Firefox Mobile (Fennec) Alpha Up for Windows Mobile Testing

Fennec, Firefox's mobile browser, inches closer to a widespread beta with the release of an alpha tested on an HTC Touch Pro, but available for download on any Windows Mobile 6 device.

https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Fennec/Releases


Trying this out now, feel free to leave feedback

Damn i cannot wait til the FINAL version is out.. All i use is Firefox for my PC since u can preddy much fully customize it with your Add-ons and move around the Bars and etc.. The only thing i don't like is that once i upgraded to 3.5,, Adblock+ seems to slow down FF sometimes (sites like XDA-forums), so i will have to Save and Close, then start it back up to get back to normal scroll speeds..

but with FFm,, are there add-ons?

Is it stable?  I tried FF Mobile (Fennec) a few weeks ago.  Upon starting the application, it lagged, and crashed after just a minute or so.  It got pretty annoying, so I am waiting for a more stable release.

Is it stable?  I tried FF Mobile (Fennec) a few weeks ago.  Upon starting the application, it lagged, and crashed after just a minute or so.  It got pretty annoying, so I am waiting for a more stable release.

Its not even in Beta stages right now.. currently its in Alpha form.. so its gonna be some time til its finished.. the current build needs more optimization cuhz its slow, then it'll be unresponsive.. it connected to google fine.. but once i tried to connect to tmonews, but became unresponsive.. so juss check back once its in its beta stages.

Firefox for Windows Mobile put on hold for foreseeable future

http://www.mobilecomputermag.co.uk/news/100324/firefox-for-windows-mobile-put-on-hold-for-foreseeable-future

Windows Mobile users still waiting for the release of Firefox Mobile are going to be disappointed — Mozilla has halted development of its ‘Fennec’ web browser for the platform.

The news comes from the blog of Firefox developer Stuart Parmenter, who cites the inability to transfer the current project to the new Windows Phone 7 platform as the reason to put it on ice.

Microsoft’s new smartphone operating system doesn’t support native applications, only those created using the XNA game development environment and .NET. Applications written for Windows Mobile 6.x are, of course, incompatible with Windows Phone 7.

So, since Windows Mobile will become all but a dead operating system come the end of the year (when WP7 is due to launch) and with no easy way to re-use the work done so far on Fennec, it’s the end of the line for the project on this platform.

Parmenter says:

"While we think Windows Phone 7 looks interesting and has the potential to do well in the market, Microsoft has unfortunately decided to close off development to native applications. Because of this, we won’t be able to provide Firefox for Windows Phone 7 at this time."

We first wrote about Fennec for Windows Mobile just over two years ago and while there still isn’t a final version of the web browser, usable beta versions have been available for some time.