We’ve been waiting ages for Mozilla to take what it did for web browsing on PCs to mobile devices. It seems we are getting darn close to seeing this come to fruition with the browser builder team moving focus from the near completed Firefox 3 to the mobile space with Fennec.
Ars Technica got some hands on time and had this to report:
Fennec isn’t intended for mainstream use at this stage because much of Firefox’s valuable underlying functionality still hasn’t been exposed through the user interface yet. Despite the early state of development, Fennec has some impressive features that reveal significant potential. The biggest win in Fennec’s feature set is support for inertial scrolling.
Like Firefox, the Mozilla team is hell-bent on making an amazing browser experience that is not limited by what device you are working on. A lofty goal to be sure but one which echos in Mitchell Bakers keynote address at Web 2.0 Expo recently:
“Access to data, sites and applications on the internet shouldn’t be limited by the type of device being used, and Fennec will make that possible.”
Other highlights of Fennec seem to be a one-click favorte system for bookmarking and an “awsomebar”, an adaptive learning browser that throws up suggestions as you type. Sweet.
Ok, back to waiting.
Only one Z in Mozilla. Just like you did it in the read more links.
David: yep – spelling was wrong on Mozilla in a couple of instances, but not all. No points for consistency either. Thanks.
I am super excited for this. Think we can load it onto iPhone software 2.0?