In a blog post Mozilla says the Maemo Beta 5 brings noticeable improvements to the user experience and UI of the browser.

The organisation has also created a new Firefox for Mobile website that includes ways to stay connected to the Project, info for developers, and videos discussing the UI and features.

Key functionality specific to the Maemo Beta 5 include:

- Support for multiple locales, currently including Spanish, German, French, Italian, Dutch, and Russian
- Flash sites such as YouTube now work
- The viewport meta tag is now supported by Firefox on mobile sites using it
- New form assistant to make filling in forms easier
- Improved panning and zooming performance and behavior
- Numerous other bugs and polish issues addressed

More info can be found here in the release notes.

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