets. If you're viewing this on an N810, install Fennec. Don't have an N810? Don't worry, you can still experiment with Fennec, provide feedback, write add-ons, and get involved by installing a version of Fennec for your desktop PC: Windows/ Mac OS X/ Linux

The idea behind releasing the package for PCs is to give people who don't have a Nokia Internet Tablet the ability to localize, experiment and build add-ons. Note: The desktop version of Fennec is not a supported product. Play around with it for fun...it works.