Just Released, Firefox 4 Beta 3 for Android

admin | December 23, 2010 | Comments (3)

Firefox has just unleashed a new beta version of Firefox 4 mobile web browser for Android and Maemo devices, and it’s loaded with new features.

Here’s what’s new:

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

Firefox 4 Beta is free to try on your Android handset. Click this link in your mobile browser to give it a whirl.

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