Mozilla Minimo for Windows Mobile gets tabs

by Paul Miller posted Feb 20th 2006 at 5:17PM

Say what you will about Mozilla Firefox and its various memory leaks, it's still a pretty durn good browser, and now we're seeing its feature set make it into Windows Mobile devices like Opera before it. Mozilla's Minimo, which renders pages with the same engine as Firefox (Google Maps support), has now been updated to 0.013 and now includes tabs, an RSS reader, a nicer interface, and better Windows Mobile 5.0 support. It's available for download now, so we won't waste your time with any more banter.

[Via MobileMag]

Filed under: Software, Windows Mobile

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gabrielle @ Feb 20th 2006 5:37PM

you guys are doing great. keep up the good work.

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diem @ Feb 20th 2006 6:36PM

can this file be used on a smartphone wint WM5 or does it have to be used with pocket pc.

I just tried instaling it on a t-mobile SDA and it said it was "not intended for this device"

-diem

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John Hatfield @ Feb 20th 2006 7:05PM

I tried it on my 6700 and it would not load all the way and froze me up 2 times. Not for me....mkay

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crazyyellowguy @ Feb 20th 2006 7:30PM

Which is better? Opera or Minimo?

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Dave Pevsner @ Feb 20th 2006 8:50PM

This program has to come out for Palm OS 5. It'd be a perfect fit for my UX50.

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Dustin Wyatt @ Feb 20th 2006 8:54PM

Doesn't work on WM2003 Smartphone :/

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tim @ Feb 20th 2006 10:36PM

Does not work on my treo 700. I know it will soon! I cant wait!

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joel johnson @ Feb 20th 2006 11:45PM

Man! This is awsome! It works rather well on my Toshiba e800. It seems to be one of the few programs I've come across that take advantage of the VGA resolution on my PDA. Excellent!

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Amit Inamdar @ Feb 21st 2006 12:51AM

looks great. does it work on nokia mobiles? I have nokia 6260 with symbian os. currently it has ie but doesn't have much features. no multiple windows, no popups, etc.

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Oscar @ Feb 21st 2006 3:05AM

Great news! I really would like to have mozilla in my old Ipaq... gonna test it right now!

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darkmoon @ Feb 21st 2006 10:51AM

I've tried both Opera and Minimo (every version since 0.07). I have to say that it's REALLY slow in load compared to Opera. Maybe this version is better (0.13). I'll run some tests.

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darkmoon @ Feb 21st 2006 10:56AM

Yup. As I suspected. It's a good program, but totally slow compared to Opera. Tested on an iPAQ 5455 and Toshiba e355. Approximately about 15-20 second load time versus Opera's 1-3 second load time.

From a PDA perspective, the processor just can't handle such bloat. Either that, or the Mozilla guys have some major cash behind the scenes to fund their "fast" windows Mobile PDAs/phones. ;)

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Michael Kim @ Feb 21st 2006 5:20PM

awesome concept but the program itself is too slow for daily use. not to mention it takes up a good amount of memory as well. once they fix the slow loading issues and how sluggish this program makes internet browsing feel, i will consider using it. untill then, i will still use opera, well at least untill it expires.

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dennyhalim.com @ May 11th 2007 12:40AM

it's a fat huge bloated slow browser

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