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Firefox for Maemo Beta 5 Released But Slower and Less Accurate than Default Browser

November 10th, 2009 • Mark Guim • 7 comments

Firefox for Maemo beta 5 became available for download tonight, so get your Nokia N900 and install it now! Oh wait… the device is not available to the public yet. I wouldn’t get mad though. I found beta 5 to be slower than the default browser and less accurate at displaying some sites. For example, The Nokia Blog looks ugly on it.

Firefox for Maemo

Default Browser

Here’s what’s new from the official Firefox Beta 5 release notes. It also builds upon the feature set of the previous releases. Read the complete list on the release notes.

Enabled official branding, with Firefox name and logo
Support for localizations, currently including Spanish, German, French, Italian, Dutch, and Russian
Enabled plugins
Viewport meta tag support
Fixed a number of sites that resize their content after the page is loaded
Added a form assistant to make filling forms easier
Improved panning performance and behavior
Zooming doesn’t jump around anymore
Numerous other bugs and polish issues addressed

I’m not giving up on Firefox on Maemo though. I notice a HUGE improvement in performance from the previous version, making me feel the developers are working really hard on this project. I hope they make The Nokia Blog appear more accurate on the next version, though.

http://www.thespectrum.net/ Fusiongt

Cool I'd love to see a video of a comparison between the 2 browers… maybe not now but when you think the ff browser can compete with it.
villagehunter

I hope this isn't considered stalking…. o_O

cats are known to move around a lot… aren't they…
I'm a huge fan of Beta Releases.. and honestly i feel FF3 doesn't deliver what it should compared to IE8 and Chrome..
but that's just my thought..
http://www.mybaby.com.my/ Jessen

How can you say there is a HUGE improvement over the previous version while your title stated that it's slower and less accurate? Anyway, I can't wait to get my N900 when it arrives my country – Malaysia. :p
http://www.mybaby.com.my/ Jessen

How can you say there is a HUGE improvement over the previous version while your title stated that it's slower and less accurate? Anyway, I can't wait to get my N900 when it arrives my country – Malaysia. :p
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