After flashing my AT&T 8525 with the cooked WM6 ROM found on these forums, my only real gripe is web browsing. I was able to get my hands on and install Picsel Browser which does alright but is very slow to load pages and still murders most pages. Is there anything available that accurately displays web pages as they would be viewed on a normal desktop (like the iPhone's safari or the upcoming Verizon LG Voyager)?
I've done forum searches for browser but that obviously brought up a ton of unrelated responses. Any help would be appreciated.
Opera Mobile rocks! I was surprised about how good the pages were displayed. Just give it a go!
It has tabbed browsing, which is a benefaction. I don't know much about browsers however, as everything is better than Blazer on PalmOS
Thanks for the suggestion. I've tried Opera Mini but it tended to blow up a lot of the pages I tried to view. I just installed the Opera mini beta 4 and it seems to do be a bit faster. I'll try the full version as well.
Did a search for zoom browser and found this thread which answered most of my questions:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=322163&highlight=zoom+browser
N1c0_ds mentioned about opera mobile which is different from opera mini.
opera mobile is much better then opera mini
Hi people,
I know of pocket explorer, and the opera release, but is there any other webbrowsers out there that are any good?
What i am looking for is something like the iphones safari. That would be nice
Pocket Explorer
Opera
Deepfish - damn shame this was never continued!
Cheers
Opera have 2 releases, you didn't mention which one you have. Opera Mobile is one of them but its not free, its good for tabbed browsing and downloads but personally i can't get along with it as it runs slow on my handset and often has script errors, plus struggles with desktop pages and uses alot of data. Opera Mini is the other one and i personally think its amazing. You can load up full web pages quickly and easily and it allows you to zoom in and out of the pages so you can view them like you would on your desktop. It uses very low amounts of data so its cheap to use, plus its free to download.
I personally use opera on my handset as it works well with windows, its the best thing so far anyway.
If your thinking of something more along the lines of the safari (iphone) experience, there is nothing at this time that matches it exactly, but there are similar programs you can get hold of that have been around a little while like Picsel Browser. Which can load up full pages (but cost you alot of data), and renders the pages pretty well, plus you can scroll with your finger and zoom in and out of pages without a stylus. I used to use this browser but i'm now totally hooked on Opera Mini.
I'm sure there are some other browsers out there but these two i mentioned are the only 2 i consider worth mentioning.
PS. Deepfish is similar to Opera mini, its optimises pages server side to make them smaller (data wise anyway), but i think opera have stollen the game from microsoft, thus them stopping any more work on the project, from what we can see anyway!
Hope this all helps btw
Read by related articles at http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Web Browsing, browsers
Personally I don't use opera mini, because it doesn't come for the htc p4350, i can run the generic, but I have to startup java first, then opera, and with every text area (including adress) it opens a new typing window..
Mattijn106 said:
Personally I don't use opera mini, because it doesn't come for the htc p4350, i can run the generic, but I have to startup java first, then opera, and with every text area (including adress) it opens a new typing window..
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That's the same way it works on my wing. However, as I'm browsing from a phone, I really don't have the highest of expectations for my browsing experience, and all things considered, opera mini is the best option I've found thus far.
how do i get picsel..
Desiflare999 said:
how do i get picsel..
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search google. I tried to find a search term that linked to a site with picsel, but i couldnt find a term that worked. And no posting links to warez, so your only hope is google.... or pm me, and ill tell you my number to call me, and ill help you out...
Rory
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There's a lot more than just opera and ie, Picsel's the way to go.
leaskovski said:
Hi people,
I know of pocket explorer, and the opera release, but is there any other webbrowsers out there that are any good?
What i am looking for is something like the iphones safari. That would be nice
Cheers
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Look for Picsel browser, it works almost exactly as the iPhone safari, the zoom, the kinetic scrolling, all that stuff. Execpt it's made for only samsung phones so they don't make it availible for everybody. I have aa copy, but i don't think i can post it here. Type it in google, there a lot of them there. That's where i found mine. And by the way Picsel dosent just view web pages, it also views pictures, word, excel,pdf and powerpoint. Goodluck
leaskovski said:
Hi people,
I know of pocket explorer, and the opera release, but is there any other webbrowsers out there that are any good?
What i am looking for is something like the iphones safari. That would be nice
Pocket Explorer
Opera
Deepfish - damn shame this was never continued!
Cheers
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Ever thought about the FTX browser or Webby?
well..guys i got the file..but havent test it yet..well..atleast not yet..lolz jus typed in Picsel Browser 1.0.5 download..nd got it ;D
I tried Piscel and it was very snazzy, however, it does have some site limitations so it looks like the pay version of opera is the way to go.
Hi all,
I cannot find any Java (J2SE) support for the browser under PPC. Therefore, internet browsing is very inconvenient.
Is there anything to fix it in WM6?
Thx!
frankychan said:
Hi all,
I cannot find any Java (J2SE) support for the browser under PPC. Therefore, internet browsing is very inconvenient.
Is there anything to fix it in WM6?
Thx!
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read my related articles; for example, the Web Browsing Bible.
Menneisyys said:
read my related articles; for example, the Web Browsing Bible.
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I have quickly gone though the Web Browsing Bible. It seems that no browser can support Java at this moment, right?
I am using Opera Mobile now.
Hi,
Been surfing around the internet for a javascript for windows mobile 6.1 to run some internet sites but no luck...any chance that you guys know of such sites?
tks
Hi -- can you re-phrase your question? Not quite sure what you are asking. Opera mobile 9.5 has excellent javascript support; it can be slow on really complex sites, but pretty much everything works. The limitations are probably mainly due to the Touch Pro's hardware, though hopefully they'll continue to figure out ways to make it more efficient.
I have trawled the interwebs extensively as well as this site, but haven't found anyone else experiencing this:
I have the Samsung Focus S and it's a great phone, but IE9 is a little ropey... When I visit any of the Gawker mobile sites, Gizmodo, Lifehacker, Gawker, etc... I cannot see/read ANY of the comments.
Flip back to my HTC Desire Android phone and I am able to see them. Does anyone know what's going on here? I can't be the only one out there to experience this.
It is really annoying because I use those sites quite a lot... any help would be much appreciated.
You could try switching the phone between the mobile and desktop user-agents (it's under Settings -> Internet Explorer). Desktop mode *should* give you the same experience as on a PC, except for Flash of course.
Yeah, that does in fact work fine. I suppose I'm just keen to have the issue resolved for the mobile site so that I don't have to flick around the whole page to see all the content (if that makes sense?)
So thank you, but I guess I'm still looking for an answer :-|
Changing the "mode" has no impact on the browser itself. The server is sending you code that doesn't include the comments when you use the Mobile user-agent string.
Hey GoodDayToDie,
Thanks for this tip, I'll give it a go and report back.