Firefox 4 for mobile goes beta on Android and Maemo

After a healthy alpha (and pre-alpha ) period, Mozilla is taking the mobile version of Firefox 4 to beta on Android and Maemo this week, promising improvements in stability, performance, and functionality. Actually, this represents a shift in branding for Maemo, where Firefox 1.1 has already been gold for some time — but odds are good you’re going to want to upgrade in any event, since this new version nets you the so-called Layers framework that aims to improve scrolling and zooming responsiveness. As you might expect, you get built-in Firefox Sync — basically making this a superset of Firefox Home — and support for HTML5. Makes that ol’ N900 look a little shinier, doesn’t it? Follow the break for Mozilla’s announcement video. Continue reading Firefox 4 for mobile goes beta on Android and Maemo Firefox 4 for mobile goes beta on Android and Maemo originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 07 Oct 2010 21:40:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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