When Firefox released the first Alpha build of its mobile browser -- aka Fennec -- in May, it left a lot of you underwhelemed. Hey, it was an Alpha build. Don't say we (and Mozilla) didn't warn you. But work has been progressing, and Mozilla just released the Alpha 2 build. Here's what's new in Alpha 2: (opens in new tab) [via Pavlov's blog]
- Improved panning performance
- Newly designed theme
- JavaScript error console is now built in
- Improved add-on support
- Numerous bug fixes
- Improved UI polish
As per the usual, Mozilla is developing for the HTC Touch Pro. So back up your info, and get to testing. Here's the download link. (opens in new tab) (Don't have a Touch Pro? Try out the desktop versions. (opens in new tab)) And let us know in the comments how things look.
Update: Here's one fairly big known bug (opens in new tab) worth noting:
Allow panning/scrolling in iframes - Websites that display large amounts of content in IFrames, including Google Mail and Reader, will be very hard, if not impossible, to use.
