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Firefox's little cousin pops out of den

Jeonat

24Mb!! 

Posted Monday 29th June 2009 17:46 GMT

WTF?

Holy cow - 24Mb to install on Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphone! Storage card for that, then!

Annihilator

1 step forward, 2 steps back 

Posted Monday 29th June 2009 17:46 GMT

WTF?

I thought the last release was a beta. Now we're into "alpha 2"?

Chris Wareham

@Annihilator 

Posted Monday 29th June 2009 18:47 GMT

I think you've confused this with Firefox 3.5. This is a separate browser for mobile devices that uses some of the same components as Firefox.

Preston Crow

Failed on my phone 

Posted Monday 29th June 2009 19:12 GMT

FAIL

I installed it on my T-Mobile Dash (HTC Excaliber, I think). It comes up and just sits there. I'm not sure if it's because the phone doesn't have enough RAM, or if Fennec can't handle a non-touch screen phone.

It's a shame, since Internet Explorer Mobile is useless on most sites.

Jonathan 6

Is it just me, but why are they … 

Posted Monday 29th June 2009 22:05 GMT

FAIL

… only developing this for the platform with the absolute least amount of promise in the mobile space? Windows Mobile? 6.5? WTF?!?

Annihilator

@Chris Wareham 

Posted Monday 29th June 2009 22:05 GMT

"I think you've confused this with Firefox 3.5. This is a separate browser for mobile devices that uses some of the same components as Firefox."

Fortunately my reading skillz haven't failed me yet :-D I'm definitely thinking of Fennec which went into Beta earlier this year:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/03/19/fennec_beta/

Anonymous Coward

At the risk... 

Posted Tuesday 30th June 2009 00:00 GMT

... of posting a serious comment against usual form whilst maintaining my carefully cultivated aura of cluelessness, whatever happened to Minimo?

Is this Fennec thing a generational step up, or a completely different lineage?

Given the way my eyesight is borking I think interwebs at sub-3.5-inch is a dead end for me anyway. Where's my mobile with the 21" fold out oled???

Marvin the Martian

@ AC: "Where's my mobile with the 21" fold out oled?" 

Posted Tuesday 30th June 2009 01:15 GMT

Pint

I left mine in my flying car.

Greg J Preece

Gimme! 

Posted Tuesday 30th June 2009 09:13 GMT

Been waiting for this for ages! GIMMEH!

Awww, it won't start. :-(

Michael 79

@Annihilator 

Posted Tuesday 30th June 2009 09:13 GMT

The beta of Fennec ws for Nokia N810 Tablet which runs a different OS from Windows Mobile

The Windows Mobile version is still in its alpha stages

Jamie Kitson

Still 10 Megs! 

Posted Tuesday 30th June 2009 09:38 GMT

Iris is still by far the best browser for Windows Mobile.