With hands on Fennec, Firefox for Windows Mobile

Fennec, the Firefox browser for Windows Mobile application, is the first mobile browser to embrace the idea of a strong third-party add-ons. But the browser itself is too slow than in the use of experimental

I loaded the CAB file to 9.1MB a Sprint HTC Touch Pro. Touch Pro, which is the only model of Windows Mobile Mozilla has been approved for use with Fennec for now, although the version of the browser running on the Nokia N810 Linux-based tablet computer.I found Fennec's user interface is confusing and difficult. The browser opens to the home page, with the address above, several key actions (back, forward, bookmark, and tools) on the right side, and the miniature image tab on the left side.

But each browser is different in the universe, that the "chrome" does not remain on-screen is only attached on the page edges, and you can scroll away from it. That means if you want to switch tabs, you have to scroll all the way to the top and left to do before. That is difficult.

Along with the tab, is the main innovation of Fennec add-ons, such as in Firefox. With the move to the Tools menu, you can choose from a variety of add-ons, add-ons that four recommended menu. They do useful things such as improving one type in the URL and let you tweet from your browser.

Fennec brings Firefox's Awesome Bar to your mobile phone, with a few bugs. When you start typing the URL into the address bar, the browser will try to suggest popular sites you may want to go to. He also appeared five search button at the bottom of the screen, which will let you search with Google, Yahoo, Amazon, Answers.com, and Creative Commons. Search field does not seem they can be adjusted, and some built-in Windows Mobile UI is actually overwrote the search button. Rough.

The browser seems to really make a relatively page using Firefox's Gecko engine, although some mangled fonts and spacing does not offer viewing options. I can not find a way to get the columns of the full screen view, for example, or switch between phone and PC-format-format version of the page. I can not even find out how to fit the page to display, even though twice tapping me on the move between two levels of zoom.

Fennec also painfully, unusably slow. You should be able to pan around pages with your finger, but more like stealing, wait five seconds, the pan. To be fair, Mozilla admitted that the browser is too slow to use right now-this is a technical preview.

Fennec's plug-in architecture is very interesting. But to be more quick and easy to use, there is no threat to Opera Mobile on Windows Mobile.
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