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Fennec 1.0 Beta 4 for Maemo Released

Posted by Nicole Loux

October 7th, 2009 · Fennec

The Mozlla mobile team has released Fennec 1.0 beta 4 for Maemo. This release brings noticeable improvements the user experience and UI of the browser. Specifically you’ll see:

• Improved touch-friendly theme
• Improved panning and zooming performance and behavior
• Add search providers from the site identity panel
• Manage search providers from the Add-ons Manager
• Simplified the Download Manager (removed searching and find file on disk)
• Streamlined the bookmarking process
• Simplified the bookmark management
• Popup notification when background tabs open
• Bookmark list now displays the URL and tags associated with a bookmark
• Added a product information page (about:fennec or use the button in Preferences)
• Support for add-ons options in the Add-on Manager
• Support for updating add-ons
• Support for the HandheldFriendly meta-tag (support for the viewport meta-tag is coming)

You can find more information on Mark Finkle’s blog, Mozilla’s mobile developer and platform evangelist.  The team has also spent time making sure Fennec runs well on Nokia’s N900 device.

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