Minfeld Firefox for N8x0 (fennec)
 

I'VE just found probibly the next best port frome KDE, Debain and, the previous firefox port atempt.....

Minfeld Firefox!!!, fennic for short

The reason i think this is so exsiding is that it provides almost full support for Firefox plugins and themes
and it loads web pages allmost twice as fast as the defult browser! :D

Who this is for:
Everyone!!
powerusers, end-users, develipers , exc..

Known bugs:

A. On-screen keyboard shows up but nothing happens when you try to punch in a letter.

B. It can crash, but this is rare if not very rare
unlike the previous firefox port atempt. :)

Those are the only bugs i know so far. :)

Bug-bypasses:

A. Use xkbd as a alternative to the defult keyboard (or if you have a N810, use the hardware keyboard) (not tested)

B. unknown.

All if not most of the features of firefox are inclded by defult encluding the help documentation!! :D

Please take note, I did not create this, i'm just providing this for masses to enjoy. :D

heres the link: http://bergie.iki.fi/blog/numpty_phy..._more_fun.html


I would be very greatful if someone could help find a better way for on-screen text input and help point out bugs. :)

Here's a screenshot and the single-click install:

Re: Minfeld Firefox for N8x0 (fennec)
 

Just wantedd to let you know that it is already discussed in another thread.

Re: Minfeld Firefox for N8x0 (fennec)
 

oh well, i guess the term "you snozz you lose" could apply here :p :(
but this could be used as a short-cut thread for the install and as a bug discussion thread ;)

Re: Minfeld Firefox for N8x0 (fennec)
 

what did we loose?

Re: Minfeld Firefox for N8x0 (fennec)
 

B-man means he lost cause he was too slow to post about Fennec first.

Re: Minfeld Firefox for N8x0 (fennec)
 

Hi,

I isntalled Fennec but it just didn't run.

Regards,

Taguapire.

Re: Minfeld Firefox for N8x0 (fennec)
 

taguapire, when you installed it did you open the other app- granparadiso web browser? it is nessary to open that on order to run Firefox. just to let you know, it may take 10 or so seconds for the application to launch the first time.

that other app is still possibly under development so untill there's a update, granparadiso web browser opens FireFox. To tell you the truth, i don't even know whi he decided to put two icons in there in the first place:p

Re: Minfeld Firefox for N8x0 (fennec)
 

The Fennec icon starts the mobile interface. Minefield is just Firefox.

Re: Minfeld Firefox for N8x0 (fennec)
 

it is fun, but uness you know a few choice xterm commands, it is impossible to uninstall.

On the upnote,google apps run hecka fast with it.

Re: Minfeld Firefox for N8x0 (fennec)
 

just uninstall fennec first then minfeld.

Re: Minfeld Firefox for N8x0 (fennec)
 

My current bug update:

when you run both microbe and minfeld, minfeld may crash or text input in microbemight become very slow or unresponsive.

After closing and re-opening minfeld check boxes in sellect applits in hildon desktop may become unresponsive and you may need to use backup and restore.

fennec does not launch

Minfeld may become unresponsive when opening multiple windows

vurtual keyboard sometimes pops up randimly

Re: Minfeld Firefox for N8x0 (fennec)
 

For keyboard, just press the square button for the full screen keyboard and it works fine.

However, this build feels about as responsive as an autistic monkey on valiums. About as stable as one too, I have yet to browse a single page reliably...though I am going to flash heavy pages, but since that was one of the things I was most interested in seeing if there was any difference I think I've got my answer. :) Before it crashes the flash stuff does look like it might be running better.

Re: Minfeld Firefox for N8x0 (fennec)
 

It seems to work better in KDE then it does maemo.

Re: Minfeld Firefox for N8x0 (fennec)
 

I've tryed installing KDE but wasn't ever successful at doing it despite having a 2gb memory card :(

Re: Minfeld Firefox for N8x0 (fennec)
 

I could run Firefox calling it from xterm, but Fennec never worked, I did wait and wait and wait and nothing. So... please explain to me where I can get grandparadiso?

Regards,

Taguapire.

Re: Minfeld Firefox for N8x0 (fennec)
 

Fennec runs for me. As noted in another thread, if you did install the previous Minefield deb (there was one in extras-devel at least a month ago), you should uninstall it before instaling Fennec.

Gran Paradiso is the name of the FF3 alpha. Minefield is the name of the nightly builds. Fennec is the mobile interface of FF.

EDIT: Fennec looks like this, as previously shown:

http://bundyo.org/maemo/fennec.png

Re: Minfeld Firefox for N8x0 (fennec)
 

You should un install that deb like bundyo said. but if you don't have that original deb, try re-installing minfeld firefox.