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Mozilla have a new beta release of their mobile based browser Fennec.
If your interested in checking it out here are the install instructions at mozilla. http://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Fennec/Releases


I just installed it, and so far it doesn't seem very stable but it might just be my system. I will do a little trouble shooting and see what I can find.


Proposed GUI for future release...




And a video walk through
http://azarask.in/blog/post/firefox-...concept-video/

Last edited by crabolsky; 2008-06-30 at 00:54.
 
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Is this for N810 only? I seem to recall something about needing the hardware keyboard.
 
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the gray theme almost reminds me of safari.
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Originally Posted by slip View Post
Is this for N810 only? I seem to recall something about needing the hardware keyboard.
Mozilla says 800 and 810
 
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Supposed GUI doesn't equal what it is. As much as I want yo play with this, the UI is so important to this project that I will have to wait on it. Thanks for this link though; its now a bookmark for me on my N800 Diablo.
 
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Originally Posted by crabolsky View Post
Mozilla says 800 and 810
Well, the Wiki says "Installing Fennec on Nokia N810" actually. I have an N800, but I downloaded it anyway. It seems that it is not properly set up for the on-screen keyboard to activate when the cursor is placed in a text box. You can open the finger keyboard by pressing the center d-pad button once the cursor is in a text box though.

Also, as crabolsky said, it seems extremely buggy (at least on N800). It just closed on my randomly while I was trying something.

Anyone try it on an N810? Having any better luck?
 
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Awesome!

More mobile interfaces! Hopefully the transition between these states are fast and the browser responsive.

I'm all for this. It it works well, I might install it on my desktop.

The lighter the better.

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while it installed flawlessly on my now diablo-based n810, Fennec is crashing after running for more than a minute or so at a time. Not very usable at this point.
 
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Calling it unreliable is charitable in Diablo on the N810. I've got a fairly clean install, stock kernel, minimal apps, and fennec 0.4:
  1. Won't load www.cnn.com without crashing utterly
  2. Will read mozilla.org site for at least a few pages before crashing utterly
  3. Is slower than microb - takes about 50% longer per page
  4. Jump scrolls rather than flows (page scrolls on finger release)
  5. Won't access the ITT forums (home page is ok)

I had about as much luck with their alpha release several months back. This software just isn't ready for the public, and testing it is painfully frustrating.
 
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