<s>
Minimo	B-Application
(	O
from	O
"	O
Mini	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
"	O
)	O
was	O
a	O
project	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
for	O
small	O
devices	O
like	O
personal	B-Application
digital	I-Application
assistants	I-Application
and	O
mobile	O
phones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
aimed	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
easier	O
for	O
developers	O
to	O
embed	O
parts	O
of	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
into	O
systems	O
with	O
limited	O
system	O
resources	O
(	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
machines	O
with	O
low	O
amounts	O
of	O
RAM	B-Architecture
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Minimo	B-Application
Project	O
was	O
created	O
to	O
test	O
the	O
feasibility	O
of	O
porting	O
a	O
full-function	O
desktop	O
browser	B-Protocol
engine	I-Protocol
to	O
advanced	O
mobile	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
minimize	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
system	O
resources	O
Minimo	B-Application
initially	O
did	O
not	O
include	O
some	O
of	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
's	O
functionality	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
support	O
for	O
SVG	B-Application
,	O
although	O
continuing	O
experiments	O
sought	O
to	O
include	O
all	O
the	O
features	O
of	O
the	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
codebase	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
used	O
small	B-Application
screen	I-Application
rendering	I-Application
technology	O
to	O
reformat	O
Web	O
pages	O
for	O
pocket-sized	O
displays	O
and	O
allowed	O
a	O
platform	O
for	O
UI	O
experiments	O
on	O
mobile	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
was	O
designed	O
to	O
take	O
up	O
minimal	O
screen	O
space	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
single	O
8px	O
high	O
toolbar	O
and	O
a	O
hidden-by-default	O
address	O
bar	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
functionality	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
bookmarks	O
,	O
history	O
,	O
and	O
search	O
,	O
was	O
migrated	O
into	O
a	O
special	O
homepage	O
called	O
the	O
Homebase	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
Minimo	B-Application
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Gecko	B-Language
infrastructure	O
,	O
developers	O
can	O
decide	O
to	O
build	O
specific	O
versions	O
and	O
evaluate	O
other	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
canvas	O
,	O
SVG	B-Application
support	O
,	O
and	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chris	O
Hofmann	O
created	O
the	O
Minimo	B-Application
project	O
shortly	O
after	O
leaving	O
Netscape	O
Communications	O
in	O
2003	O
,	O
under	O
funding	O
from	O
Nokia	O
's	O
Maemo	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Currently	O
Chris	O
works	O
for	O
the	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
Corporation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chris	O
was	O
also	O
responsible	O
for	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
Minimo	B-Application
key	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Homebase	O
bar	O
,	O
a	O
format	O
for	O
displaying	O
bookmarks	O
more	O
amenable	O
to	O
mobile	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Early	O
Minimo	B-Application
development	O
centered	O
on	O
ARM	B-Architecture
devices	O
(	O
such	O
as	O
Hewlett-Packard	O
'	O
s	O
iPAQ	B-Application
)	O
with	O
around	O
64MB	O
of	O
RAM	B-Architecture
,	O
running	O
Familiar	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
the	O
GPE	B-Language
Palmtop	I-Language
Environment	I-Language
(	O
where	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
default	O
browser	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Minimo	B-Application
0.1	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
this	O
platform	O
in	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
lead	O
Minimo	B-Application
developer	O
,	O
Doug	O
Turner	O
,	O
headed	O
this	O
and	O
additional	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
mobile	O
projects	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
labs	I-Operating_System
project	O
named	O
Joey	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Operating_System
Mozilla	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
hired	O
Turner	O
in	O
December	O
2004	O
to	O
work	O
full-time	O
on	O
Mobile	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Minimo	B-Application
was	O
funded	O
by	O
Nokia	O
and	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chris	O
and	O
Doug	O
teamed	O
up	O
with	O
web	O
developer	O
Marcio	O
Galli	O
as	O
he	O
focused	O
in	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
aspects	O
and	O
mostly	O
creating	O
built	O
in	O
applications	O
for	O
Minimo	B-Application
using	O
HTML	O
instead	O
of	O
XUL	B-Application
—	O
these	O
were	O
refereed	O
in	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
as	O
extensions	O
but	O
served	O
as	O
concept	O
for	O
web-based	O
mobile	O
apps	O
featuring	O
Flickr	O
,	O
Google	O
Maps	O
,	O
and	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
CE	I-Operating_System
version	O
of	O
Minimo	B-Application
was	O
created	O
for	O
Pocket	B-Device
PC	I-Device
2003	O
software	B-Application
development	I-Application
kit	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
public	O
build	O
of	O
Minimo	B-Application
for	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
CE	I-Operating_System
was	O
made	O
available	O
in	O
February	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2006	O
,	O
the	O
0.16	O
release	O
of	O
minimo	B-Application
included	O
tabs	O
,	O
a	O
"	O
homebase	O
bar	O
"	O
for	O
fast	O
navigation	O
to	O
frequently	O
used	O
web	O
sites	O
,	O
and	O
featured	O
support	O
for	O
many	O
advanced	O
web	O
development	O
capabilities	O
that	O
made	O
the	O
mobile	B-Application
browser	I-Application
easier	O
to	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
17	O
,	O
2006	O
,	O
Turner	O
,	O
in	O
his	O
blog	O
,	O
acknowledged	O
the	O
slow	O
pace	O
of	O
development	O
,	O
and	O
revealed	O
that	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
developers	O
were	O
exploring	O
alternatives	O
for	O
Gecko-based	O
web	O
browsing	O
on	O
mobile	O
handsets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Minimo	B-Application
0.2	O
included	O
and	O
upgraded	O
interface	O
,	O
and	O
support	O
for	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
Mobile	I-Operating_System
5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
2008	O
Doug	O
Turner	O
had	O
begun	O
on	O
yet	O
another	O
mobile	B-Application
web	I-Application
browser	I-Application
,	O
this	O
time	O
known	O
as	O
Firefox	B-Application
Mobile	I-Application
or	O
Fennec	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Probably	O
because	O
it	O
was	O
in	O
the	O
early	O
stages	O
of	O
development	O
,	O
the	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
Mobile	I-Operating_System
version	O
of	O
Minimo	B-Application
performed	O
significantly	O
slower	O
than	O
expected	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
quality	O
of	O
rendered	O
pages	O
is	O
congruent	O
with	O
the	O
well-respected	O
layout	B-Protocol
engine	I-Protocol
it	O
implemented	O
(	O
Gecko	B-Language
)	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
program	O
had	O
very	O
high	O
memory	O
and	O
hardware	O
requirements	O
compared	O
to	O
what	O
was	O
typically	O
available	O
on	O
most	O
handheld	O
platforms	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
64megabytes	O
of	O
RAM	B-Architecture
,	O
206	O
–	O
624MHz	O
ARM-compatible	O
CPU	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
0.2	O
was	O
recommended	O
for	O
developers	O
targeting	O
mobile	O
devices	O
or	O
interested	O
in	O
AJAX	B-Device
-	O
and	O
Web	O
Services-driven	O
Web	O
application	O
for	O
the	O
mobile	O
space	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Minimo	B-Application
was	O
compatible	O
with	O
many	O
Web	O
2.0	O
applications	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Gmail	B-Application
.	O
</s>
