August 21, 2009

Fennec

Fennec is Mozilla’s version of Firefox for mobile devices. Its unique and thoughtful user interface makes it one of the most credible mobile browsers. Fennec 1.0 Beta 3 for Maemo has just been released, and if you’re interested in mobile browsers, you should probably check it out.

«But I do not have a Maemo device», you cry. Do not despair! There are versions for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.

If you’ve never seen Fennec, you should probably know that you can swipe to the left and to the right to see buttons and tabs, respectively.

Fennec on Mac OS X

Madhava Enros has some Screenshots. I really wish Apple would allow this on the iPhone.

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