LinuxDevices: An Overview of the Minimo (Mini Mozilla) Project

“Mozilla, the browser, is arguably one of the best desktop
browsers. Mozilla is used in many desktop applications: Netscape 7,
CompuServe, AOL for Mac, Ximian GNOME, Galeon, and Nautilus. There
also have been a few ports to make Mozilla run on various devices
such as the Nokia Media Terminal and the AOL/Gateway. With the
release of Minimo, a slimmed down version of Mozilla, we offer a
minimalist browser that may be the best browser in the embedded
space.

“Minimo has two aims. First and foremost, Minimo is for
embedders. The application layer of Minimo is small, and offers
only the required pieces that a browser should have. This
application layer will most likely be removed and replaced with an
embedders application logic and UI. In this sense, Minimo is just a
configuration of the Mozilla browser that is targeted at the Linux
device space…”

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