Mozilla Fennec out in version Alpha 4!

[de Wolfe]

Hi. today Mozilla released a new alpha-version of the mobile browser Fennec for WP. Changelog sounds promising:

New since 1.0 alpha 3:

* Improved interactions with the software keyboard
* Fixed painting artifacts from panning
* Faster .exe installer option
* More responsive "fuzzy" zoom
* Option to become default browser
* Opening downloads from download manager fixed
* Password echoing
* Improved panning/scrolling performance
* Improved start-up time
* Numerous bug fixes
* Improved painting performance
* Improved UI polish
* Improved kinetic panning with directional locking
* Ability to scroll frames
* Improved zooming support

You can load it here: *click* (http://www.mozilla.org/projects/fennec/1.1a1-wm/releasenotes/)

EDIT/WARNING: I just cannot suggest you to try this. The performance is a nightmare! Doesn't close properly. I can't believe that this is already Alpha No. 4... Only positive thing to mention is the new UI in my opinion. I know that this is an Alpha version - but as far as I remember the previous Alpha's worked better...

[tids2k]

Hi. today Mozilla released a new alpha-version of the mobile browser Fennec for WP. Changelog sounds promising:

New since 1.0 alpha 3:

* Improved interactions with the software keyboard
* Fixed painting artifacts from panning
* Faster .exe installer option
* More responsive "fuzzy" zoom
* Option to become default browser
* Opening downloads from download manager fixed
* Password echoing
* Improved panning/scrolling performance
* Improved start-up time
* Numerous bug fixes
* Improved painting performance
* Improved UI polish
* Improved kinetic panning with directional locking
* Ability to scroll frames
* Improved zooming support

You can load it here: *click* (http://www.mozilla.org/projects/fennec/1.1a1-wm/releasenotes/)

thanks will give it a try

[iang123]

Whenever I install this on my phone it seems to rape the flip out of it. to a point where I have to reboot and it seems to crash manila. Anybody else have this problem?

[lorezz]

simply doesn't work....

[mallman]

i am running xlite miri 3.2 so no manila issue here. my impressions are:

1. pretty large install
2. long load time
3. customizable, very nice feature, cant wait to see more of this
4. fast page loading
5. slow rendering when scrolling, although the page fills in pretty quick
6. it randomly closes on me, very bad lol
7. nice full page view out of the box, no need to hack any settings for that
8. oops, now it randomly froze on me, very bad also lol
9. very clean interface
10. able to do complete full screen
11. sliding left and right are nice for extra menus but needs some getting used too, interferes with panning.
12. able to click links without zoom good imo

[mallman]

simply doesn't work....

can you be more specific. i didnt have problems with it "simply" working. it had hiccups though as you can see in my evaluation of it. It is in alpha though ..... that means something :) However, saying is simply doesn't work simply isnt true

[lorezz]

sorry,i've only noticed that it can't go online....

[digimaz]

Does not work for me too. Stuck at the first page and cannot load any other pages. Furthermore, it seems to make my native opera as well as opera beta unable to work.

[lorezz]

Does not work for me too. Stuck at the first page and cannot load any other pages. Furthermore, it seems to make my native opera as well as opera beta unable to work.
also,after having installed fennec,everytime that i reboot,the phone give me an error message "can't load services.exe"....

[Tigrouzen]

For wich this version do not work try winmo version :

http://mirror.facebook.net/mozilla/mobile/releases/

Attention its corrupt or replace some file and Opera may doesnt work.
Opera works after you uninstall Fennec.

[Amirul0608]

I think I'll give this one a miss

does flash work?

[pack21]

Whenever I install this on my phone it seems to rape the flip out of it. to a point where I have to reboot and it seems to crash manila. Anybody else have this problem?

+1

Opera 9.7 five stary, just need more rendering features.

[HasanH007]

Whenever I install this on my phone it seems to rape the flip out of it. to a point where I have to reboot and it seems to crash manila. Anybody else have this problem?

Nice phrase!:D

[altae]

Did you guys read Mozilla's remark that it wont run properly on a HD 2? It works well on my Xperia X1.

[iang123]

Did you guys read Mozilla's remark that it wont run properly on a HD 2? It works well on my Xperia X1.

So is it any good then? Suppose it will work on the HD2 eventually.

[altae]

I like its look and feel. The user interface is still a bit slow but rendering itself is quite fast. Its more or less stable (only have had two crashes so far) which isnt that bad for an alpha. There are also a few features still missing like the possibility to open a link in a new tab (it generally supports tabbed browsing though). So for me it looks promising.