Have you been waiting for Firefox for your Android device? Then your wait might be coming to an end as Fennec 2.0 is all set to release in coming days and the mobile version of the most popular web browser Mozilla Firefox is going to come on one of the most popular mobile platform.
“Now things are starting to stabilize (…) we are gearing up for the first Fennec 2.0 alpha release in just a few weeks,” Mozilla’s Matt Brubeck noted in a recent blog post. Fennec 2 will run on Android and MeeGo (it has been working on Maemo for a while now).
“One of the big changes in Fennec 2 is Electrolysis, which separates content rendering and javascript into two different processes. This allows the app’s UI to be responsive while the javascript is rendering and doing its thing. It also could protect the app from crashing should it encounter pages that are script-heavy. Fennec for mobile phones will also offer Sync function that will allow you to sync tabs, bookmarks, and history from your desktop computer.”
Here are some features Fennec aims to offer.
- Sync Feature to get your stuff from your desktop to your mobile device
- Find In Page” utility
- The ability to share links through Twitter, Facebook, Google Reader, and email
- To let you send links using Android or Maemo apps (such as Bump, and other installed apps)
- Address book support to assist form completion using contact data
- Multi-touch gestures such as pinch-to-zoom
- Later releases to include multi-touch swipe gestures to go to the top or bottom of the current page, or navigate between pages.
Want to try the early builds on your device? Here you go
- Fennec for Android
- Fennec for Maemo
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That’s no doubt very good news for all Android users. Firefox is one of the best browsers ever.
Very good news..That should be very useful.. I would love to use firefox on my Android mobile.