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== About the Fennec (Mobile Firefox) Project  ==
{{Admon/important|This page contains a lot of outdated info!|For latest info, see:
*[[Mobile/Fennec/Android|Firefox for Android]]
*[https://github.com/mozilla/firefox-ios Firefox for iOS]}}


"Fennec" is the code name for the mobile version of Firefox. To download, use, and learn about mobile Firefox, see:
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* '''[http://www.mozilla.com/mobile/ Mobile Firefox home page]''' - Download Firefox for Android and Nokia N900
== Firefox for Android ==
* [http://support.mozilla.com/mobile Firefox Help for Mobile] - for questions and problems with mobile Firefox
* [[Mobile|Mozilla Mobile wiki]] - news and information about Mozilla mobile development


Still have questions? See our [http://mozilla.com/mobile/faq FAQ] for Mobile. If you're interested in what we'll be working on over the next 6 months or so, please see [[Mobile/Planning]].
"Fennec" is the code name for the mobile version of Firefox. We are currently focused on developing [[Mobile/Platforms/Android|Firefox for Android]]. For details about other platforms, see [[Mobile/Platforms]]. If you are looking to contribute, check out our [[Mobile/Get_Involved|get involved page]]!


== Supported Platforms ==
* [[Mobile/Roadmap | Roadmap]]
* [[Mobile/Platforms/Android|Installing Firefox for Android]]
* [[Mobile/Fennec/Android|Development Documentation]]
* [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/ProductPlanning Product Planning]
* [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Triage Triage]
* [[QA/Fennec|QA]]
* [http://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Metrics Performance and Memory Dashboards]
* [http://support.mozilla.org/products/mobile Firefox for Android Support]
* [http://addons.mozilla.org/android/ Firefox for Android Add-ons] and [https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Extensions/Mobile Building Add-ons]
* [http://mozilla.com/mobile/faq FAQ]
* [[Mobile/Projects|List of projects]]


Mozilla is developing Firefox for '''[[Mobile/Platforms/Android|Google Android]]'''.
=== Technical Briefs ===
Looking for more information about various parts of Firefox for Android. Here are some summary pages:
* Logic behind [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/SessionRestore Session Restore]
* Background on [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Distribution_Files Distribution / Partner Packs]
* Background on [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/WebApps WebApps]
* What is the [https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Onboarding onboarding] experience?


Mozilla supported '''[[Mobile/Platforms/Maemo|Nokia Maemo]]''' up to Firefox 7. Official support was dropped for Maemo after Firefox 7. See [[Mobile/Platforms]] for more details.
== Communication ==


== Features  ==
* Subscribe to the [https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/mobile-firefox-dev mobile-firefox-dev mailing list]
* Join #mobile on [https://wiki.mozilla.org/IRC IRC]
* Follow [http://twitter.com/FennecNightly @FennecNightly] on Twitter
* Read [http://planet.firefox.com/mobile/ our development blogs]
* Attend our [[Mobile/Notes|weekly engineering meeting]] - Wednesdays at 9:30 AM, US/Pacific time


Firefox for mobile is packed with your favorite features, including:
== Old Wiki Pages ==
 
*Awesome Bar – Go to your favorite sites in just a couple of keystrokes with intelligent and personalized searching
*[[Firefox Sync]] – Sync your Firefox tabs, history, bookmarks and passwords between your desktop and mobile device for a seamless browsing experience
*[http://addons.mozilla.org/mobile/ Add-ons] – Customize your Firefox by adding small pieces of functionality, like games and news readers, that help make the mobile Web browser your own
*Location-Aware Browsing – Get maps and information relevant to your location
*Tabbed browsing – View open tabs as thumbnails to easily identify and select the Web page you’d like to go to next
*Safe Browsing – Get an Instant Web Site ID and easily access and edit security settings
*Available in more than 30 languages and counting. [http://www.1x2live.ro/ Rezultate]
 
See the complete list of [https://www.mozilla.com/en-US/mobile/features/ Mobile Features].
 
== Project and Design Documents ==


* [[Mobile/Fennec/Vision|Fennec vision statement]]  
* [[Mobile/Fennec/Vision|Fennec vision statement]]  
* [[Mobile/User Experience|Fennec user experience]]
* [[Mobile/User Experience|Fennec user experience]]
* [[Mobile/Fennec/Extensions | Building extensions]] for Fennec
* [[Mobile/Fennec/Architecture | Architecture overview for XUL Fennec]]
* [[Mobile/Fennec/Architecture | Architecture overview]] of the front-end UI
* [[Fennec/NativeUI/Architecture_Overview | Incomplete: Architecture Overview]]
* [[Mobile/Fennec/Research | Research Questions]] for Fennec
* [[Mobile/User_Experience/Research | UX Research Questions]]
* [[/Fennec2.0|Fennec 2.0 planning]]
* [[/Fennec2.0|Fennec 2.0 Planning]]
 
== Performance ==
 
Performance, memory consumption and on-device footprint are crucial to both embedders and Fennec.
 
* [[Mobile/Performance |Performance/Memory issues]]
* [[Mobile/Performance |Performance/Memory issues]]
** [[Mobile/StartupOptimization | Startup optimization]]
* [[Mobile/StartupOptimization | Startup optimization]]
** [[Mobile/XULOptimization | XUL optimization]]
* [[Mobile/XULOptimization | XUL optimization]]
** [[Mobile/MemoryOptimization | Memory optimization]]
* [[Mobile/MemoryOptimization | Memory optimization]]
** [[Mobile/Profiling | Profiling]]
* [[Mobile/Profiling | Profiling]]
** [[Mobile/MemoryReduction | Memory reduction]]
* [[Mobile/MemoryReduction | Memory reduction]]
 
* [[WritingFennecTests|How to write Fennec tests]]
== Building and Running Fennec ==
* [[Mobile:TestPage|Interesting web pages to test]]
* [[Mobile/Build|Ports, build instructions, platform support]]
* [http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mobile/ Download official builds for mobile and desktop platforms]
* [[/Tips|Miscellaneous tips and tricks]]
* [[/Tips|Miscellaneous tips and tricks]]
* [[/Debugging|Debugging]]
* [[/Debugging|Debugging]]
 
* [[Fennec/NativeUI/Viewport | Viewport]]
== Testing Fennec ==
* [[Fennec/NativeUI/Messages | Incomplete: Gecko-Java Messaging]]
 
* [[WritingFennecTests|How to write Fennec tests]]
* [[QA/Fennec|Mobile QA Home]]
* Running [[Mobile/Fennec Mochitest|Mochitests on Fennec for Nokia]]<br>
* [[Mobile:TestPage|Interesting web pages to test]]
 
'''Test Builds'''
 
* [http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mobile/nightly/latest-mobile-trunk/ Trunk (Fennec 2.0) nightly builds]
* [http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mobile/releases/latest-beta/ Latest beta release builds]
 
'''Bugs'''
 
* [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?resolution=---&classification=Client%20Software&query_format=advanced&product=Fennec Open Fennec bugs]
* [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?classification=Client%20Software&query_format=advanced&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&product=Fennec Unconfirmed Fennec bugs]
* [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?resolution=---&classification=Client%20Software&chfieldto=Now&chfield=%5BBug%20creation%5D&query_format=advanced&chfieldfrom=10d&product=Fennec Fennec bugs created in the last 10 days]
* [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&field0-0-0=cf_blocking_fennec&type0-0-0=equals&value0-0-0=%3F&resolution=--- Fennec nominated blockers]
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