Mozilla Crash Reporter comes to Firefox Mobile

By • May 26th, 2010 • Filed under: Firefox, Open-Source

Latest Firefox Mobile nightly builds, pushed out today for testing have enabled the Mozilla Crash Reporter provided by Breakpad. Breakpad crash reporting tool (developed by Google engineers) together with Socorro (a server to accept and process Breakpad crash reports) offer a common crash reporting system for Firefox 3, Thunderbird 3, SeaMonkey 2 and now Firefox [...]

Firefox Mobile ‘Fennec’ for Android

By • Apr 28th, 2010 • Filed under: Firefox, Open-Source

Mozilla’s Firefox-mobile browser, “Fennec” now has a pre-alpha version for Android devices. This early build is aimed at getting feedback from the community. According to the developers, Fennec “Android” has been tested only on the Motorola Droid and Google’s Nexus One. Whilst some bugs might cause your phone to stop responding, requiring a reboot, and [...]

Useful Firefox for Mobile Keyboard Shortcuts

By • Feb 16th, 2010 • Filed under: Firefox, Open-Source

I you have Firefox Mobile on your mobile device then try out these keyboard shortcuts that make browsing with Firefox Mobile “Fennec” much easier. Those who use Firefox on their desktops certainly know common shortcuts like Ctrl+T to open a new tab or Ctrl+W to close the current tab – these and others like – [...]

Firefox for Nokia’s Maemo Platform Now Available [Firefox Mobile]

By • Jan 30th, 2010 • Filed under: Firefox, Open-Source

Mozilla enters directly into the mobile browser market with the release of its first ever mobile browser. Fennec ‘Maemo’ 1.0 is now available for Nokia N900. Opera Mini the leader in this sector should watch-out as Firefox intends to bring all its desktop experience to mobile devices – for example Mozilla rolled out Weave Sync [...]

Weave Sync 1.0 for Firefox and Fennec

By • Jan 29th, 2010 • Filed under: Browsers, Firefox, Open-Source, Ubuntu, Windows

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Firefox for Maemo 1.0 RC 3 Drops Flash Support [Firefox Mobile]

By • Jan 28th, 2010 • Filed under: Firefox, Open-Source, Ubuntu, Windows

Another step towards a full-fledged Firefox Mobile browser was made yesterday when Mozilla announced a third release candidate for Maemo. Also known as Fennec, and often called Fennec ‘Maemo’, Firefox 1.0 for Nokia’s Maemo platform supports N900 and N810. If you’ve got RC2 installed on one of these, you’ll soon be receiving an update. An [...]

Firefox for Maemo RC 1 [Firefox Mobile ]

By • Jan 1st, 2010 • Filed under: Firefox, Open-Source, Ubuntu, Windows

Mozilla has released the first release candidate (RC1) of Firefox for Maemo, the Debian based platform developed by Nokia for smartphones and Internet Tablets. Fennec ‘Maemo’ is currently supported by Nokia N900 and N810. Users running Firefox for Maemo beta 5 will soon be prompted to update to the more stable release candidate.

Firefox Mobile: Fennec Alpha 3 for Windows Mobile

By • Sep 5th, 2009 • Filed under: Browsers, Firefox, Open-Source, Ubuntu, Windows

Mozilla’s mobile version of the Firefox browser, for smaller non-PC devices like mobile phone devices and PDAs codenamed Fennec now has an Alpha 3 version for the Windows Mobile 6 platform. The Fennec “mobile” browser is currently developed for the Linux based Maemo operating system that powers Nokia N800 and N810 Internet Tablets and for [...]