Mozilla releases Firefox 4 Browser for Android smartphones
Mozilla has released its Firefox 4 browser for Android based smartphones. Firefox is available from the Android Market and for download on Maemo devices in over 10 languages.
The upgraded version of the mobile browser hides browser controls when not in use, to release more of the screen size to view websites. Firefox Sync gives users seamless access to their browsing history, bookmarks, open tabs, form data and passwords across computers and mobile devices.
The group has claimed that its browser three times faster than the stock browser on Android. Major enhancements to the JavaScript engine make everything from page load speed to graphics to overall performance snappy in Firefox.
Other changes include a save to pdf option which can save a webpage for offline viewing later. The JavaScript engine incorporates the new J¤gerMonkey JIT compiler, along with enhancements to the existing TraceMonkey JIT and SpiderMonkey’s interpreter for faster page-load speed and better performance of Web apps and games.
Nokia N900 devices receive Firefox Browser
www.WirelessFederation.com/news: A formal version of mobile web browser has been released by the Mozilla Foundation, for Nokia’s Maemo platform. Some of the key design principles like minimal typing; seamless synchronization with desktop Firefox and the ability to take your Firefox with you are at the heart of the mobile browsing experience.
Location -Aware Browsing getting the maps and information relevant to your location, weave Sync allowing the sharing of Firefox tabs, history, bookmarks and passwords between desktop and mobile devices are some of the other notable functions.
Nokia’s Maemo5 platform currently supports Firefox and is available for download on the Nokia N900.
Virgin foxes Firefox?
Anyone planning to collect a picture message sent by a Virgin Mobile subscriber will need to have a range of web browsers available, as the operator’s site compatibility seems to be changing daily.
We were first alerted to the problem with the Virgin GetMessage site yesterday morning when a reader informed us that the site wasn’t working with Internet Explorer, though it worked fine in Firefox, despite the warning:
We contacted Virgin for comment on this Firefox-friendly policy, but were kept waiting for several hours. By the end of the day the site was working fine in both browsers.
We took another look this morning and found the problem has transferred itself from Internet Explorer to Firefox, which today cannot access the site at all. So right now the site works fine with Internet Explorer, and Opera, though the latter gives a warning that it’s not compatible.
So if you’re planning to download a picture message sent from a Virgin Mobile subscriber, you might want to download a few new browsers first, just to be on the safe side. Lynx anyone? ®
