Mozilla's mobile browser Fennec won't be coming to Android any time soon

[deserttopping]

i was wondering what the point of that was also.

[Scythe]

Originally Posted by JaceMan

Boy, you really scooped this thread out of the grave and obscurity, and for no other reason that to say that you don't want to use the Mozilla web browser. It makes one wonder, what was the purpose of reviving a 7 month old thread just to say, "Pass!"

P.S. The Android browser is ANYTHING but fast. I'll keep clinging tightly to my Opera Mini.

Necroposting at it's finest of course

As far as the laggy/buggy fennec browser is concerned, it really sucks on my n810. Bug city, but it's far faster than the default Maemo browser. It'll be nice once it irons out all the bugs.

[JaceMan]

Usually when someone revives a dead thread it's because they have a question pertaining to the subject. You don't see too many people search for "ford model t" just to post, "Never driven one!"

[patientzero]

Originally Posted by JaceMan

Boy, you really scooped this thread out of the grave and obscurity, and for no other reason that to say that you don't want to use the Mozilla web browser. It makes one wonder, what was the purpose of reviving a 7 month old thread just to say, "Pass!"

P.S. The Android browser is ANYTHING but fast. I'll keep clinging tightly to my Opera Mini.

Ha! You got me.

For some reason this thread appeared on my "recently updated threads list" and I posted without ever reading the date. Must have been a glitch with the forum.

[blizzard]

Hey, everyone.

Right now at Mozilla we're still in the early stages with looking at Fennec for Android. Since there's a new Native Development Kit that's available we've been looking into what it might take to bring up Fennec on Android. That work is going on right now.

Right now I don't think we're even close to being in a position where we can say either way that we're going to support Android. It's too early. But I can say that it's high on our list for probable support given it's strategic value.

The out of the box Android browser renders pages OK but it's not very inspiring in terms of its functionality or how it helps users. Simply put - it's an only OK web browser. There's a huge opportunity there to improve over it and if we do decide to go that path it will probably be a full Fennec release - add-ons, working weave integration, awsomebar, tile system, full Gecko support, etc.

So stay tuned. When we start down that path we'll probably be transparent about it. (We're an open source project - it's not easy for us to keep secrets!)

[deserttopping]

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