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Mozilla to Develop Mobile Firefox

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the practice-makes-perfect dept.

Kelson writes "Mozilla has announced a new initiative to bring Mozilla to the mobile web, including a fully functional mobile version of Firefox (yes, with extensions). The focus will be part of Mozilla 2, the big revision coming after Gecko 1.9 and Firefox 3. Minimo, the previous attempt to port Mozilla to mobile platforms, is apparently dead, but 'has already provided us with valuable information about how Gecko operates in mobile environments, has helped us reduce footprint, and has given us a platform for initial experimentation in user experience.'"

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  1. great! by botkiller · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Sweet, now my phone can crash as much as my computer while I'm browsing the net! Before developing for mobile devices, maybe they should fix some of the gaping memory holes in FF, considering your average mobile device doesn't have 200 megs of memory to devote to FF's bloating.

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  2. Re:Nigzilla by Paradigm_Complex · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I know it's tempting, but try not to feed the trolls. Sadly it doesn't seem to accomplish much except encourage them.

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    "A witty saying proves nothing." - Voltaire