Firefox for Mobile 10.0.2

Firefox for Mobile - Performance, memory consumption and on-device footprint.

Performance, memory consumption and on-device footprint.

Fennec is the code name of the effort to build a mobile version of Firefox. Fennec is part of the Mozilla effort to enable all mobile phones with a Mozilla application.

The overall goals for Mobile Firefox are:
- provide Mozilla’s standards-based open-source browser engine, optimized for mobile, that can be embedded by device manufacturers and others;
- a full-featured mobile browser including support for XUL-based add-ons, delivering on Firefox’s key principles of ease-of-use, security and accessibility;
- grow the Mozilla community in the mobile space;
- provide tools and documentation to help developers develop, debug and deploy web applications;
- do all of this work in the shared Mozilla source repositories so all platforms, desktop and mobile, benefit each other

Firefox for Mobile features :

UI modes:
- full screen
- portrait/landscape
- mouse pointer for non-touch screen devices

zoom:
- zoom to relevant section
- zoom to width
- zoom to height
- zoom to fit page

scrolling/panning:
- kinetic
- normal (through keys)
- accelerated
- security (e.g. how does the user know the site is secure?)
- tabbed browsing
- spatial navigation - keyboard shortcuts

layout:
- ssr (single column display)
- fit to width
- fit to height
- scrollbar-free layout
- viewport meta tag
- breakpad for ARM
- virtual keyboard
- text input - password/input manager + native integration
- low memory handlers
- start page
- basic navigation/UI design
- localization
- text layout
- send page/URL
- device integration through Javascript
- determine build profile (simple, basic) and what needs to be removed/added
- radical new UI

Firefox for Mobile 10.0.2 is licensed as Freeware for the Windows operating system / platform. Firefox for Mobile is provided as a free download for all software users (Freeware).