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Fennec logo

The Fennec logo is currently being used in Maemo builds, should it be added to this page? --68.81.70.65 (talk) 17:09, 4 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Speaking of logo, is Fennec a fork of Mozilla Firefox like IceWeasel? --Ramu50 (talk) 18:20, 21 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

AFAIK it is an official project of Mozilla aimed at making a mobile browser (something that can compete with Pocket IE and Opera Mobile/Mini, I think). In some respects it is very similar to Firefox (rendering engine is Gecko, for example) nneonneo ^talk 01:54, 22 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Correct. Note that "this logo has nothing do to with the final Firefox Mobile branding." Also a simplified version is available. --Execvator (talk) 03:16, 22 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Screenshot

Would it be possible to get a screenshot of the Wikipedia main page (preferably) from an actual mobile device? The screenshot up there is nice, but it doesn't highlight the major application of Fennec, which is mobile browsing. Any takers? nneonneo ^talk 00:20, 5 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Done. ekerazha (talk) 16:16, 26 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

S60 v5

Anyone knows if they gonna port it to S60v5 platform? Couldn't find any mention on their website. I am asking because Nokia 5800 XM direly needs a good browser now. The default one is very inconvenient and the only alternative is Opera Mini, which is even worse. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 83.149.41.31 (talk) 08:40, 1 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Firefox for mobile

The browser is now officially under the Firefox name as Firefox for mobile[1][2] I'm moving the page to reflect the change, I think the logo can also now be added to the infobox (mozilla also announced that this logo will be used on social networking sites, t-shirts etc... but I think the browser will be using the Firefox logo. It would be nice if someone can update the screen-shot to the latest built preferably showing the wikipedia main page. Chris Ssk _talk 16:22, 13 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Shouldn't it be changed to "Firefox for Android" now that it is only made/updated/supported for that platform? And thats the name Mozilla use at their web page as well. Jørgen88 (talk) 19:39, 7 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I was thinking the same thing. Any opinion? ekerazha (talk) 16:16, 26 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I am new to all of this can some one help me get this my phone is a older galaxy achieve thank you very Kaye1112 (talk) 03:25, 24 April 2019 (UTC)[reply]

MicroB

On the N900 the browser is unbranded and entitled 'MicroB', although seemingly still Fennec underneath. Anyone know the reason for this? MicroB is unmentioned on Wikipedia, or practically anywhere else —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.70.156.254 (talk) 00:29, 11 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

MicroB does have an article in Wikipedia, its not Fennec, its a different browser developed by Nokia using Mozilla's Gecko layout engine --Chris Ssk _talk 06:56, 11 February 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Google play rating

Google play rating is 4.1 now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.197.197.116 (talk) 06:45, 30 November 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Addons for Firefox

Before anyone is going to delete the list of add-ons once more, sufficient consensus should be reached here first, along with meaningful discussion. -Mardus /talk 21:31, 19 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Request for consensus and comment

Closing per a WP:ANRFC request.
The list of add-ons shouldn't be in this article, but probably in List of Firefox extensions. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 00:14, 27 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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— As to whether the below list of add-ons for Firefox on Android should be kept in this article. This large amount of section content has been removed once by an experienced red-link user, and after I reinstated the list, it was soon removed again by another user, and during that removal, an image illustrating one add-on was also removed by that user. -Mardus /talk 14:09, 22 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Security and connectivity

NoScript Anywhere (3.5a10, GPL) — a whitelist-based extension, whereby users can allow (or block again) JavaScript functionality on a per-domain basis (see picture), and with the benefit of greatly reducing bandwidth consumption and device resource usage. The mobile version is simpler than the desktop version, yet serves the same purpose;
Adblock Edge (MPLv2) — discontinued fork of Adblock Plus 2.1.2, without the sponsored ads whitelist. Most recent version released on 28 March 2015;^[1]
Adblock Plus (GPL) — used for blocking ads through a paired blacklist and whitelist;
uBlock and uBlock Origin (GPLv3) — content-filtering, includes ad-blocking. uBlock Origin is maintained by the original developer of uBlock. This add-on is said by an Adblock Edge developer to outperform his own extension.^[1]
Proxy Mobile (aka ProxyMob; open source, discontinued) — simple front-end that exposes Firefox proxy settings. The add-on can be used in conjunction with the native Adblock Plus app or other Android apps that use proxying to filter traffic. The ProxyMob project page warns that Firefox for Android does does not follow proxy settings when downloading favicons;^[2]
Privacy Settings (MPL) — exposes Firefox's privacy settings for safe browsing, telemetry, DRM, geolocation, WebRTC, Hello, Pocket, and search suggestions;
HTTPS Everywhere (GPLv3+) — automatically switches to HTTP Secure whenever possible;
Mobile Password Manager (Apache v2^[3]) — allows viewing and editing saved passwords. Most recent release from 23 August 2013.^[4]
Ghostery (proprietary) — ad network and tracking cookie blocking (may be resource-intensive on low-spec devices);
LastPass (proprietary) — password manager.

Other

Save Link Menus (v0.2.1; MPL/GPL/LGPL tri-license) — Adds a menu item to save a page or link to local storage. Note that the add-on is currently in alpha state
Stylish (GPL) — Allows the user to install custom style sheets in order to modify the appearance of specific sites or pages according to taste or preference.

References

^ ^a ^b adstomper (2015-03-28). "About this Add-on". Adblock Edge. addons.mozilla.org. Retrieved 2015-06-09.
^ "ProxyMob". guardianproject. GitHub. 2015. Retrieved 2015-07-11.
^ "Source Code License". Mobile Password Manager 1.0.1.1-signed. Mozilla Addons. 2013-08-23. Retrieved 2015-08-13.
^ "Version 1.0.1.1-signed". Mobile Password Manager Version History. Mozilla Addons. 2013-08-23. Retrieved 2015-08-13.

-Mardus /talk 13:52, 22 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Disagree. I do not think that this article should include of those add-ons, because it has little to do with the mobile browser app. --Frmorrison (talk) 17:17, 22 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Can you elaborate? What 'has little to do with the mobile browser app'? -Mardus /talk 18:28, 22 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
This article is about Firefox, not its add-ons. If you want to enter add-ons, try this article List of Firefox extensions. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Frmorrison (talk • contribs) 17:46, 24 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Remove. This article is about the browser app itself. The articles Google Chrome for Android, Safari (web browser), and Opera Mobile do not have lists of add-ons. Maproom (talk) 07:08, 25 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Move to list per Frmorrison. —烏Γ ^(kaw), 02:10, 29 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Remove from this article and move to the list [3] --Claw of Slime (talk) 01:24, 30 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Market/usage share souce data

For the latest usage share data, see this NetMarketshare chart and table. -Mardus /talk 01:38, 3 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Grammar

Current:

Firefox for Android (Fennec) front-end code was taken as a base for the new development in the LibreOffice project for Android ...

I'd like to know if placement of articles formatted in bold is correct, or should there be any changes. -Mardus /talk 15:37, 23 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Moving on Wikidata?

I see that the versions are outdated. Have you considered to move them on Wikidata? Is it possible? Thanks.--Mrtb (talk) 17:27, 19 March 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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[adblock-edge-1] stomper (2015-03-28). "About this Add-on". Adblock Edge. addons.mozilla.org. Retrieved 2015-06-09.

[2] "ProxyMob". guardianproject. GitHub. 2015. Retrieved 2015-07-11.

[3] "Source Code License". Mobile Password Manager 1.0.1.1-signed. Mozilla Addons. 2013-08-23. Retrieved 2015-08-13.

[4] "Version 1.0.1.1-signed". Mobile Password Manager Version History. Mozilla Addons. 2013-08-23. Retrieved 2015-08-13.

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