Firefox Mobile 1.1 for your Nokia Maemo Devices

By Martin Kaba • Jul 2nd, 2010 • Filed under: Firefox, Open-Source

Firefox for Maemo 1.1 is now available to download for Maemo devices (Nokia N900, N810). Users of Maemo devices with Firefox Mobile, Fennec installed will shortly receive updates.

Mozilla Crash Reporter comes to Firefox Mobile

By Martin Kaba • 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 1.1 Beta for Nokia N900

By Martin Kaba • Apr 29th, 2010 • Filed under: Firefox

Firefox Mobile 1.1 beta 1 for Nokia’s Maemo platform is now available. Nokia N900 owners can grab and test this beta version that introduces many new UI (User Interface) features. Firefox Mobile 1.1 beta is built on the same browser engine as Firefox 3.6 for desktop computers, much has been done on to improve the [...]

Firefox Mobile ‘Fennec’ for Android

By Martin Kaba • 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 [...]

Looks of Firefox Mobile 1.1

By Martin Kaba • Apr 6th, 2010 • Filed under: Firefox, Open-Source

Firefox Mobile 1.1 will soon be out on our Nokia Maemo mobiles, for that event, Mozilla is polishing up its mobile browser User Interface. Firefox Mobile for Android will have the same UI like that of Firefox ‘Maemo’. A few screenshots of the upcoming web browser have been posted at Mark Finkle’s Weblog. The first [...]

Mozilla Stops Building Firefox for Windows Phone 7

By Martin Kaba • Mar 23rd, 2010 • Filed under: Firefox, Open-Source, Windows

Mozilla’s developer, Pavlov has announced that the development of a Firefox version for Windows Mobile has been frozen due to lack of collaboration from Microsoft. Pavlov, in this blog post had this to say, as concerns Firefox Mobile and Windows Phone 7 While we think Windows Phone 7 looks interesting and has the potential to [...]

Useful Firefox for Mobile Keyboard Shortcuts

By Martin Kaba • 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 Martin Kaba • 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 [...]

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

By Martin Kaba • 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 [...]