Mozilla has inched closer to bringing its vision of the mobile browser to the world - with the Mozilla Fennec graduating from alpha to beta 1. The antecedent to the mobile version of Firefox, Fennec appears to be treading steadily in the direction of becoming a "Firefox Mobile."

Presently, though the Fennec still remains in code mode - the mobile and the desktop test version being released only for developers and for others who want to try it out and provide invaluable feedback to Mozilla. Fennec developers are being encouraged by the company to test the present Firefox extensions in Fennec beta 1, so as to successfully create new ones explicitly for the mobile framework.

Similar to the Fennec alpha, the mobile mechanism of Fennic beta is also attuned only to the over-the-air installation link with Nokia N98 Internet Tablet. However, the Fennec beta 1 trial emulators can also be downloaded by the users of Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X, thanks to the JavaScript that comprises the core of the browser.

The best part of the Fennec is its support for add-ons, which allows mobile browsers exceedingly come together with the desktop experience. Moreover, Mozilla's Fennec beta 1 also boasts of richer bookmark maintenance. Yet another development is the new JavaScript engine - TraceMonkey - which is virtually a performance-boosting addition to Fennec!