featuring Flickr, Google Maps, and more. A Windows CE version of Minimo was created for Pocket PC 2003 software development kit. The first public build of Minimo for Windows CE was made available in February 2005. In June 2006, the 0.16 release of minimo included tabs, a "homebase bar" for fast navigation to frequently used web sites, and featured support for many advanced web development capabilities that made the mobile browser easier to use. On December 17, 2006, Turner, in his blog, acknowledged the slow pace of development, and revealed that Mozilla developers were exploring alternatives for Gecko-based web browsing on mobile handsets. Turner issued an invitation for others to "step up" as his own development priorities shift. Version 0.2 came out in March 2007 and represented a product targeted for mobile developers. Minimo 0.2 included and upgraded interface, and support for Windows Mobile 5. On November 27, 2007, project head Doug Turner announced that the project was no longer supported. By 2008 Doug Turner had begun on yet another mobile web browser, this time known as Firefox Mobile or Fennec. Criticism Probably because it was in the early stages of development, the Windows Mobile version of Minimo performed significantly slower than expected. The quality of rendered pages is congruent with the well-respected layout engine it implemented (Gecko), but the program had very high memory and hardware requirements compared to what was typically available on most handheld platforms (e.g. 64 megabytes of RAM, 206–624 MHz ARM-compatible CPU). Version 0.2 was recommended for developers targeting mobile devices or interested in AJAX- and Web Services-driven Web application for the mobile space. Minimo was compatible with many Web 2.0 applications, such as Gmail. See also Firefox for Android Mobile browser List of web browsers Comparison of web browsers References External links Minimo Project homepage An overview of the Minimo (Mini Mozilla) project (written by the Minimo developers) Interview with Doug Turner and Chris Hofmann of the Minimo Project Photos of Minimo running on Windows Mobile devices Screenshots of Minimo running on the i-mate JAM (a Windows Mobile 2003 for Pocket PC Second Edition, Phone Edition device) AJAX Mobile Apps Gopher clients Mozilla Windows web browsers POSIX web browsers Free web browsers Embedded Linux Mobile web browsers Pocket PC software Discontinued web browsers