Just saw that Mozilla has Firefox has re-releases its Alpha 1 ( kind of like how they are moving forward but still not beta:). What is interesting to see that now that the Android, Nokia and Apple ( soon Blackberry?) have all moved with WebKit, the competition still is fierce for bringing the online web experience to mobile.  I could not stop thinking of all the possibilities withthe plug-in base online and how they would get extended to mobile.   These are some of the things that are new to the build.

• Tons of  bug fixes and performance upgrades ( 3 months worth
• Fennec UI have been rebuilt entirely in CSS,
  • This will allow the browser to easily be tweaked  different handsets without having to go in and change the hardcoding, making it easier to  port Fennec to different screensizes and resolutions.
• And last but not least Add-ons! Lets see where this goes with the compatibility for plug-ins. This will become quite dynamic for plug-in providors to start building different User Interfaces for mobile….

My key question is when all of the API’s that we normally see for applications all start to become part of the browsing experience. No longer will a developer need to create an iPhone app to do those cool things, but in basic CSS and with widgets.

Something to keep an eye on.