Firefox gets friendly with Apple
p2pnet news view | Products:- Notes MacRumors, “The latest beta 2 version of Mozilla’s Firefox 3.1 adds new features across all supported platforms including: private browsing mode; faster JavaScript engine; improved rendering; and, support for new web technologies.”
But, “one feature unique to the Mac build is support for Apple’s multi-touch trackpad which has been shipping in notebooks since January of this year,” it says.
And that’s Apple’s multi-touch trackpad.
In October, Mozilla’s Edward Lee released an experimental build of Firefox 3.1 pre-Beta 2 with support for multitouch gestures, said Percy Cabello on Mozilla Links.
Implemented gestures »»»
- swipe: move three fingers on the trackpad on any direction
- twist: rotate two fingers
- pinch: move two fingers away or closer to each other
Actions with the different gestures »»»
- Swipe Left: Go back in history [press Cmd to open it in a tab]
- Swipe Right: Go forwards in history
- Swipe Up: Go to the top of the page
- Swipe Down: Go to the end of the page
- Pinch Together: Zoom out
- Pinch Apart: Zoom in
- Twist Right: Next tab
- Twist Left: Previous tab
“Edward warns that this is an experimental build and there has been no word on whether this will make it for Firefox 3.1 (it’s definitely not a blocker but could get in if it is deemed safe enough and time allows proper QA),” says Cabello, adding:
“You can get the experimental Firefox 3.1 with Mac OS X gestures support (in case it is not obvious, Mac OS X only) from Mozilla try build servers.
“Supported MacBooks include: MacBook Pro from this year (either early-2008 model or the new late-2008 ones), MacBook Air (both models from 2008), MacBook from late 2008 (the new aluminum ones).”
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MacRumors – Latest Firefox 3.1 Beta Adds Multi-Touch Support, December 10, 2008
Mozilla Links – Experimental Firefox with multitouch support for Mac OS X, October 22, 2008
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December 12th, 2008 at 1:55 am
Note that they will enable the service for any other touch screen interface if there are other touch screen interfaces made. Currently the only group that allows this is Mac OSX touch screens.