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Early Mozilla Mobile Browser Has 'Showstopper' Flaw

Posted by pkoutoupis on Feb 20, 2009 7:11 PM EST · 13 comments
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Perhaps pre-alpha was a bit too early for Mozilla to release its Fennec mobile browser for Windows Mobile. Early adopters who downloaded the application after it was announced Feb. 10 found it essentially doesn't work. "The bad news is the browser is basically useless for many people," Mark Finkle, a Fennec developer, wrote in a blog post describing the problem.

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Comments (13)

theboomboomcars · Feb 20, 2009 8:21 PM EST

Pre-alpha software doesn't work.

Umm, I must have missed something doesn't the title of Pre-alpha kinda indicate that the software wont work.

techiem2 · Feb 20, 2009 8:29 PM EST

lol.

ColonelPanik · Feb 20, 2009 9:05 PM EST

Can I be the Pre-alpha male? I don't work either.

theboomboomcars · Feb 21, 2009 1:38 AM EST

Colonel you'll have to take that up with Scott, since I think he is the alpha male in these parts. But I am fine with it.

tuxchick · Feb 21, 2009 11:32 AM EST

Behold, the LXer silverbacks!

Scott_Ruecker · Feb 21, 2009 12:56 PM EST

Wow, not used to being called the 'alpha male'...lol!

LXer Silverbacks..I like it

..I..think..

;-)

gus3 · Feb 21, 2009 2:12 PM EST

I'll settle for greenbacks, thanks.

azerthoth · Feb 21, 2009 2:51 PM EST

Well Scott, from the pics I've seen, you do have roughly the right shape.

*evil grin*

p.s. and being a drummer doesn't help your case much eaither.

Scott_Ruecker · Feb 21, 2009 3:33 PM EST

Hey, My being a drummer has nothing to do with size of my brow...wait a sec..oh poo..;-)

tracyanne · Feb 21, 2009 6:02 PM EST

Will there be a beta version Scott?

ColonelPanik · Feb 21, 2009 6:34 PM EST

Straight to RC1

jdixon · Feb 21, 2009 10:28 PM EST

> Will there be a beta version Scott?

You'd probably have to ask his significant other about that. :)

azerthoth · Feb 21, 2009 10:49 PM EST

Yikes, that means its going into production as is?

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