Fennec is the version of Firefox for mobile devices, and its development goes hand in hand with the desktop version. Here are some new features of version 10.0a1.
De Fennec I spoke once in Com-SL, and if we compare that version (7.0a1) with this, we will see substantial changes. To begin with, a completely redesigned interface, which can be seen in the design of the tabs with the window maximized.
Now include some very interesting options in the list that I didn't have before, or at least I hadn't seen it: Export the page to PDF.
And share the page on services like Twitter, Facebook, Google Reader or simply by mail.
Naturally, Fennec supports Extensions, It has its own Download manager, it is very configurable and you have tools of Feedback to report bugs.
Fennec with Proxy.
If you use proxy we have to manually make some adjustments that through the graphical interface is not possible, or at least it did not work for me. What we have to do is simple. We open the file ~ / .mozilla / fennec / /prefs.js and we add the following lines at the end:
pref("network.proxy.backup.ftp", "10.10.0.5");
pref("network.proxy.backup.ftp_port", 3128);
pref("network.proxy.backup.gopher", "10.10.0.5");
pref("network.proxy.backup.gopher_port", 3128);
pref("network.proxy.backup.socks", "10.10.0.5");
pref("network.proxy.backup.socks_port", 3128);
pref("network.proxy.backup.ssl", "10.10.0.5");
pref("network.proxy.backup.ssl_port", 3128);
pref("network.proxy.ftp", "10.10.0.5");
pref("network.proxy.ftp_port", 3128);
pref("network.proxy.gopher", "10.10.0.5");
pref("network.proxy.gopher_port", 3128);
pref("network.proxy.http", "10.10.0.5");
pref("network.proxy.http_port", 3128);
pref("network.proxy.no_proxies_on", "localhost, 127.0.0.1,192.168.54.56,wiki,192.168.55.130");
pref("network.proxy.share_proxy_settings", true);
pref("network.proxy.socks", "10.10.0.5");
pref("network.proxy.socks_port", 3128);
pref("network.proxy.ssl", "10.10.0.5");
pref("network.proxy.ssl_port", 3128);
pref("network.proxy.type", 1);
Where 10.10.0.5 is the IP address of the proxy server.
Conclusions.
I have tried Fennec from a Linux PC as is logical, and the performance is about the 30 Mb, so it becomes an excellent option if we are short of resources.
The downside is that it gets a bit slow when playing the effects of Zoom on websites, but perhaps this option can be disabled. Maximized gives us a good area on the screen for navigation.
If you want to know more about its operation, you can visit the article I wrote in Com-SL. You can download it from this link.