Mobile/Fennec/Resources

Fennec (and Mozilla's mobile project in general) is still evolving and growing. As such, there is not a good central repository of information about Fennec and Mobile. This page will act as a clearinghouse of links to information and resources about Fennec and Mobile.

Fennec

Guides and Overviews

• Front-end Architecture - Information about how the Fennec front-end UI is designed.
• Extensions Guide - Fennec add-ons are built the same way as Firefox add-ons. Here's some information on the differences.
• Best Practices Guide - Tips and guidelines for building a great mobile add-on.
• Code Snippets - Examples of commonly used code snippets.

Videos

Demos and walkthroughs of features.

• Fennec Beta 1 (Madhava)
• Fennec Alpha 2 (Madhava)
• Fennec Alpha 1 (Madhava)
• More design videos by Madhava
• Gestures in Fennec (Felipe Gomes)
• Fennec on E-Ink (jayakumar)

Blogs

Many of the Mobile developers maintain blogs:

• Stuart Parmenter
• Mark Finkle
• Brad Lassey
• Doug Turner
• Madhava Enros
• Taras Glek
• Ben Combee

Some specific blog posts of interest:

• Fennec for Windows Mobile - Alpha 3
• Fennec for Maemo Beta 3
• Fennec 1 Beta 1 - General coverage of the state of mobile and fennec
• Fennec Beta1 - Need for Speed - Performance
• Fennec 1.0 Beta 1 - New and Notable - Performance
• Fennec Windows Mobile - Update - Memory issue changes for Windows Mobile
• Fennec Windows Mobile Pre-Alpha Problems - Memory problem identified
• Fennec A2 Performance - Performance
• Fennec Alpha2 Performance - Performance and design
• Fennec Tab Syncing - Using Weave on Fennec
• Short History of Mozilla on Windows Mobile - Background
• Air Mozilla Geolocation Talk - Background