The Mozlla mobile team has released Fennec 1.0 beta 4 for Maemo. This release brings noticeable improvements the user experience and UI of the browser. Specifically you’ll see:
Improved touch-friendly theme
Improved panning and zooming performance and behavior
Add search providers from the site identity panel
Manage search providers from the Add-ons Manager
Simplified the Download Manager (removed searching and find file on disk)
Streamlined the bookmarking process
Simplified the bookmark management
Popup notification when background tabs open
Bookmark list now displays the URL and tags associated with a bookmark
Added a product information page (about:fennec or use the button in Preferences)
Support for the HandheldFriendly meta-tag (support for the viewport meta-tag is coming)
You can find more information on Mark Finkle’s blog, Mozilla’s mobile developer and platform evangelist. The team has also spent time making sure Fennec runs well on Nokia’s N900 device.
