[N900] Mozilla Fennec browser builds (only for CSSU Thumb)
 

Here is what I am working on lately - making a faster web browser for our N900s because MicroB is really outdated. I'm building Mozilla Firefox browser for Maemo 5 (a.k.a. Fennec)

Important:This fennec works ONLY under CSSU-Thumb- if you dont have it I strongly recommend you to install it!

First there are a few releases of the Mozilla browser:
Release : The most stable version of the browser
Beta : The name speaks for itself
Aurora : This is pre-beta release - (alpha release)
Central : The least stable version of the browser
Of course 'instability' is relative and everything is tested multiple times before it was uploaded.

Current versions of those releases
Release : 19
Beta : 20
Aurora : 21
Central : 22


Download links:

1. v17:QT
   Quote:

   Added 2013-03-19 00:07:01

   Rapidshare : https://rapidshare.com/files/9416860...17.0_armel.deb
   
2. v17:QT+pixman
   Quote:

   Added 2013-03-23 13:36:25

   Rapidshare : https://rapidshare.com/files/2950585...17.0_armel.deb

I recommend:v17:QT+pixman


Side notes

• In version 18 we have a serious scrolling problem and it's not suitable for everyday users. Right from that version(18) Mozilla introduced a new JIT engine
  Quote:

  Today we enabled IonMonkey, our newest JavaScript JIT, in Firefox 18. IonMonkey is a huge step forward for our JavaScript performance and our compiler architecture. But also, it’s been a highly focused, year-long project on behalf of the IonMonkey team, and we’re super excited to see it land.

  and I believe it is the problem causing that scroll bugs.
• Version 19 doesnt launch at all for Maemo......................
• Looks like because I'm building Fennec with thumb packages installation of non Thumb Fennec will still require CSSU-Thumb, so I cease building non Thumb Fennec-s
• To enable flash support open Fennec, type the following adress
  Quote:

  about:config

  find 'plugin.disable'
  Click on 'false'
• With some plugins installed Fennec startup is minimized for ~20 seconds, if you see that even after that delay Fennec hasnt started open /home/user/.mozilla/fennec/******.default/ and delete every file that starts with 'sessionstore'

Re: [N900] Mozilla Fennec browser builds
 

Downloaded 17 non-thumb, couldn't install, dpkg said it depends on qt packges in thumb versions :(

edit: however, on my second n900 with cssu-thumb, installation went smooth (well, there was a problem with pre-removal script from old version of fennec installed there, but that's not related to this version of package), however i didn't test yet, will post later if anything breaks.

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just curious, are you going to build anything with gstreamer support?

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Thanks Tannago.

I installed fennec V17 yesterday. When I open it, it tries to open but it disappears. Reboot did not give a solution. I use KP51r1 & CSSU-Thumb.

Thanks in advance.

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Y Feneec's UI is Not Faster as Opera?

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The newer gcc & g++ require some cssu-thumb packages. That means that if I say the compiler to build for ARM, not for Thumb( just because of the fact it is build with Thumb packages) it will still require CSSU-Thumb....

That means that building for ARM with Thumb packages is useless I will build only Thumb versions from now on.

I'm still working on that because gstreamer has some problems under Maemo SDK, first it is an ancient version, second I have the source to upgrade but it it needs newer version of the ancient (too) glib2.20. The moment I find a newer glib(for X86! not for armel, I found for armel) I will build with gstreamer support

2 variants
First : With some plugins loaded( I tried adblock plus & Phony) Fennec takes 20 seconds to start.

If you haven't installed any plugins : Open /home/user/.mozilla/fennec/
delete everything in there, restart the phone and it must work.

Here goes the difference between Mozilla and Opera. Mozilla abandoned Fennec for N900 when it was version 7 now we have 18....Opera doesnt abandon it's browsers like that, improves them, adds new features and fixes. In one word right now I'm doing the job for Mozilla and I can pretty much only change compiler flags to improve the browser I dont know it's source...it's big.

I don't know about you but I like that Fennec- it's reliable and fast & the most important thing is flash support that is missing in opera

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I get this for both links:

Download not available
Download permission denied by uploader. (0b67c2f5)

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Could you publish source packages or/and exact procedure how you managed to build that (including build options - compiler switches, etc.)? I would love to try to build that for non-thumb.

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!!!Newer build uploaded!!! With more fixes and 5-10% speed improvement. - look at the first post

!!!Since building for non-thumb with thumb libraries is pointless I will provide only CSSU-Thumb builds from now on

For you I created a Mediafire mirror - look at the first post

First you need to create a new Scratchbox environment with newer gcc/g++ : http://wiki.maemo.org/CSSU-thumb_too....7.2-linaro%29

!!! If you want to build for non-thumb you WILL want to skip the step with adding CSSU-Thumb repos. I havent tried it, so I dont guarantee anything

At some time you may see an error about libfakeroot, issue:
Then you must download sources, make mozconfig file( contains compiling instructions) and build. :D

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That's exactly what I wanted to do - create new target in scratchbox or destroy my current thumb target ;) I was just curious if you passed some special configuration options or just used the default maemo config ;)