After releasing the Firefox 4 beta 8 for desktops Mozilla has released the Firefox 4 beta 3 for Android and Maemo devices. You can download the Firefox 4 beta 3 by visiting Firefox.com/m/beta from your device. This beta brings a lot of UI improvements along with the usual bug fixes. Some of the new features includes Android style menus, full screen video playback, copy/paste in URL bar and a new simple UI for Firefox Sync.
Note: To ensure smooth updates, existing beta users on Android must uninstall previous Firefox betas before installing this release.
List of the new features included in Firefox 4 beta 3 for Android and Maemo:
- Android
- Improved support for Android keyboards, both hardware and on-screen
- New Android-style menus
- Fixed a bug in opening links from other apps
- Support for uploading files
- “Save as PDF” command in the site menu
- Fixed rendering of Arabic and Farsi text (on devices with Arabic/Farsi fonts installed)
- Firefox Sync
- New UI for simpler setup
- Support for custom Firefox Sync servers
- Video
- Full-screen open video
- Improved audio performance
- User interface
- Copy/paste in URL bar
- Search engines appear in the awesomescreen as you type
- Browse recommended add-ons through the add-on manager
- For developers
- localStorage API
- orientation events (new on Android)
- Support
- Crash reporting for crashes in web content
Update: Firefox 4 beta 4 for Android and Maemo now available for download.
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