Mozilla releases Fennce Alpha version

BANGALORE, INDIA: The Mozilla foundation recently announced the Alpha release of its Mobile browser Fennec for Windows Mobile 6. The Alpha version is now available for developers and testers.

As per the official Mozilla blog, this is an early developer release intended for testing purposes only. They would like to invite interested Windows Mobile developers and users to join with Mozilla’s developer and user community to help develop, test and refine the product.

The user interface control for this browser has been re-built to be entirely CSS based to allow easy adjustment of their UI for various screen sizes and resolutions in future.

The Alpha version also supports add-ons such as gestures module, and is indented to support more in future.

“The look and feel will continue to evolve as we develop the product, but this release should give uses a sense of the direction its going in,” said the blog.

Currently this release has been targeted and tested on the HTC Touch Pro, but would be supporting more devices in future.

“To install on your device, you can either navigate to this cab installer from your phone’s current browser or download it to your desktop and copy it to your device via ActiveSync. Once on your device simply click on the cab and it will install to your device,” added the blog.

However, the blog does not recommend this release for daily browsing practices and says that the first one runs of Fennec would take some time in creating your profile.