Download the Latest Build of Fennec for Android
| by Kevin Krause on July 28th, 2010 |
Fennec, the mobile version of Mozilla’s Firefox currently in development for Android devices, is chugging along slowly while Firefox 4’s “Tab Candy” feature and Firefox Home for iPhone snag up all of the spotlight, and probably for good reason. Most builds to date of the ambitious mobile browser have been a little buggy to say the least. A new version snooped out on Mozilla’s servers shows signs that the mobile browser is finally coming together, however. Check it out for yourself and see if the latest build of Fennec is starting to feel more like the polished Firefox mobile experience we have all been waiting for.
Download Fennec (latest build as of July 24th) for Android
[via Droid-Life]
1. KDROIDX wrote on July 28, 2010
FIRST, im excited about the possibilities of this
2. Inspiron41 wrote on July 28, 2010
apk is at least 10 mbs… anyone with room tested this out?
3. Rick wrote on July 28, 2010
Doesn’t seem to work on my Vibrant.
4. Zach wrote on July 28, 2010
It’s not letting me install on my Droid X, it starts to then says Application not installed.
5. Mario wrote on July 28, 2010
Are you serious!!!!!!! :)
6. Zach wrote on July 28, 2010
Had to uninstall the previous version first to get it to work.
7. Derek wrote on July 28, 2010
It still just force closes every time I try and use it. N1 CM 6.0.0-RC2.
8. Aeires wrote on July 28, 2010
30.3 Mb unzipped. Can store part on sd card if you have 2.2. 20.28 Mb left on phone after moving part of it to sd card. Either way it’s a huge file for a browser.
9. T wrote on July 28, 2010
Same issue as Derek, Droid CM 6.0.0-RC2
loads start page then crash
10. TejasEric wrote on July 28, 2010
Installed it on my evo and it looks nicer than dolphin browser hd in my opinion. But typing in the address bar on my evo didn’t work. It didn’t show the characters I was typing until I used the back arrow. But when its done I will use it based on the looks if it works well.
11. Michal wrote on July 28, 2010
So unresponsive on my evo that it is unusable(like30 second stalls). I’m not surprised cromer on my desktop is way faster on my desktop as well. Although this is really alpha. I’ll try again if they make progress. Although I don’t like how much allegiance they show to the iphone.
12. shawn1224 wrote on July 28, 2010
Same here, didn’t work on RC1/Mytouch
13. Black Kristos wrote on July 28, 2010
MT3G: Fennec could not be installed on this phone
14. JR wrote on July 28, 2010
I got it installed and opened on my Droid X but it locks up after that…uninstalled.
15. Kevin wrote on July 28, 2010
FC everytime…Droid
16. duberry wrote on July 28, 2010
I just like the cool symbol
17. swehes wrote on July 28, 2010
Touchscreen gets deactivated on my Vibrant.
18. Jonathan Drake wrote on July 28, 2010
Chrome is better then FF because of the V8 engine and webkit being less bloated but nonetheless competition is good! I’m glad Android makes this possible.
19. CoolBonzai wrote on July 28, 2010
installed on Moto Droid and opened to the “Welcome to Fennec” screen and locks up on that screen. Uninstalled. Unbelievable 30.3Mbs!!
20. Nick wrote on July 28, 2010
27mb installed and does nothing but force closes. Awesome. Uninstalled just as quickly as I installed.
21. JBaker wrote on July 28, 2010
Very slow on my Captivate. locked up and forced closed after about 30 seconds, only brought up cnn mobile. couldn’t navigate past that. *deleted*
22. entendu wrote on July 28, 2010
Excited for the finished product. Currently freezes on Incredible.
23. korben wrote on July 28, 2010
have tried running and re-running 4x now, no dice on Samsung Vibrant. takes a long time to start, then does nothing. No response to touch, links do not react. program crashes every time. probably not a stable build
24. graham wrote on July 28, 2010
Still slow. Takes up about 33mb of space. Kind of pointless to install since there are so many better browsers out there.
25. KING wrote on July 28, 2010
Just wanted to try it on the Evo and it was slow. It took about 10-15 seconds to load a page and when i wanted to pinch zoom, it lags horribly. Uninstalled
26. Rex wrote on July 28, 2010
Installed this on my EVO using dropbox.
I try to type in a search, it tells me no results, when I try to click the google button at the bottom it resets my device.
but not completely reboot, because the bar at the top stays, it just says HTC and my home screen reloads.
weird.
27. Quentin Biles wrote on July 28, 2010
Constant force closes on my EVO running CyanogenMod 6. Can’t do anything past the opening screen.
28. SwampFox wrote on July 28, 2010
wow, don’t think this software was ready for the limelight
29. Adam wrote on July 28, 2010
Took it a bit to launch for the first time, but it works great on my Incredible. Well… “great” being all the features actually work. I can type in a URL and browse to it. I can see the tabs and actually add bookmarks. I can pinch to zoom, but the screen blacks out during the redraw.
It’s a lot of fun to play with. I’m impressed.
30. Ishan wrote on July 28, 2010
Doesn’t work on HTC Hero …
31. asdf wrote on July 28, 2010
lol at all the force closes, mine works fine.
Droid, 2.1
32. Eric wrote on July 28, 2010
No luck on the MT Slide. After a longer-than-normal install time, the app doesn’t run at all! When trying to launch the app, it just draws a black screen and then closes.
33. BenR wrote on July 28, 2010
Installs fine. Comes up fine. Goes to pre-defined sites fine. IT CAN’T LOAD MY BLOODY keyboard on my DX. Uninstalled for now. Bummer.
34. Eric Caron wrote on July 28, 2010
Anyone looking for the QR code to get this build can just go to http://bit.ly/c2ZrgG (much shorter than qrcode.kaywa.com’s full URL).
35. tagno25 wrote on July 28, 2010
Works perfectly on my Nexus One running CM 5.0.8 (using apps2sd)
36. Carlos wrote on July 28, 2010
Looks like us Evo users are out of luck. Fennec starts up for me but freezes and then force closes. So disappointed I really wanted to try it out. Guess I’ll have to wait a little longer.
37. eddie wrote on July 28, 2010
yup can confirm, HTC Hero UK Orange…installed but doesnt open up :( boooooooo………….
38. Zach wrote on July 28, 2010
In order to get it to work and not FC you have to turn off Swype or Swiftkey Beta and use the normal input keyboard, this still doesn’t mean something else would cause the browser to FC but it is pre alpha…
39. Alan wrote on July 28, 2010
Just to add to the list of no-go’s: repeated FC’s on UK Milestone on Vodafone. Dang!
40. Steve wrote on July 28, 2010
Does it support the flash plugin?
If not, pointless.
41. Aaron wrote on July 28, 2010
Well it seems as if I was one of the few people who actually had this work for me. Looks like the finished build will be very nice and feature-rich, but this is so obviously in Alpha stage to make it unusable as anything more than just a “tryout.” If the finished build works anywhere nearly as well as Dolphin HD, I’ll be switching to Fennec. Of course, by the time Fennec is actually released, Dolphin browser may have evolved into an entirely different browser.
42. Matt Brubeck wrote on July 29, 2010
That link is to a “try server” build which was created by a developer to test a specific patch. If you want the latest official nightly build, plus a list of known issues and other news, go to https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Platforms/Android
43. Justin wrote on July 29, 2010
Works fine on my Unlocked T-Mobile Nexus One running Froyo. Not polished, and is buggy when you zoom in and out on a page, but looks very promising. Very fast page loading. And to answer your question, NO, Adobe Flash is NOT working in this build of Fennec. It works on my phone with the default browser tho. Anyone else notice the strange Save As PDF feature?
44. shane wrote on July 29, 2010
locks up my vibrant dammit!!!
45. alex wrote on July 29, 2010
Works on my Droid X, but it’s a little slow and buggy. Plus pinch to zoom is jerky and imprecise. Otherwise, this seems to be the most thought through browser for a touchscreen based device so far.
46. David wrote on July 29, 2010
Installed on Droid X android 2.1 locks up right away. Disabled Swype relaunched and it’s working. Currently 2 swype bugs hope they fix that soon. Swype is COOL!
47. Fjord Prefect wrote on July 29, 2010
LOL Buy an iPhone. Oh by the way:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YJG7pbSRvJ8
48. Mark wrote on July 30, 2010
I was able to get it to run on my Incredible after disabling Swype. However it is very difficult to get it to work. Sometimes it will take a URL and go. Other times it will hang. Impossible at times to see what you are typing. Force closures.
Hopefully they can get this working much better as it has the ability to use add-ons just like the PC version fo Firefox.
49. jason wrote on August 11, 2010
It seems everyone has forgotten the meaning of ALPHA software! Its going to force close, its going to be a huge file, its going to lock up at random times! From what we can see from this alpha, Fennec will be a great browser for android ONCE its ready.
50. bigbadboots wrote on August 17, 2010
wow, Fjord Prefect…. that was pretty lame. That wasn’t even a “test”. Get your loser fanboy ass outta here.