8/27/2009

Mobile Firefox (Fennec)

I just tried (and crashed) FireFox Mobile Fennecwhatever. While it clearly imitates the iPhone's mobile safari, I am glad the Mozilla foundation is embracing the mobile market. I believe that the personal computer as an internet access terminal is reaching its peak and is approaching a decline in favor of netbooks, iPhones, Kindles, and whatever Newton-ish device Apple resurrects that everyone else imitates.

With Google Chrome injecting actual competition into the market, it will be an interesting year in browsers. The Mozilla Project has been pretty stagnant as of late, and I've been halfway expecting the announcement of Mozilla ShadowCat, a lightweight version of Firefox, that runs on the Iguana engine. Like Camino, but for Windows.

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