Firefox for Maemo 1.0 has released

Written on January 30th, 2010 at 20:33 pm by shredder12

Just after 3 days of the release of Firefox for Maemo RC3, Firefox has officially announced Version 1.0 of Firefox for the Nokia's Maemo Platform. This is the first mobile web browser released by Firefox and its the first moblie browser that supports addons, the charm of Firefox ;).

As per Mozilla, this browser is recommended for only Nokia n900, although it can be used on both n800 and n810 Internet tablets. But a good thing to brag about is the support for addons which set it apart from all other mobile browsers, Opera Mobile and Opera Mini. So, we can expect such and hopefully more enhanced features in the later mobile releases of Firefox browser. Lets first talk about this one.

You might remember the sudden move by Mozilla to disable the support for plugins from the browser by default in the RC3 a few days ago. This was because the flash on some websites was degrading the performance of the browser. But since its working well on Youtube the users are strongly recommended to use the Youtube Enabler to enable flash for youtube.

Features

  • Awesome Bar – Go to your favorite sites in just a couple of keystrokes with intelligent and personalized searching
  • Weave Sync – Sync your Firefox tabs, history, bookmarks and passwords between your desktop and mobile device for a seamless browsing experience
  • Add-ons – Customize your Firefox by adding small pieces of functionality, like games and news readers, that help make the mobile Web browser your own
  • Location-Aware Browsing – Get maps and information relevant to your location
  • Tabbed browsing – View open tabs as thumbnails to easily identify and select the Web page you’d like to go to next
  • Safe Browsing – Get an Instant Web Site ID and easily access and edit security settings
  • Available in more than 30 languages and counting

Addons

More than 40 Firefox addons are available for the mobile version. Addons like AdBlock Plus, URL fixer, yummy for feed support, geo guides and language translator can be very handy for a mobile user.

Download Firefox for Maemo

Nokia n900 users can directly go to firefox.com/m to install the latest version.

 

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