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01 February 2010
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Web Design
Mozilla have finally launched a mobile version of their very popular firefox browser, including many add-ons. This is great news, as it can give mobile internet users a more computer-like experience with the ability to use add-ons being a brand new concept on the mobile browser horizon.
- The Awesome bar- allows you to get to any of your favourite sites quickly with ease, using intelligent, personalised search algorithms.
- Weave Sync- a function that allows you to browse the web seamlessly, by exporting and importing all of your firefox history, passwords, tabs and bookmarks between your phone and your computer.
- Add-ons- the first mobile browser ever that allows you to make your version of the browser your own by adding extensions, games, news readers, etc. to create a unique browsing experience that is truly your own.
- Location-awareness – this allows you to get maps and relevant information based upon your area when you are browsing
- Thumbnail tabbed browsing- allows you to open multiple tabs, much like on a computer but with thumbnails for easy viewing and selection of pages
- Secure browsing- with mobile firefox, you will be able to get an instant web ID whenever you want, and you are able to modify security options easily at all times
Also, Mozilla claims that the browser will even have functionality for web developers on their mobile phones, and it will also help them to create rich applications amongst other web development tools, including HTML5, CSS and JavaScript.
As for all versions of the firefox browser this, in addition, will be open-source software allowing even more customisation, modification and improvements to be made to the browser. This is a big step forward for mobile browsing, especially if the web development tools are as useful as Mozilla say they are.
