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#1
Beta 4 is ported to N900/Maemo 5...

What's in this version?

New for Beta 4:
  • Build now works on the N900
  • Streamlined bookmarking, editing, and management
  • Install and manage search engines
  • Improved touch-friendly theme
  • Improved panning and zooming performance
  • Support for add-on options in the Add-ons Manager
  • Integration with Maemo5 system UI controls
  • Notification of tabs opened in the background
  • Numerous other bugs and polish issues addressed
...

This builds upon the feature set of the previous releases:

Easy navigation to Web content:
  • Smart URL bar ("awesome bar")
  • Integrated Web search - built into the URL bar
  • Easy access to multiple search engines

Interface Optimization:
  • Touch-oriented UI
  • Maximize content by auto-hiding controls and URL bar
  • Zoom in and out
  • Touch-enabled bookmarking, controls, tabs
  • Tabbed browsing allows view of multiple thumbnails
  • Ability to scroll iframes

Security:
  • Instant Web site ID ("Larry")
  • Password manager
  • Popup blocker
  • Clear recent history
  • Customized security settings
  • Automated Update

Customization:
  • Add-ons manager, including ability to find and install add-ons directly to device
  • Location-Aware browsing

Productivity:
  • Offline browsing
  • Download manager
  • Preferences pane
  • Spell checker

Performance:
  • Memory management

Devices services integration:
  • Click on a phone number to initiate a call
  • JavaScript API to get device location
I'm just quoting the feature list and changelog.

To install on N810/N900 or Windows/Linux/MacOSX, is rather easy, see quick start guide in release notes.
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Wow! What a great update. It's still a bit slow and memory hungry, but the interface is to die for. I am looking forward to seeing where development is headed.

I'd love to see a port of chromium with this interface. Chrome is a browser of true elegence. I'm also a fan of the v8 engine.

}:^)~
 
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BTW, it can also be installed on an N800 per the Release page (it omits mention of the N800 near the top, but lower down it includes it):

System requirements:

* Nokia N900
* Nokia N810 or N800 Internet Tablets running OS2008 ("chinook" or "diablo")

Installation:

* If you're viewing this on an N900, N810 or N800, click here to install Fennec
* Read here for step by step instructions
(and I'm doing it now)
 
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Makes me wish I still had me n810 to play on...
 
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In brief, clearly still a beta. Interesting UI, but for me it jumped around uncontrollably, sometimes giving me an unrequested sidebar, sometimes magnifying hugely.

It seems like it's set up to accept add-ons, but when I tried to install them, MicroB would launch and then the App Manager would inform me that I was trying to install something that was incompatible with MicroB.
 

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and you have not seen it on an n900.

On this platform, the sloweness is gone and it seems stable from what I have been able to see.
 

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Great !!! I have been using fennec ( recent dev version ) and it eventually replace my tear on N810 . The double click zoom in function with adds-on is a big plus than tear ! Much easier reading than Tear .
 
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Does it support portrait mode ???
 

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Originally Posted by tangs View Post
Does it support portrait mode ???
I've read that the fennec team plans to fully support portrait mode.

}:^)~
 

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yes, me too, it's me that brang the information
I just want to know it it's real
 
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