CNET Editors' review
As a mini Mozilla, Minimo enters the fray of mobile browsers, filling the Firefox-shaped hole made sharper by the presence of cell-phone-size competitors vying for mobile browsing authority--Pocket IE, Opera Mini, and Yahoo Go. We found that on our PDA, Minimo is a strong candidate with decent browsing speeds, a modest but useful palette of preferences, and a slight twist on the tabbed browsing interface. For one, the browsing toolbar resides on the bottom of the screen and includes mobile-specific buttons for showing and hiding the address bar, increasing text size, and panning around the screen. Instead of navigating away from the home page--a portal with Google search and links to popular pages optimized for mobile viewing--Minimo anchors it as the first tab by default.
Minimo's cool blue-and-green color scheme isn't as cheery as that of some competitors, and there's room for more features, like entering a URL through the control panel as well as the "@" button. Despite that, Mozilla's minibrowser debut is a respectable one, and its appeal to open source to XML and JavaScript tinkerers interested in customizing the app will win it staunch supporters. Read a hands-on account of Minimo in the Daily Download.
Publisher's Description
From Mozilla:
Minimo uses Mozilla Technologies to produce a highly usable Web browser for advanced mobile devices. Features include: Fast access to your mobile content via Homebase start page; Best support for modern Web standards (Javascript and AJAX); Social Bookmarking; Tab browsing; RSS Support; Proven security (TLS, SSL3); International support; Cross platform capability; Widget and Extension support.
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All versions:
2.2 starsout of 14 votes
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Current version:
2.2 starsout of 14 votes
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"Great program. Fast. Could use manual"
Version: Minimo 0.2
Pros
Love the program. Works well as does its big brother. Fast, love the tabbed browser.
Cons
Needs access to a manual on-line (searched the Mozilla site, could not find one).
Summary
Great program, installs flawlessly and easy to use.
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"not good at all waste of time"
Version: Minimo 0.2
Pros
there are none i can think of
Cons
crashes if it does even start opens and closes repeatedly unbelievably slow even with 520mhz processor when it did actually run
Summary
no better than ie will stay with old faithful picsel browser and ie picsel browser is older and better
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"Tabs are nice, but painfully slow."
Version: Minimo 0.2
Pros
It's not IE. Tabs are nice. Seemed to have good page compatability.
Cons
Slow to start up, slow to load pages. Avoiding MS and enjoying tabs isn't worth waiting all day to read the web.
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"Wow ..... It is Great!"
Version: Minimo 0.2
Pros
Minimo helps me to cut my budget in using internet connection, faster than Internet Explorer. It works look like desktop mozilla. I can open my yahoo mail, download the very useful software from the web browser very fast surely. But I don't know resume available or not during download interrupted.
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"it's a very goos browser for a smartphone,"
Version: Minimo 0.2
Pros
far better then ie, displays the pager more good
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"Locked up HTC P3600"
Version: Minimo 0.2
Pros
Tabbed browsing is the only advantage over default IE browser.
Cons
Takes to long to open and then crashes the system. You need to do a soft reset.
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"Couldn't Use It"
Version: Minimo 0.2
Pros
The tabbed browsing is an admirable idea, but new tabs would mysteriously open when I didn't want them to. I look forward to trying improved versions.
Cons
Installed it on a Windows Mobile 6 HTC 6800. The handheld's hardware keyboard would not work with the program. The software keyboard was impossible to manage ... would not consistently open and close.
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"locked up my pocketPC"
Version: Minimo 0.2
Pros
why doesn't this work????
Cons
Locked up my mobile handset, rendering the program useless.
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"Bad news"
Version: Minimo 0.2
Pros
???
Cons
It wont run -- not a win32 application.
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"Tabbed browsing advantage over IE"
Version: Minimo 0.2
Pros
Tabbed browsing is the only advantage over default IE browser.
Cons
The EXE install does not work. It installs but will not run. I downloaded the .CAB version from mozzila.org and installed it to make it run. Slow to start and open pages. CSS sites are worse than IE. Definitely needs improvement.
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