Mozilla Fennec Hits Alpha 3
September 10, 2009 in News by dave

Mozilla has released the Alpha 3 version of Mozilla Fennec, a.k.a Firefox mobile. Some of the new features of this Alpha release are:
- Much improved panning/scrolling performance
- Improved start-up time
- Revised theme
- Support for running in full screen
- Numerous bug fixes
- Improved painting performance
- Improved UI polish
- Support for touch sensitive directional pad on HTC devices
- Improved kinetic panning with directional locking
- Ability to scroll frames
- Improved zooming support
- Support for multiple screen sizes
If you would like to take a look at this latest version, go download Fennec from Mozilla’s site. Please drop me a note and let me know what you think!
After the jump is a more detailed list of Fennec features…
This release of Fennec builds on an already great web-browesr-in-the-making:
Easy navigation to Web content:
- Bookmarks, including tags
- Smart URL bar (“awesome bar”)
- Tabbed browsing with thumbnail images
- Integrated Web search – built into the URL bar
- Easy access to multiple search engines
- Built in error console
- Support for add-ons
Web content:
- Maximize content by auto-hiding controls and URL bar
- Zoom in and out
Security:
- Instant Web site ID (“Larry“)
- Password manager
- Popup blocker
- Clear private data
Devices services integration:
- Click on a phone number to initiate a call
- JavaScript API to get device location
Also:
- Searchable download manager
- Preferences pane
- Add-ons manager, including ability to directly find and install add-ons