Written by Peter Murphy on Sunday, December 28, 2008

FireFox Mobile, Fennec, Gets Alpha 2!

Well we have all been disappointed at the news that MIE 6 is not going to evolve into a patch for all windows mobile devices, but is being limited to more recent, RAM on steroids, devices. The same goes for Opera Mobile 9.5, seems you are going to have to up your investment in a device if you want a better browsing experience on your mobile device.

The Browser wars, which essentially are the result of mobile device users wanting the equivalent of a desktop, big screen experience on a rather smaller device, have stalled a bit lately.

Mozilla have an offering, Minimo, that has long been relegated to the bench. They have though, been fiddling about, with a little project, that will hopefully, bring a useable version of FireFox for Windows Mobile.

Mozilla have released the second Alpha of their Fennec browser for WinMo [where do they come up with the names?], that is a step forward towards their new mobile offering.

As Fennec development continues to move forward, the value and significance of having the complete Firefox stack in a mobile environment is becoming increasingly apparent. Developers have already started creating innovative add-ons for the new browser that increase its functionality in various ways. For example, the TwitterBar extension allows users to post to Twitter directly from the Fennec address bar. An early Fennec port of Mozilla’s Weave framework is also underway.

Ars Technica, bring a whole heap of detail to the release.

The fact is you still can’t see any better than a technical preview, unless you have a Nokia N810 tablet. Hit the link below for your under privileged preview