Firefox for Mobile

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  • Freeware
  • Publisher Name:
  • Mozilla Foundation
  • File Size:
  • 12 MB

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Firefox for Mobile Description

Fennec is the code name of the effort to build a mobile version of Firefox. Fennec is part of the Mozilla effort to enable all mobile phones with a Mozilla application. The overall goals for Mobile Firefox are: · provide Mozilla’s standards-based open-source browser engine, optimized for mobile, that can be embedded by device manufacturers and others; · a full-featured mobile browser including support for XUL-based add-ons, delivering on Firefox’s key principles of ease-of-use, security and accessibility; · grow the Mozilla community in the mobile space; · provide tools and documentation to help developers develop, debug and deploy web applications; · do all of this work in the shared Mozilla source repositories so all platforms, desktop and mobile, benefit each other Main features: UI modes: full screen portrait/landscape mouse pointer for non-touch screen devices zoom: zoom to relevant section zoom to width zoom to height zoom to fit page scrolling/panning: kinetic normal (through keys) accelerated security (e.g. how does the user know the site is secure?) tabbed browsing spatial navigation - keyboard shortcuts layout: ssr (single column display) fit to width fit to height scrollbar-free layout viewport meta tag breakpad for ARM virtual keyboard text input - password/input manager + native integration low memory handlers start page basic navigation/UI design localization text layout send page/URL device integration through Javascript determine build profile (simple, basic) and what needs to be removed/added radical new UI


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