Recent content by Matt Brubeck

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    Flash, Silverlight and other addons for Firefox

    We're working on Flash support. The problems are technical, not legal. Flash for android uses non-standard APIs that are undocumented and are designed more for WebKit's architecture than Gecko's. Our work is still in development, but we are tracking the progress here...
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    Firefox and Swiftkey

    A fix for this bug will be included in the next version of Firefox, which will be available in a month or two. You can help us test the fix now by downloading a "Nightly" or "Aurora" preview build from this page: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Platforms/Android
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    Firefox for armv6

    We're not currently working on testing/supporting ARMv6 devices, and we don't have any immediate plans to do so. We're still working on optimizing Firefox to provide a great experience on mobile devices, and we're not at a point where we can provide that on older-generation ARMv6 phones. If we...
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    anyone got firefox fennec?

    If you're having trouble downloading Firefox for Android, follow these instructions: https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/772932
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    Firefox 4 beta 3 for Android

    Some supported phones are not displaying Firefox in the Market for some reason. We're still investigating this. You can check if your phone is supported here: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Platforms/Android and then download the APK directly from here: Index of...
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    Firefox 4 beta 3 for Android

    Our latest Firefox 4 beta for mobile is now available in the Android market: New Improved and Easier to Use Firefox 4 Beta for Android and Maemo :: The Mozilla Blog Some of the new features include an improved menu, copy/paste in the URL bar, and much better support for both hardware and...
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    New Firefox for Android add-ons

    If you're using mobile Firefox, here are some new or recently-updated add-ons you might want to try: Easy Reflow: experimental implementation of text reflow Proxy Mobile: control HTTP proxy settings for Firefox Full Screen: requires a recent nightly build of Firefox for Android Barcodize...
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    what's up with the worthless menu button?

    Firefox 4 beta 3 will use Android-style menus. You can see this in the latest nighly build or check out this screenshot. (The icons are just placeholders; we will replace them with better versions soon.)
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    Firefox beta 2 is out - much smaller install!

    The last release of Firefox for Android is version 4.0b2. The next release will be 4.0b3. "4.0b3pre" is the version of the current nightly builds. These are updated every night with the latest development code. They are often unstable or broken, because they are snapshots of our work in...
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    Wonky typing on SwiftKey keyboard

    The makers of SwiftKey released an update that fixes this problem: SwiftKey Blog ? Blog Archive ? Better customization, significant bug fixes in update
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    Reduced install size in latest nightly

    Today's nightly build of Fennec fixes the "huge install size" problem. If you uninstall any older version and then install the nightly, it will now use less than 15MB after first run (compared to over 40MB previously). If you move the app to SD card, then the internal storage requirement is...
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    Flash, Silverlight and other addons for Firefox

    We don't know yet when Flash or other plugins will be supported in Firefox for Android.
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    Option to copy/paste?

    No, copy and paste aren't implemented yet. They will be in a future version (soon, I hope!).
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    Full view vs mobile view?

    Phony is an add-on that will let you change the useragent string to get mobile or non-mobile versions of sites.
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    Firefox Will Not Launch on Samsung Moment

    The beta version is not compatible with Samsung Moment. See https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Platforms/Android#System_Requirements for details, and an experimental (unoptimized) build for other devices.