Mozilla Fennec: mobilní prohlížeč

LinuxWorld.com píše o webovém prohlížeči Mozilla Fennec. Jde o mobilní verzi Firefoxu, která zjednoduší a rozšíří prohlížení webu na mobilních zařízeních. Zatímco Fennec je teprve ve velmi raném stádiu, předsedkyně Mozilla Corp. vyzývá vývojáře, aby se přidali k vývoji.

25.4.2008 15:55 | David Watzke | Zajímavý software

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Jestli se dobře pamatuju tak mozilla dělala pokusy s prohlížečem pro PDA s windowsama už nějakej ten rok zpátky a byla to i po dvou letech vývoje stejná nepoužitelná hrůza větší než IE. Tak snad už si taky koupěj PDA aby měli na čem testovat.

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[Petr Tomeš]

We’re able to hit the kinds of memory and performance requirements that mobile platforms demand. Along with that we’re able to bring our full platform, excellent web compatibility, a single source code base, a committed organization and a strong brand and identity and make that available to partners and users. Users who use our software on mobile devices can expect web sites that just work, access to add-ons all balanced against the hardware limits imposed by mobile devices. In essence, we can bring that no compromises approach to mobile, just as we’ve done it with the desktop. And Beta 4 is the proof of that.

Firefox 3 Beta 4, memory usage, and what this beta release means for mobile (Christopher Blizzard)

You have Opera browsers on the phone, but who uses it? Safari is a real Ajax-enabled browser on your phone and it lets you use your apps like Gmail. It changes the whole game. Opera won the closed, three-tiered system battles. That means you hire a huge sales force and port your software to 300 different phones. ... Android is a closed platform too. It is run by Google with slightly more openness than Apple’s. ... (The Android choice of browsers) was as technical choice. They made the decision three years ago. It got baked in. Google acquired Android when it had already made technical decisions. Now the technical details are much different. On Javascript, we are the fastest. We are half the size of Safari and less than half the size of IE in memory footprint. ... We believe our tests show we can be fast on mobile. We can put a mobile Firefox out by the end of the year. ... We have had better luck with manufacturers (than Android) who think consumers will have a voice. This is a long road. Most of the web sites work with us. Webkit doesn’t render in some languages. We have 160 million desktop users and we can provide online services that bridge. You can close your laptop, open your mobile, and all of your tabs are open and loaded because you’re sharing the same state.

Q&A with Mozilla’s John Lilly on 10 years of Mozilla and the future of browsers (VentureBeat)