Mozilla Firefox Set to "Rock" the Mobile Web

**jamesus** · #1 (**permalink**) 10-10-2007, 11:40 AM

Looks as if Mozilla is promising a mobile version of Firefox by next year.

http://www.informationweek.com/blog/...a_is_prom.html

Quote:

Giving the mobile Web browser competition a shot in the arm, Mozilla's Mike Schroepfer said in a blog post that Mozilla has big plans for the mobile Web. Yes, a mobile version of Firefox is in the works, and should be ready next year.
The post showed up in Schroepfer's blog yesterday and outlined all of Mozilla's mobile plans, including updates on its technology, hiring, products, and partners. According to Schroepfer, there's a lot in store.
He said:

Up until very recently device limitations required writing new mobile browsers from the ground up. Being able to leverage all the investments in the Mozilla platform across both desktops and devices is the right approach. There is far from a dominant player in this marketplace and even the best mobile browsers today have compromises in user experience, performance, and compatibility. There is still *plenty* of room for innovation.

I agree, there is still lots of room for improvement. Just yesterday Opera, Freescale ,and NEC announced their own plans to improve the mobile browsing and mobile video experience.
Mozilla is promising a better experience, too. It has hired two new developers to head its mobile services operations and plans to offer a mobile version of Firefox that is as close to the desktop version as possible. Schroepfer said mobile Firefox will be able to run Firefox extensions on mobile devices and allow others to build rich applications via XUL.
Part of the reason Mozilla held off on entering the market was that mobile devices didn't have the right memory or CPU specs to make Mozilla happy. Now that many phones -- and smartphones in particular -- are shipping with more memory and faster processors, Mozilla thinks now is the time.
It certainly is.
The iPhone's Safari browser really raised the bar when it comes to the mobile browsing experience. The Nokia (NYSE: NOK) browser (which is based on Safari) also performs well. Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is working on a mobile browser. Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) already has a mobile version of Internet Explorer. Opera is stepping up the competition. Mozilla will be a little late to the game, but late is better than never.

**InvincibleLiving** · #2 (**permalink**) 10-10-2007, 02:14 PM

this is great news, they've had plenty of time to evaluate what is and isnt working with mobile web browsers. if they've been waiting for memory and processors to mature, then its prolly a good sign that they want to bring out a killer app of a browser!

drew454U · #3 (**permalink**) 10-10-2007, 11:53 PM

mozilla is awesome and i look forward to this

**jamesus** · #4 (**permalink**) 10-12-2007, 02:52 PM

Read somewhere (can't find the link right now) that the browser will be released after Firefox 3 is available.

Sprints700wx · #5 (**permalink**) 10-15-2007, 04:50 PM

Ok Dont know if this is Really Mozilla Web Browser but i found some link that took me to this page claiming its Moziila can someone Conferm this

http://www.mozilla.org/projects/minimo/

Let me know whut you guys think . Jst download Cab and Install and Injoy =)

manicmetal · #6 (**permalink**) 10-15-2007, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Sprints700wx

Ok Dont know if this is Really Mozilla Web Browser but i found some link that took me to this page claiming its Moziila can someone Conferm this

http://www.mozilla.org/projects/minimo/

Let me know whut you guys think . Jst download Cab and Install and Injoy =)

Minimo is not mobile firefox. Minimo is / was a mobile version of the mozilla browser but it never got finished and it will not be developped any further.
It is far from complete and is extremely slow on windows mobile (even on my tytn II).

Mobile firefox (or whatever name they will give it) will not be based on minimo but will probably derrive from its big brother firefox.

Sprints700wx · #7 (**permalink**) 10-15-2007, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by manicmetal

Minimo is not mobile firefox. Minimo is / was a mobile version of the mozilla browser but it never got finished and it will not be developped any further.
It is far from complete and is extremely slow on windows mobile (even on my tytn II).

Mobile firefox (or whatever name they will give it) will not be based on minimo but will probably derrive from its big brother firefox.

Yeah i know i jst tryed it .. Every Proggram i downloaded and tryed on my Treo..Sucked . Opera , This .. etc.. There all Slow....My PIE is 1000 Xs faster..ell thanks for clearing that up for me ...

**schettj** · #8 (**permalink**) 10-15-2007, 05:23 PM

yeah hopefully it will be better then mimo (aka, let's re-invent the entire GUI code from scratch and not use windows mobile APIs at all, yeah that should work well....)

not to say anything bad about firefox (after all, I'm using it now) but of all the things that FF is, "small and fast" are not two that come to mind.

ls6tt · #9 (**permalink**) 10-15-2007, 06:09 PM

ttt for me to remember to check back