February 29, 2008

Mozilla in talks with carriers about mobile Firefox

Mozilla must woo carriers threatened by the introduction of a free mobile browser if it is to succeed in breaking open a closed market

Mozilla has been criticized for getting a late start in the mobile browser field. Competitors include Opera Software, Apple, Nokia, and Microsoft. But Sejersen said mobile browsers have quite a way to go to make browsing as easy as it is on the desktop.

Apple set a high bar with its Safari browser on the iPhone and the iPod Touch, with its zoom feature to magnify Web pages. But Sejersen said it would be better if the browser remembered where the user zoomed last time on a Web page to stop incessant fidgeting with the zoom feature.

Mozilla hasn't developed a workable solution to the problem just yet. But it shows that there's room for innovation.

"Somebody needs to come in from the side and give everybody a kick," Sejersen said. "I think the iPhone has done it ... but I still think there's more than can be done to make [browsing] easier."

 

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