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Firefox Mobile 4.0 Beta 5 Android Maemo

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The mobile version of the Mozilla Firefox web browser.

Firefox is the browser built for the way you use the Web on your mobile phone. These key design principles are at the heart of the browsing experience: minimize typing, let the Web have center stage, and seamlessly synchronize your desktop and mobile browsing, to name a few. It is built on the same browser engine as Firefox for desktop computers with some extensive under the hood work to optimize for mobile. Secure, powerful and customizable -- Firefox Mobile is packed with your favorite features.

Here are some key features of "Firefox Mobile (Fennec)":

· Works with your favorite sites because it’s built on the same browser engine as Firefox for the desktop
· Awesome Bar gets you to your favorite websites with minimal typing
· Seamlessly synchronizes your Firefox tabs, history, bookmarks and passwords between your desktop and mobile
· Location-Aware Browsing gives you info and maps relevant to your locale
· Tabbed browsing with thumbnail images
· One-touch bookmarking
· The first mobile Web browser to support add-ons that anyone can build and distribute to add new features and user experiences
· Fast JavaScript engine, using Mozilla's "TraceMonkey" just-in-time compiler
· Instant Web site ID and customized security settings for safe browsing

Requirements:

· Maemo 5 (Nokia N900)
· Android 2.0 or later

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

Performance and Memory Usage:

· We improved startup speed even more (compared to Beta 3 and Beta 4). This was a top request from Beta 3 users.
· Improved page load speed
· Firefox will now move its profile data to the SD card when you move the application to the SD card on Android 2.2 or higher
· Scrolling and page rendering are faster and smoother
· JavaScript is faster - our benchmarks show additional performance improvement in Beta 5 compared to Beta 4.
· Reducing memory and optimizing CPU usage are ongoing themes. We have been working on improvements in this area to make the browser more responsive and stable. Overall responsiveness has improved.

User Interface:

· No major changes in this release compared to Beta 4, as we focused mostly on stability, usability, and performance

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