Thread: [N900] Mozilla Fennec browser builds (only for CSSU Thumb)
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2013-01-16 , 08:34
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Originally Posted by misiak View Post
Downloaded 17 non-thumb, couldn't install, dpkg said it depends on qt packges in thumb versions

edit: however, on my second n900 with cssu-thumb, installation went smooth (well, there was a problem with pre-removal script from old version of fennec installed there, but that's not related to this version of package), however i didn't test yet, will post later if anything breaks.
The newer gcc & g++ require some cssu-thumb packages. That means that if I say the compiler to build for ARM, not for Thumb( just because of the fact it is build with Thumb packages) it will still require CSSU-Thumb....

That means that building for ARM with Thumb packages is useless I will build only Thumb versions from now on.

Originally Posted by marbleuser View Post
just curious, are you going to build anything with gstreamer support?
I'm still working on that because gstreamer has some problems under Maemo SDK, first it is an ancient version, second I have the source to upgrade but it it needs newer version of the ancient (too) glib2.20. The moment I find a newer glib(for X86! not for armel, I found for armel) I will build with gstreamer support

Originally Posted by bharathkumarst View Post
Thanks Tannago.

I installed fennec V17 yesterday. When I open it, it tries to open but it disappears. Reboot did not give a solution. I use KP51r1 & CSSU-Thumb.

Thanks in advance.
2 variants
First : With some plugins loaded( I tried adblock plus & Phony) Fennec takes 20 seconds to start.

If you haven't installed any plugins : Open /home/user/.mozilla/fennec/
delete everything in there, restart the phone and it must work.

Originally Posted by seanmcken View Post
Y Feneec's UI is Not Faster as Opera?
Here goes the difference between Mozilla and Opera. Mozilla abandoned Fennec for N900 when it was version 7 now we have 18....Opera doesnt abandon it's browsers like that, improves them, adds new features and fixes. In one word right now I'm doing the job for Mozilla and I can pretty much only change compiler flags to improve the browser I dont know it's source...it's big.

I don't know about you but I like that Fennec- it's reliable and fast & the most important thing is flash support that is missing in opera
Last edited by tanago; 2013-01-16 at 08:50.
 

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