12 years, 7 months ago

Firefox for Android Goes Tablet-Native

The latest version of Mozilla's Firefox browser for Android devices is now available in the Google Play Store. This release continues Mozilla's move away from the unified Firefox look to one that uses native Android interface elements. The new native interface for Android tablets means faster start-up times and a much speedier Awesome Bar for searching, but it also means the browser is a bit more Android-y and a bit less Firefox-y. The latest Firefox for Android packs in some other welcome new features as well, including the ability to import bookmarks and browsing history from Android's stock web browser, a new setting to clear specific types of private data and a much-needed new "find in page" search tool. This release also includes much of the new web standards support found in Firefox for Android's desktop cousin, also released today, which means that CSS word-break and other new features will work on mobile devices as well.

Wired

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