Fennec Alpha 3 for Windows Mobile now available

September 4, 2009 | By Surur

Fennec Alpha 3 for Windows Mobile is now official. Alpha 3 brings faster start-up times, much improved panning, support for a wider range of screen resolutions and a lot more.

See the full change log below and download the cab by typing this tinyurl in your mobile browser: tinyurl.com/fennec3

Note the cab is still a monstrous 9.5 MB.

New for Alpha 3:

Much improved panning/scrolling performance
Improved start-up time
Revised theme
Support for running in full screen
Numerous bug fixes
Improved painting performance
Improved UI polish
Support for touch sensitive directional pad on HTC devices
Improved kinetic panning with directional locking
Ability to scroll frames
Improved zooming support
Support for multiple screen sizes

This builds upon the feature set of the previous releases:

Easy navigation to Web content:

Bookmarks, including tags
Smart URL bar ("awesome bar")
Tabbed browsing with thumbnail images
Integrated Web search – built into the URL bar
Easy access to multiple search engines
Built in error console
Support for add-ons

Web content:

Maximize content by auto-hiding controls and URL bar
Zoom in and out

Security:

Instant Web site ID ("Larry")
Password manager
Popup blocker
Clear private data

Devices services integration:

Click on a phone number to initiate a call
JavaScript API to get device location

Also:

Searchable download manager
Preferences pane
Add-ons manager, including ability to directly find and install add-ons

About Surur

Site Admin and Windows Phone enthusiast, he has been using Windows Mobile devices since before they were called PocketPC’s. He is currently sporting a HTC 7 Trophy.

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Ruben

Why do I keep downloading these alphas? Its still as fast as A1, which is slow as hell.

I swear, they are writing this for an Intel Core i7 packing mobile device.

Even Dorothy, in its very early stages, has been an extremely fast browser, albeit just a tad buggy.
KennyB123

I guess your experience was better than mine if you actually had it LOADING PAGES.

When I could get it loaded, which was only after a soft-reset each time, it never loaded a page. The first time, I realized that it didn't automatically establish a data connection. So, after I rebooted and established a data connection, it still never loaded any requested page, but it did manage to crash twice. It just got uninstalled.
keith

did not load for me either

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