Released: Modify Headers 0.6.4 and XHTML Mobile Profile 0.5.3
Both Modify Headers and XHTML Mobile Profile have been updated this week.
Version 0.6.4 of Modify Headers fixes a nsIObserver interface problem with the add-on working in Firefox 3 beta. XHTML Mobile Profile 0.5.3 adds support for the content type application/vnd.wap.multipart.mime.
Announcing: XHTML Mobile Profile v0.5.2 for Firefox
Yesterday, version 0.5.2 of the XHTML Mobile Profile add-on for Firefox was released. Please install from Mozilla Add-ons.
This is the second bugfix release of version 0.5, (which was not announced when released last month, oops). Version 0.5 adds support for rendering multipart mixed content in Firefox.
Please report any defects or enhancement requests in Mozdev Bugzilla.
Released: XHTML Mobile Profile 0.3.7
This release adds the string [XHTML-MP] to the title of a document that is being handled using the XHTML Mobile Profile addon. Go to Mozilla Update to install.
Released: XHTML Mobile Profile 0.3.6
This point release provides support for Firefox 2 final release. Please install from Mozilla Update.
Mobilizing this blog
Volantis has released a tool that enables anybody to mobilize their website. The mobilization does not happen on the fly, instead this service takes a copy of the content and transforms it into a device independent format. Predefined rules are then used to adapt the content for different types of device.
To mobilize your website, click on Start Here and follow the instructions. To see what this blog looks like, see garethhunt.volantis.net
XHTML Mobile Profile 0.3.5 released
A new version of the XHTML Mobile Profile (0.3.5) has been released. This adds support for when the xhtml namespace is not provided in the root html node of the page source. Please download from Mozilla Update.
If you find any issues or have any suggestions, please submit them to bugzilla.
Mobile Profile
One of my spare time projects is developing and maintaining a Mozilla Firefox extension, XHTML Mobile Profile. The extension is available for download at Mozilla Update. Recently, there have been some comments that have been fairly critical of the extension and its capabilities, so I feel the need to clarify a few things:
1. application/xhtml+xml is supported by Firefox natively.
But being the standards compliant beast that Firefox is, the rendering only occurs if the correct namespace is added to the root html tag.
For a simple demonstration (requires Mozilla Firefox), compare this page (source) with this one (source). The first shows the content unformatted, but the second page is rendered by Firefox as it has been told the namespace of the document.
2. WML support is available using the WML Browser.
There is no need for the XHTML Mobile Profile extension to support WML as this is already provided by the WML Browser.
3. XHTML Mobile Profile supports only application/vnd.wap.xhtml+xml
Given 1 and 2 above, this is the only content type that required support as the others for mobile content are already covered. I must admit that I need to provide more detail on the Mozilla Update site that sets peoples expectations.
I'll work on that next.