Productive Organizer

Mozilla has just released the first beta version of its Firefox browser made specifically for Android phones. According the the Mozilla blog, the new Firefox 4 Beta 1 was built on the same technology platform as Firefox for desktop.

This mobile version was also optimized for browsing on Android phones and has many of the features of Firefox desktop including Firefox Sync, Add-ons and the Awesome bar.

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Mozilla have pride themselves by being very innovative in their development efforts for their desktop browser.

Their latest offering for the mobile space on Android is the Fennec.

Download Fennec by visiting Firefox.com/m/alpha on your Android device or Nokia N900.

The overall experience have been refreshing but this is not a browser that you can use everyday yet as its an alpha release and is really rough on the edges.

What I like about it is that it has brought all that we liked about Firefox over to the Android

• Firefox Sync synchronizes your Firefox history, bookmarks, passwords and tabs
• between your desktop and mobile
• Add-ons are available to customize the functionality and look of your Firefox
• Personalized Start page lets you pick up where you left off on your desktop
• Awesome Screen gets to know you and takes you to your favorite websites with minimal typing
• Pinch-to-zoom (Android), double-tab, or use the volume rocker (Nokia N900) to zoom in and out
• Tabbed browsing in thumbnail view lets you easily see and select the site you want
• Location-Aware Browsing gives you content and info relevant to your location
• Save to PDF, Find In Page, Forget Password, Send Page and Add Search Engine located in the Site Menu all help you manage your preferences and options for each site you’re on
• Context Menu lets you Open in New Tab and Share by long tapping and holding a link or image

I found this experimental Add-on for Firefox that is really good. I am sure you guys always have tabs that you always want to be open when you launch your browser. What App Tab is able to do is:

1. Keep tabs as a small thumbnail. You can have more estate space to put more tabs
2. Locked tabs as application tabs . This will prevent you from accidentally closing tabs

Here is a what i am using right now. Noticed that i have completely removed my Navigational bar and My Bookmark bar such that i only have 2 rows of bars.

I always go to my Google Reader, Productive Organizer and Hardwarezone Market place so i kept these tabs permanent. I can close them if i uncheck them as “App Tabs”. If i don’t i can’t close them so it works well for me.

This will be useful for folks that wanna keep Gmail, Calendar on permanent without taking up too much space.

I have added this Add-On to Productive Organizer Collection of Add-On. You can download the full Firefox Collection pack or standalone

[Productive Organizer Firefox Add-on Collection>>]

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