Mobile/Fennec

From MozillaWiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search

About the Fennec (Mobile Firefox) Project

"Fennec" is the code name for the mobile version of Firefox. To download, use, and learn about mobile Firefox, see:

Still have questions? See our FAQ for Mobile. If you're interested in what we'll be working on over the next 6 months or so, please see Mobile/Planning.

Supported Platforms

Mozilla is developing Firefox for Google Android.

Mozilla supported Nokia Maemo up to Firefox 7. Official support was dropped for Maemo after Firefox 7. See Mobile/Platforms for more details.

Features

Firefox for mobile is packed with your favorite features, including:

  • Awesome Bar – Go to your favorite sites in just a couple of keystrokes with intelligent and personalized searching
  • Firefox Sync – Sync your Firefox tabs, history, bookmarks and passwords between your desktop and mobile device for a seamless browsing experience
  • Add-ons – Customize your Firefox by adding small pieces of functionality, like games and news readers, that help make the mobile Web browser your own
  • Location-Aware Browsing – Get maps and information relevant to your location
  • Tabbed browsing – View open tabs as thumbnails to easily identify and select the Web page you’d like to go to next
  • Safe Browsing – Get an Instant Web Site ID and easily access and edit security settings
  • Available in more than 30 languages and counting

See the complete list of Mobile Features.

Project and Design Documents

Performance

Performance, memory consumption and on-device footprint are crucial to both embedders and Fennec.

Building and Running Fennec

Testing Fennec

Test Builds

Bugs