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Aza is setting up a new concept for the next Firefox mobile edition.

For mobile internet warrior anywhere in this world, there is one more good news for you. Aza Raskin, Head of User Experience for Mozilla Labs is proudly present the Firefox mobile browser. As you easily can guess, it is the mobile edition of world’s most popular opensource desktop browser. It is similar like Opera Mini for Opera browser.

This Firefox mobile edition still on its prototype right now. Aza said that this browser is being designed for touch screen smartphone as well as non-touch screen device. However, it is not yet intended for multitouch screen device like iPhone 3G. No problem Steve, you’ve got Safari backed you up.

By implementing 5 design principles which he believe in, Aza ultimately trying to give something good for all mobile browser users. Let’s translate this sentence into;

“Hey Opera Mini, we’ll join your league!”

It’s code name is Fennec.

Availability

No, you can’t download this mobile app right now. But if you’re a developer, Aza invite you to check the code here. It is an opensource project and I personally encourage programmers to join with him. It is good for browser competition and it is good to coloring this world with your code.

Source: Aza’s Blog

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