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2010-01-01
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To all the people groaning about firefox/fennec, you do realize that microb is built upon them, don't you? It is using xulrunner which is from the firefox/mozilla project.
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2010-01-01
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While I appreciate what firefox is trying to do with the added functionality - they cannot lose sight of the fact that the primary duty of a browser is to view web pages.[/QUOTE]
i"m with you on this it's needs more work have you seen how it works with youtube i'm just and end user, so i'm sure a lot was put into it but compared to the rest of microB out man o man its not looking good as far as user friendly, wonder what those guys over at firefox are doing during work hours
i"m with you on this it's needs more work have you seen how it works with youtube i'm just and end user, so i'm sure a lot was put into it but compared to the rest of microB out man o man its not looking good as far as user friendly, wonder what those guys over at firefox are doing during work hours
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2010-01-01
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Originally Posted by Milhouse
You have firmware 51-1? Wow...i wonder what it improves over the retail 42.11... i guess you can't tell, hey? Can you atleast say when will it be out?
Performance of Firefox 1.06bpre improved significantly with firmware 2.2009.51-1, to almost (but not quite) MicroB levels.
However this 1.0rc1 release is a step backwards in terms of stability, and it's integration with the virtual keyboard is woeful (so bad I wonder if anyone even bothered testing with the keyboard closed). Accessing bookmarks when the hardware keyboard is closed is a complete pain.
Performance of the rc1 has improved slightly over 1.0b6pre, but this is nowhere near ready for release.
Other than plugins/addons, I really can't see what this has going for it on the N900.
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2010-01-01
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Originally Posted by Laughing Man
It could be IP based. I've only tried it with my Verizon DSL service, I'll hop onto TMobile and see if it puts me in Kansas like Speedtest does.
Edit: Hmm doesn't work at all with the TMobile internet. I'll disable this and try out Near Me.
Edit: Going to Flickr and using their location also puts me in Texas.
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Near Me is definately using GPS...it returns the house numbers on my street.
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2010-01-01
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Originally Posted by jebba
Yes, and while they share a lot of common code there are also obvious differences (in particular, the UI) which result in MicroB giving the superior browsing experience.
To all the people groaning about firefox/fennec, you do realize that microb is built upon them, don't you? It is using xulrunner which is from the firefox/mozilla project.
Obviously Firefox has a newer build of gecko than MicroB, which may explain the increased instability of Firefox. I had Firefox 1.0rc1 close with no warning about 5 times in 15 minutes, whereas MicroB has never done that to me in 4 weeks. In fact, 1.0b6pre was more stable than 1.0rc1.
Nokia have done a much better job with MicroB than Mozilla have done with Firefox. Period.
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2010-01-01
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Originally Posted by Jack6428
Can't tell (much) and I have no idea when it will be out (when it's ready, I guess).
You have firmware 51-1? Wow...i wonder what it improves over the retail 42.11... i guess you can't tell, hey? Can you atleast say when will it be out?
Have a look in Bugzilla to find out what bugs are fixed in version "5.0+"... battery life is significantly improved though, which is great.
There is no additional functionality in this "preview" release, just core bug fixes. Hopefully the public release will include new functionality (in particular portrait mode etc.).
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2010-01-01
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Originally Posted by jebba
Okay but this device is one and far as I know the only one with this browser, We would expect the best from it you can lie and say it function like you hope it would. There's a lot of other device no way as advance as the n900 and everything about it should carry the same Reputation great powerful and reliable, Lets raise the bar, this isnt the n800,even our beta should be the best.I know I'm talking alot of sh*t for a guy who dont develop or write codes, but come on I would love the n900 to make its name in the end user best device list, it cant be the best just for power users
To all the people groaning about firefox/fennec, you do realize that microb is built upon them, don't you? It is using xulrunner which is from the firefox/mozilla project.
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2010-01-01
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Cool, i'm looking forward. Hopefully it will be good and out soon Btw, browser portrait? Anways, thank you for the reply!
Btw, browser portrait? Anways, thank you for the reply!
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2010-01-01
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Hm, I read a lot of critical words in this thread. Firefox for maemo5 is not in a final state but it's significant improved. My impressions:
+ scrolling is nearly as smooth as it is in microb if the a site is rendered completely
+ featured extensions are working fine.
+ AdblockPlus works without complaint and is configurable in the same way as it does in the desktop version
+ youtube works fine
- Initial start takes more than 10 seconds - that's the most annoying thing for me
- If AdblockPlus is activated it takes some extra seconds
- scrolling stumbles if site is not rendered completely
- On screen keyboard does not work correctly - this was better in older releases, as Milhouse already wrote
+ scrolling is nearly as smooth as it is in microb if the a site is rendered completely
+ featured extensions are working fine.
+ AdblockPlus works without complaint and is configurable in the same way as it does in the desktop version
+ youtube works fine
- Initial start takes more than 10 seconds - that's the most annoying thing for me
- If AdblockPlus is activated it takes some extra seconds
- scrolling stumbles if site is not rendered completely
- On screen keyboard does not work correctly - this was better in older releases, as Milhouse already wrote
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