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What's new in Firefox for Mobile 10.0.2

Feb 17, 2012
  • Security fixes
  • Anti-Aliasing for WebGL is now implemented
  • Accelerated layers are now supported via OpenGL ES
  • It's now even easier to set up Firefox Sync - see the "Set up Sync" link on the home tab
  • New element for bi-directional text isolation, along with supporting CSS properties
  • Added IndexedDB APIs to more closely match the specification
  • There is an extremely rare case where the browser may become unable to load web pages or close tabs

New in Firefox for Mobile 9.0 Beta 2 (Nov 21, 2011)

  • New Look for Tablets: Firefox Beta has a new experience for tablets that leverages the large screen size and makes mobile Web browsing more intuitive. Popular Firefox features like tabs and the Awesome Screen are optimized for tablets
  • Full-Screen Portrait Browsing: Firefox Beta takes advantage of large tablet screens so you can use the full screen to browse the Web, even in portrait mode. Tabs are listed in a top left menu and easily hide when you don’t need them
  • Tab Optimization: Tabs are shown as thumbnails in the left panel of Firefox Beta, allowing you to easily switch between tabs while still viewing full websites on the right. You can swipe to the left to hide tabs for a full screen view
  • New Action Bar with Quick Access Buttons: You can access Firefox Preferences, Add-ons, downloads and more in the new Action Bar menu (next to the Awesome Bar). The Action Bar adds back, forward and bookmark buttons for easy access
  • HTML Input Tag for Camera Access: Developers can build mobile websites and Web apps that allow you to use the camera on an Android phone or tablet to take pictures, scan bar codes and more without leaving Firefox
  • HTML5 Form Validation: Firefox Beta supports the HTML5 Form Validation API which automatically validates website form fields like numbers, emails and URLs without developers needing to write a custom code or use a third-party library
  • Firefox for Android is built on the same rendering engine as Firefox for desktop computers.

New in Firefox for Mobile 8.0b6 (Nov 9, 2011)

  • Master Password Support: The Master Password Support feature helps users encrypt saved usernames and passwords for better security. Users only need one master password
  • Add Bookmarks to Your Home Screen: Users can now bookmark any website and add it to their Android Home Screen. From the Home Screen, the user can launch the bookmarked website with one click
  • Firefox for Android is built on the same rendering engine as Firefox for desktop computers. Please see the Firefox release notes for additional relevant changes

New in Firefox for Mobile 7.0.1 (Oct 19, 2011)

  • Fixed a rare issue where some users could find one or more of their add-ons hidden after a Firefox update (see the blog post)
  • Copy & Paste - Text selection in web content: Long tap in a web page and start selecting text using the familiar Android-style drag handles. This was a top request by Firefox users
  • Added a ‘Quit’ action to the Android menu: exit the browser with one tap. When you restart Firefox, you can quickly continue where you left off by restoring all or individual tabs from your previous session. This was another very frequent feature request from mobile Firefox users
  • Use Firefox in your language: When Firefox starts for the first time, it detects the language setting of your Android device and automatically switches to that language, if Firefox supports it. You can switch Firefox to a different language with a single tap
  • Improved image rendering on Tegra-based tablets and phones (see bug 669851)
  • The WebSocket API is now available in Firefox for Android (see bug 537787)

New in Firefox for Mobile 6.0.2 (Sep 7, 2011)

  • Removed trust exceptions for certificates issued by Staat der Nederlanden
  • Resolved an issue with gov.uk websites

New in Firefox for Mobile 7.0 Beta 1 (Aug 19, 2011)

  • Copy & Paste - Text selection in web content: Long tap in a web page and start selecting text using the familiar Android-style drag handles. This was a top request by Firefox users.
  • Added a ‘Quit’ action to the Android menu: exit the browser with one tap. When you restart Firefox, you can quickly continue where you left off by restoring all or individual tabs from your previous session. This was another very frequent feature request from mobile Firefox users.
  • Use Firefox in your language: When Firefox starts for the first time, it detects the language setting of your Android device and automatically switches to that language, if Firefox supports it. You can switch Firefox to a different language with a single tap.
  • We have further improved speed and performance for browser startup and page rendering. Especially on interactive web pages, you will feel the power of the fastest mobile JavaScript engine. Improving speed while reducing memory usage has been an ongoing theme and high priority. You will continue seeing great improvements with every Firefox update.
  • Improved image rendering on Tegra-based tablets and phones (see bug 669851).
  • The WebSocket API is now available in Firefox for Android (see bug 537787).

New in Firefox for Mobile 6.0 Beta 1 (Jul 9, 2011)

  • Getting you to the web faster:
  • The new first-run experience gets you directly to the home page and briefly shows you browser features in the side panels. Firefox starts up faster and uses less memory.
  • Creating a better web experience:
  • Higher-quality image scaling (on devices with NEON-compatible processors). Smoother zooming, less pixelation, crisper display of logos, etc.
  • Improvements for large-screen tablets: Optimizing Firefox for larger tablet devices, e.g. by adjusting UI elements, buttons, font size. (Phase 1)
  • Better integration of Form Assistant for a smoother user experience
  • Visual refresh with new Gingerbread theme for phones running Android 2.3 (Gingerbread): A fresh look for the browser to look even more beautiful on Gingerbread.
  • Universal Access: Optimized rendering of pages that use RTL layout (languages like Arabic, Hebrew)
  • Important improvements "under the hood" and new technology features:
  • Touch Events (part 1 - single touch only): Expose touch events to content for better interaction with web pages and services, and improved compatibility with existing web content.
  • IndexedDB database storage for web pages
  • Better performance and improved memory management
  • Automatic text hyphenation with the -moz-hyphens CSS property
  • More bug fixes and enhancements:
  • Move Find In Page, Share Page, and Save As PDF to app menu on Android (see bug 612193)
  • Implement the W3C DeviceOrientation Event Specification
  • Selecting "Tabs from other computers" on home screen directs to Preferences
  • WebGL textures broken when decode-on-draw is enabled
  • Tweaks to Firefox Gingerbread UI
  • Update Gingerbread UI for Preferences/Downloads/Addons and Context Menu
  • Tweak selection color in Gingerbread theme
  • [Java][SwiftKey] StringIndexOutOfBoundsException in String.substring() via GeckoInputConnection.getExtractedText

New in Firefox for Mobile 5.0 Beta RC 1 (Jun 16, 2011)

  • Important bug fixes: places.sqlite-wal takes too much space for Fennec, password fields not masked, typing in text fields started clearing beginning of characters, input issues in rich text editors, crash fixes
  • Fixed localization issues with truncated strings in French, Russian, and in Italian
  • Improved page load speed, especially on 3G networks
  • Improved panning responsiveness
  • Added support for the Do-Not-Track header
  • Improved compatibility with SwiftKey keyboard
  • Images downloaded to the Android Gallery are now immediately visible
  • Improved color conversion enabling better display of images and video
  • Dialog prompts better match default Android styling
  • Added support for over six menu items in the Android Menu
  • Resolved an error encountered when trying to load web pages without an active Internet connection

New in Firefox for Mobile 4.0 RC (Jun 15, 2011)

  • Add-ons:
  • There are now over 150 add-ons for Firefox for mobile, and counting. Dozens of add-ons are already compatible with our latest browser version. Thanks to our awesome community, the number of exciting compatible add-ons increase constantly. Check out the winners of our Mobile Add-on Cup and many other amazing extensions for your mobile browser.
  • Performance and Memory Usage:
  • We improved startup speed even more (compared to previous Beta versions).
  • Improved page load speed
  • In Beta 5 we introduced the feature to move Firefox to the SD card along with all its profile data (requires Android 2.2 or higher). This reduces memory usage on your mobile device to a minimum and leaves more space for other apps.
  • Scrolling and page rendering are significantly faster and much smoother, showing far less checkerboarding. Smarter page rendering and page loading algorithms led to this very visible improvement.
  • JavaScript is faster - our benchmarks show additional performance improvement compared to previous Beta releases.
  • Reducing memory and optimizing CPU usage are ongoing themes. We have been working on improvements in this area to make the browser more responsive and stable. Overall responsiveness has improved. With this version, we have implemented additional optimizations that speed up the browser and make it much more responsive, especially when using Firefox Sync. You will see continuous improvement in our future releases
  • User Interface:
  • Filling out forms is now easier than ever with our improved Form Assistant: tapping into form fields zooms you in swiftly and shows a list of suggested values to make navigation easy and to minimize typing. This is particularly useful when using Firefox Sync, which helps synchronize form data like user names and passwords (and also bookmarks, browsing history) across your connected devices, so you never have to type a user / password or other form fill data twice. The new controls make it very easy to fill in forms in web pages.
  • It is now easier to close the sidebars without accidentally reopening them.
  • We now support copy and paste for all form fields on web pages.
  • We fixed miscellaneous bugs, introduced usability improvements, and optimized the user experience with this release. Firefox 4 for mobile Release Candidate is also more stable than previous versions. See "Known Issues" below for details on fixed bugs
  • Japanese is now included in the default set of languages for the Firefox user interface.
  • For developers:
  • NOW is the time to build new awesome add-on or to make all your mobile add-ons compatible with our Release Candidate. Our interfaces are all stable, we don't expect any changes for our final release that would impace add-ons.
  • Firefox 4 adds support for IPv6 on Android.
  • The "overflow: scroll" and "overflow: auto" CSS properties are now supported.
  • In Beta 4 we introduced restartless add-ons
  • Also in Beta 4 we started providing support for HTML5 online/offline events
  • As well as these features from the previous Firefox Betas:
  • Added an option to resize text to fit the screen when you double-tap to zoom in, to optimize the reading experience. This feature can be activated in the Firefox preferences.
  • Usability - support for Android hardware and software keyboards, Android-style menus, copy/paste in URL bar, search engines appear in the awesomescreen as you type, browse recommended add-ons through the add-on manager (read more)
  • File Handling - Support for uploading files, "Save as PDF" command in the site menu
  • Localization - fixed rendering of Arabic and Farsi text (on devices with Arabic/Farsi fonts installed)
  • Sync - New UI for simpler setup, support for custom Firefox Sync servers
  • Video - Full-screen open video and improved audio performance
  • Developers - localStorage API, orientation events
  • Sync - Shipping with the Firefox Sync feature built-in, Firefox 4 synchronizes your Firefox history, bookmarks, open tabs, and form data like user names and passwords between your desktop and mobile.
  • Add-ons - Firefox 4 offers add-ons, small pieces of software that let you change the look and feel of your Firefox to fit your browsing lifestyle.
  • Pinch-to-zoom (Android), double-tap, or use the volume rocker (Nokia N900) to zoom in and out
  • Open tabs as thumbnails let you easily see and open the site you want
  • Location-Aware Browsing gives you content and info relevant to your location
  • Save to PDF in the Site Menu lets you archive important docs like tickets and directions to view offline
  • Find in Page in the Site Menu lets you quickly find text on the webpage
  • Share Page in the Site Menu lets you send content to email, Facebook, Twitter and Google Reader
  • Forget Password in the Site Menu tells a website you no longer trust to forget your private data
  • Add Search Engine in the Site Menu lets you quickly add a new search engine to your Awesome Screen
  • Context Menu lets you Open in New Tab and Share by long tapping and holding a link
  • Smart Tapping lets you tap on links, widgets and other Web content with accuracy
  • Password Manager lets you choose to remember site password to avoid typing

New in Firefox for Mobile 2.0 Alpha 1 (Aug 27, 2010)

  • Fennec is the codename of Mozilla’s mobile project, however, the official product name is Firefox. For pre-beta releases of Firefox, we refer to it by the project's name, Fennec. This is an alpha release of Fennec.
  • Built on the same technology platform as Firefox 4 for desktop computers, Fennec is designed and optimized for browsing on a mobile device, yet ships with many of your favorite Firefox desktop features like Firefox Sync, Add-ons and the Awesome Bar. This alpha release brings Fennec to the Android platform, the fastest growing smartphone platform in the world.
  • The foundation of this release is based on enhanced responsiveness and increased stability, in conjunction with new and improved features that focus on customizing the browser to fit the individual exactly:
  • Get Up and Go :
  • Shipping with the Firefox Sync feature built-in, Fennec synchronizes your Firefox history, bookmarks, open tabs, passwords and form data between your desktop and mobile. Just login with your Firefox Sync account info and Fennec gets to know you right away, taking you to your favorite parts of the Web with barely any typing. Don't worry about switching to a new phone, or having to type long URLs or passwords again. You can even leave your desktop in a moment’s notice and pick up right where you left off on your mobile phone.
  • Add-ons :
  • Fennec is the world's first mobile Web browser to support add-ons; pieces of software that let you change or add features, functionality and the look of your Fennec to fit your browsing lifestyle. You can search for and install add-ons directly to your Android phone or Nokia N900 from the Add-ons Manager located in your browser tools.
  • Personalized Start Page :
  • The Start Page gives you a snapshot of your online life while you’ve been away. Pick up where you left off with instant access to your Firefox desktop data, the tabs you had open last time you were browsing on your phone, and get suggestions for useful add-ons. Comign soon: See alerts of recent activity from your email accounts and your favorite social media sites!
  • Awesome Screen :
  • The Awesome Screen pops up just by tapping on the Awesome Bar (location bar). It gets to know you and instantly brings up a smart list of your favourite history items and bookmarks and lets you easily select a search engine for your desired search. You can also customize your search engine list for maximum efficiency.
  • Touch Friendly UI :
  • Swipe to the left or right of your screen to access your tabs, browser controls and tools, which are stowed out of the way while you browse the Web. Typing on a phone is hard, that's why you can bookmark a site with one tap, view tabs as thumbnails to easily see and open the page you want, and use the Awesome Screen to get to where you want to go in just a few a keystrokes.
  • Responsiveness :
  • Responsiveness is one of the major focuses for this release. We've redesigned Gecko to allow us to run the UI in a separate process from the web content which enables us to react much faster to user actions like scrolling and zooming.
  • More personalized than ever before, Fennec is packed with your favorite features and great improvements. Other highlights include:
  • Pinch-to-zoom (Android), double-tap, or use the volume rocker (Nokia N900) to zoom in and out
  • Tabbed browsing in thumbnail view lets you easily see and open the site you want
  • Location-Aware Browsing gives you content and info relevant to your location
  • Save to PDF in the Site Menu lets you capture important content, like driving directions or a boarding pass, to view offline
  • Find in Page in the Site Menu lets you quickly find text on the webpage
  • Share Page in the Site Menu lets you send content to email, Facebook, Twitter and Google Reader
  • Forget Password in the Site Menu tells a website you no longer trust to forget your private data
  • Add Search Engine in the Site Menu lets you quickly add a new search engine to your Awesome Screen
  • Context Menu lets you Open in New Tab and Share by long tapping and holding a link
  • Smart Tapping lets you tap on links, widgets and other Web content with accuracy
  • Password Manager lets you choose to remember site password to avoid typing

New in Firefox for Mobile 1.1 RC 1 (Jul 5, 2010)

  • Firefox lets you browse in landscape and portrait mode
  • Volume rocker lets you zoom in and out
  • Personalized Start page helps you pick up where you left off
  • Add-ons auto-update and you can view the full add-on gallery
  • Fill out forms more easily with autocomplete improvements
  • Smart Tapping lets you tap on links, widgets and other Web content with accuracy
  • Context Menu lets you Open in New Tab and Save Image by long tapping and holding a link
  • Save to PDF in the Site Menu lets you capture important content, like a receipt or boarding pass, to view offline or access quickly
  • Forget Password in the Site Menu tells a website you no longer trust to forget your private data
  • Add Search Engine in the Site Menu lets you quickly add a new search engine to your Awesome Screen

New in Firefox for Mobile 1.1 Beta 1 (Apr 30, 2010)

  • Use volume rocker to zoom in and out on the Nokia N900
  • Download, First Run and Start page redesign to help you find and use your favorite Firefox features
  • Add-ons now auto update and view full add-on gallery from the Add-ons Manager
  • Portrait mode support on the Nokia N900
  • Form assistant improvements, including autocomplete
  • Context Menu with Open in New Tab and Save Image
  • Manage site preferences (clearing passwords and others)
  • Site Menu improvements and additions including Save to PDF, Forget Password and Add Search Engine
  • Web content theme update

New in Firefox for Mobile 1.0 RC 3 (Jan 28, 2010)

  • Improvements to Performance and Productivity:
  • For our third release candidate of Firefox for Maemo, we put a lot of emphasis on improving overall performance: Web pages load significantly faster than RC2. Panning is more responsive and zooming in on Web pages is much faster. The Awesome Bar will now pop up much faster when you tap on it.
  • Plugins Disabled to Improve User Experience:
  • Support for plugins has been disabled. On most Web pages that use the Adobe Flash plugin, the performance of the plugin didn't meet our standards, and the interactivity and performance of the entire Web page was negatively impacted, especially on pages with multiple instances of the plugin. Advanced users can enable plugins for experimentation and testing purposes only. We are working on ways for the user to have control of which sites to enable plugins for, as some sites, like YouTube, do work quite well. That capability will most likely be packaged as a browser add-on.
  • Firefox is currently supported on Nokia’s Maemo platform, available for download on the Nokia N900. Initially available in more than 30 languages, download and learn more by visiting Firefox.com/mobile.
  • You'll see many of your favorite features for the desktop Firefox, now optimized for an exceptional mobile experience:
  • Easy Navigation to Web Content:
  • Awesome Bar: The Smart Location Bar, or "Awesome Bar" is even more awesome on a mobile device. The Awesome Bar gets you to your Web destination with minimal typing, by intelligently searching the names, URLs and tags of the sites you visit, and takes into account how often and recently you visit them. With Weave Sync, the Awesome Bar will also search the Web history from Firefox on your PC
  • Easy access to many search engines: Type your search term right in the Awesome Bar to search Google. Or send your search to another search engine (Wikipedia, Amazon.com, Twitter) with one touch. Customize with the search engines of your choice.
  • Touch Interface Optimization:
  • Touch-enabled UI: Greatly improved panning and scrolling performance
  • View without obstructions: The browser controls and Awesome Bar get stowed away when you reach your website so you can use the whole screen to view the site. Start to pan up or to the sides and your controls and Awesome Bar reappear
  • Quick zoom: Double tap on the screen to zoom in, double tap to zoom back out
  • One-touch bookmarking: Bookmark a Web site in one touch, along with the ability to tag it with a memorable term
  • Tabbed browsing: Thumbnails of your open tabs easily identify your open pages.
  • Performance:
  • Modified Content Sink preference has significantly decreased page load time
  • Use of a new, less animated page load throbber decreased page load time by another 10-15%
  • Double-tap to zoom is much faster
  • Greatly improved panning and scrolling performance
  • Seamless Synchronization:
  • Weave Sync: Create a Weave Sync account on your desktop and install the Weave Sync add-on on your mobile to synchronize your Firefox tabs, passwords, history and bookmarks between your desktop and mobile
  • Less typing: Access Firefox for mobile’s Awesome Bar and visit any site you’ve ever been to, regardless of which computer you visited it on, with just a couple keystrokes
  • Don't start from scratch: Weave Sync brings along your saved passwords from your desktop, removing barriers to your favorite sites
  • Get up and go: Take your Firefox with you wherever you go. Surf the Web on your PC, get up and go, and have everything waiting for you on your phone -- even your open tabs.
  • A Personalized Experience:
  • Add-ons: Firefox is the first mobile Web browser to support add-ons. You can view recommended add-ons in the Add-ons Manager and install them directly from your mobile device
  • Location-Aware Browsing: Be a local wherever you are. Get maps and info relevant to your location. Its all optional– Firefox doesn’t share your location without your permission– and is done with the utmost respect for your privacy.
  • Private and Secure:
  • Instant Web site ID ("Larry"): Tap on a site favicon for an instant identity overview
  • Password manager: Typing passwords on your phone is hard, so why do it more than you have to? Choose to remember site passwords and forget ever having to endure long and difficult typing
  • Popup blocker: Banish pop-ups from your surfing experience once and for all
  • Clear private data: As an extra security measure, you can clear all your private data via your Preferences
  • Customized security settings: Customize settings for passwords, cookies, loading images and installing add-ons for a fully empowered mobile browsing experience
  • Automated Update: Install upgrades directly to your device when you receive an automatic notification, or wait until you’re ready.
  • Productivity:
  • The Awesome Bar will now pop up much faster when you tap on it bug 536368
  • Preferences pane: Go to your Preferences in one touch. From here, manage your plugins and security settings, as well as access your Downloads Manager and Add-ons Manager
  • Download manager: Download files seamlessly and securely. The manager shows your download progress and lets you search your files by name or the Web address where the download came from
  • Spell checker: Catch typos and misspellings in form fields.

New in Firefox for Mobile 1.0 RC 1 (Jan 4, 2010)

  • Easy Navigation to Web Content:
  • Awesome Bar: The Smart Location Bar, or "Awesome Bar" is even more awesome on a mobile device. The Awesome Bar gets you to your Web destination with minimal typing, by intelligently searching the names, URLs and tags of the sites you visit, and takes into account how often and recently you visit them. With Weave Sync, the Awesome Bar will also search the Web history from Firefox on your PC
  • Easy access to many search engines: Type your search term right in the Awesome Bar to search Google. Or send your search to another search engine (Wikipedia, Amazon.com, Twitter) with one touch. Customize with the search engines of your choice.
  • Touch Interface Optimization:
  • Touch-oriented UI: Firefox's touch-enabled interface allows you to swipe left to view your controls (bookmark, go backward and forward, access your browser tools, like Add-ons, preferences and downloads) and swipe right to view your open tabs
  • View without obstructions: The browser controls and Awesome Bar get stowed away when you reach your website so you can use the whole screen to view the site. Start to pan up or to the sides and your controls and Awesome Bar reappear
  • Quick zoom: Double tap on the screen to zoom in, double tap to zoom back out
  • One-touch bookmarking: Bookmark a Web site in one touch, along with the ability to tag it with a memorable term
  • Tabbed browsing: Thumbnails of your open tabs easily identify your open pages.
  • Seamless Synchronization:
  • Weave Sync: Create a Weave Sync account on your PC and install the Weave Sync add-on on your mobile to synchronize your Firefox tabs, passwords, history and bookmarks between your PC and mobile
  • Less typing: Access Firefox for mobile’s Awesome Bar and visit any site you’ve ever been to, regardless of which computer you visited it on, with just a couple keystrokes
  • Don't start from scratch: Weave Sync brings along your saved passwords from your desktop, removing barriers to your favorite sites
  • Get up and go: Take your Firefox with you wherever you go. Surf the Web on your PC, get up and go, and have everything waiting for you on your phone -- even your open tabs.
  • A Personalized Experience:
  • Add-ons: Firefox is the first mobile Web browser to support add-ons. You can discover and install useful extensions for your browser directly from your mobile device
  • Location-Aware Browsing: Be a local wherever you are. Get maps and info relevant to your location. Its all optional– Firefox doesn’t share your location without your permission– and is done with the utmost respect for your privacy.
  • Private and Secure:
  • Instant Web site ID ("Larry"): Tap on a site favicon for an instant identity overview
  • Password manager: Typing passwords on your phone is hard, so why do it more than you have to? Choose to remember site passwords and forget ever having to endure long and difficult typing
  • Popup blocker: Banish pop-ups from your surfing experience once and for all
  • Clear private data: As an extra security measure, you can clear all your private data via your Preferences
  • Customized security settings: Customize settings for passwords, cookies, loading images and installing add-ons for a fully empowered mobile browsing experience
  • Automated Update: Install upgrades directly to your device when you receive an automatic notification, or wait until you’re ready.
  • Productivity:
  • Preferences pane: Go to your Preferences in one touch. From here, manage your plugins and security settings, as well as access your Downloads Manager and Add-ons Manager
  • Download manager: Download files seamlessly and securely. The manager shows your download progress and lets you search your files by name or the Web address where the download came from
  • Spell checker: Catch typos and misspellings in form fields.

New in Firefox for Mobile 1.0 Beta 5 (Nov 11, 2009)

  • Enabled official branding, with Firefox name and logo
  • Support for localizations, currently including Spanish, German, French, Italian, Dutch, and Russian
  • Enabled plugins
  • Viewport meta tag support
  • Fixed a number of sites that resize their content after the page is loaded
  • Added a form assistant to make filling forms easier
  • Improved panning performance and behavior
  • Zooming doesn't jump around anymore
  • Numerous other bugs and polish issues addressed

New in Firefox for Mobile 1.0 Beta 4 (Oct 8, 2009)

  • Build now works on the N900
  • Streamlined bookmarking, editing, and management
  • Install and manage search engines
  • Improved touch-friendly theme
  • Improved panning and zooming performance
  • Support for add-on options in the Add-ons Manager
  • Integration with Maemo5 system UI controls
  • Notification of tabs opened in the background
  • Numerous other bugs and polish issues addressed

New in Firefox for Mobile 1.0 Beta 3 (Aug 21, 2009)

  • New for Beta 3:
  • Redesigned and much faster scrolling
  • Major visual theme refresh
  • New tile caching abilities allowing more of the page to be saved as you pan around
  • Improved kinetic panning with directional locking
  • Improved zooming support
  • Ability to scroll iframes
  • Numerous other bugs and polish issues addressed
  • This builds upon the feature set of the previous releases:
  • Easy navigation to Web content:
  • Smart URL bar ("awesome bar")
  • Integrated Web search - built into the URL bar
  • Easy access to multiple search engines
  • Interface Optimization:
  • Major visual theme refresh is this right? not sure what it means
  • Maximize content by auto-hiding controls and URL bar
  • Zoom in and out
  • Touch-enabled bookmarking, controls, tabs
  • Tabbed browsing allows view of multiple thumbnails
  • Security:
  • Instant Web site ID ("Larry")
  • Password manager
  • Popup blocker
  • Clear recent history
  • Customized security settings
  • Automated Update
  • Customization:
  • Add-ons manager, including ability to find and install add-ons directly to device
  • Location-Aware browsing
  • Productivity:
  • Offline browsing
  • Download manager
  • Preferences pane
  • Spell checker
  • Devices services integration:
  • Click on a phone number to initiate a call
  • JavaScript API to get device location

New in Firefox for Mobile 1.0 Beta 2 (Jun 27, 2009)

  • Newly designed theme
  • JavaScript error console is now built in
  • Improved add-on support
  • Numerous bug fixes
  • Improved UI polish

New in Firefox for Mobile 1.0 Beta 1 (Mar 18, 2009)

  • TraceMonkey, Mozilla's new JavaScript engine
  • Faster application start-up time
  • Faster panning
  • Faster zooming
  • Initial implementation of bookmark folders and bookmark editing
  • Support for plug-ins