Viewing WAP sites with Firefox

In a follow up to my previous post about RSS2WAP I got curious. Is there a Firefox extension available that would enable me to view WAP sites? Well, yes there is!

The wmlbrowser extension makes Firefox a fully-fledged WAP-browser. (See screenshot of the CitiWiz WAP site to the right)

Although every mobile device will present the content visually different, this is a nice interpretation of what you can expect. Further pro’s in no particular order are:

• Cut development time by serving up pages locally instead of uploading every change to your WAP site.
• Develop in your favorite browser.
• Browse your site using a mouse instead of a quirky phone-keyboard.
• No telco costs.
• No slow connection.
• No need to install a, buggy, third-party WAP-browser.
• Browse *any* WAP-site there is. Ringtone anyone?
• …

You can get the extension from Mozilla Update.

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5 Responses to “Viewing WAP sites with Firefox”

1. Fred Says:
   June 1st, 2005 at 3:28 pm

   Hi Caspar!

   Would you be so kind to trackback (ping) this post to http://www.fzelders.nl/weblog/wp-trackback.php?p=1013

   By the way. I like your Blog!

   Fred

2. Caspar Says:
   June 1st, 2005 at 4:52 pm

   Hello Fred,

   You’ve been Trackbacked!

3. Fred Says:
   June 1st, 2005 at 9:09 pm

   Trackback doesn’t work on my weblog
   Grrrr

   Thanks anyway!

4. Matthew Wilson Says:
   June 20th, 2005 at 4:30 pm

   Alas, as the wmlbrowser maintainer I have to admit that it’s far from complete in its ability to browse WML. But I’m glad that people are finding it useful.

5. Caspar Says:
   June 20th, 2005 at 5:15 pm

   Well, for me its feature set is more than enough right now. Before, I couldn’t even view a WAP-site.