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Mozilla Heading to Mobiles

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the it-was-inevitable dept.

mu22le writes "CNET News.com has an interview with Doug Turner, the project leader of Minimo, the version of Mozilla for small devices. The article (also commented upon at mozillazine) roams from the challenges a small devices browser presents to the competition with Opera for Mobile. Brace yourself for the forthcoming Minimo 0.3, due in January."

2 of 206 comments (clear)

  1. I'd use it if... by teiresias · · Score: 4, Informative

    Now if I just use one of my micro mobile devices for browsing the web...

    My cellphone, my pda, hell probably my digital camera can probably get on the Internet. But if you think I'm browsing webpages on that kind of screen your nuts.

    My hats off Doug Turner and to the guys programming Minimo but I just don't browse the web on my micro devices. I use them for their other features.

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    -Teiresias
  2. Re:Eventual PPC port? by Herr_Nightingale · · Score: 4, Informative

    I've been following the project for a while now, and Pocket PC is not even on the roadmap; Minimo is strictly *nix. Also, it requires a gigantic chunk of memory (min. 32MB) to run, and it's far from fast. There is absolutely no comparison to Opera. None.
    Mobile Opera is tiny (like 200k!!) and super-efficient, but only runs on smartphones right now.
    It looks like we have a chance of seeing Opera on the iPaq sooner than Minimo, even though Opera too doesn't care much for Pocket PC.

    In the meantime, try NetFront 3.1 - it's sweet. But it doesn't work on 2003SE in landscape mode.