Firefox 4 For Android Launched

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Mozilla Launches Firefox 4 for Android, Allowing Users to Take the Power and Customization of Firefox Everywhere

March 29th, 2011. The Mozilla Blog.

Mozilla, a global, nonprofit organization dedicated to making the Web better, is excited to release Mozilla Firefox 4 for Android. Firefox delivers an intuitive interface, unparalleled customization and support for modern Web technologies. To make mobile browsing effortless and fun, Firefox provides seamless and secure access to personal data across desktop and mobile devices, including browsing history, bookmarks, open tabs, form data and passwords.

Firefox is available from the Android Market and for download on Maemo devices. Firefox for mobile is offered in more than 10 languages.

Firefox for mobile allows users to take the Firefox experience they love everywhere and minimizes typing with features like tabbed browsing, bookmarks, add-ons and Firefox Sync. With a sleek new look that hides browser controls when not in use, Firefox allows users to focus on the websites they visit. Firefox Sync gives users seamless access to their browsing history, bookmarks, open tabs, form data and passwords across computers and mobile devices. Firefox also offers thousands of ways to customize the features, functionality and look of mobile Web browsing with Firefox Add-ons.

Firefox is up to three times faster than the stock browser on Android. Major enhancements to the JavaScript engine make everything from page load speed to graphics to overall performance snappy in Firefox.

Firefox for mobile is built on the same technology platform as the desktop version. With modern Web technologies like HTML5, developers can build rich, interactive applications and websites. Go to Web O' Wonder and check out the incredible online experiences developers can now create.

What's New in Firefox for Android and Maemo:

Streamlined Interface

Focus on Web content: Features like tabs, one-touch bookmarking and browser controls that stow away when not in use help users focus on the websites they visit

Browse More, Type Less

Awesome Screen: Type less with easy access to history, bookmarks and open tabs

Save to PDF: Capture important websites, like directions or a boarding pass, to view offline

Share Page: Share websites via apps like email, Facebook, Twitter, Google Reader and more

Add Search Engine: Customize your search engine list

Private and Secure Synchronization

Firefox Sync: Access Awesome Bar history, bookmarks, open tabs, passwords and form data across multiple computers and mobile devices with secure end-to-end encryption

Most Customizable:

Firefox offers thousands of ways for users to customize the features, functionality and look of their mobile Web browser with Firefox Add-ons

Cutting Edge Tools for Web Developers:

Firefox improves existing tools like CSS, Canvas and SVG to enable developers to make exciting Web pages

HTML5 support in Firefox for Android and Maemo includes Location-Aware Browsing, device orientation, accelerometer, desktop notifications and more

The JavaScript engine incorporates the new JägerMonkey JIT compiler, along with enhancements to the existing TraceMonkey JIT and SpiderMonkey's interpreter for faster page-load speed and better performance of Web apps and games

For more information:

Video Tour of What's New

Full Details on Features

Reviewer's Guide

Screenshots and Logos

Full Release Notes

[sgiitk 32]

I hope this is more bugfree than the Windows version, which has the annoying habit of occasionally hanging up.

[Harshal 11]

Tried this. Dolphin HD is much better UI for now.

[drali 6]

opera mobile is much better than FF4

[sougatadc 358]

Used FF4 Beta for last few days. As I'm an FF fan on laptop/desktop, I'd love to use it on mobile also.Its lateral slide feature for accessing tabs, bookmarks, history, downloads and setting is quite a helpful feature. But the absence of Adobe Flash plugin is a big disadvantage.

Will wait for the upgrade.

I'm writing this using FF4 on my mobile.