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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.
is it just me or does opera browser (the one u buy) suck really bad? does it completely miss the zoom functionality that opera mini has????
am I missing something?
I would agree. I had a little play with Opera 9.5 beta but it was not as intuative as OperaMini. Certainly it did not have the full zoom out feature that makes OperaMini a great browser.
Regards
opera mini rocks ... opera mobile sucks .. it would be nice if they had a setting where i could define default zoom so i don't have to zoom in 100 times to get the text size that is good for me ...
hands down opera mini is better.
okay so im not crazy... I just don't understand why they wouldn't include the full page zoom functionality in their retail app... that's really the only reason to go outside of PIE anyways..
only problem with opera mini is that it sits in java and doesn't have the integration abilities that opera browser does but these nifty scripts people have created are making that more seamless... Opera really needs to get on the ball and make opera browser intriguing.
type opera:config in the address bar to fine tune the zoom options
make sure you read my past Opera Mini-related articles, where I thoroughly compared the two browsers.
Menneisyys said:
make sure you read my past Opera Mini-related articles, where I thoroughly compared the two browsers.
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Nope haven't seen that one... search for opera mini is like finding a needle in a haystack though. Got a friendly link?
Also... on the post about running opera:config in the address bar... does that give you access to some additional options or something? I don't have opera installed anymore atm to test.. does this enable the zoom/out/in functionality like opera mini or something?
Zenoran said:
Also... on the post about running opera:config in the address bar... does that give you access to some additional options or something? I don't have opera installed anymore atm to test.. does this enable the zoom/out/in functionality like opera mini or something?
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Yes you get taken to the advanced options page where you can play with zoom above other things
i guess u guys were referring to the new 9.5 beta... i was referring to the version they have avail on their website.. 8.65 or something? which clearly is nothing compared to this newer version...
i installed the 9 beta and it does seem much better... will be a great release once it goes live.
Guy's,
What is your opinion about the new Internet Explorer Mobile 6?
Do we continue with the ordinary IE (IE5) or IE5 should have to be replaced by the IE6 in up-comming ROM's?
Cheers
ie6 is very slow. but it runs some scripts that ie5 doesnt.
i prefer opera mini
..........ummmmmm....unfortunately Opera isn't my choice.
My view point is, Opera simply renders the page nicely but in other way it's far worst than IE.
Page rendering is HORRIBLE on PIE6 imo. I personally have ditchend PIE for Skyfire anyhow, but just my opinion.
IMHO IE6 is better, more sites are showing correctly. More scripts are working. Zoom in/out is good. Its more slower on 64MB, but on my 128MB it is OK.
yes, I think IE60Mobile better....
for example it have "Search on page" function!
Just press Ctrl+F on keyboard
I will use it in my roms in future - I say "NO" to old PIE
Hi
I never got flashlite to run with IE 6, and it is very slow by normal standards. I do feel that ms could have done better, I have seen a beta IE 7 somewhere on xda but not sure if its a real release.
Be happy
Jay
I think IE6 would be much better with the time so I´ll say let´s keep with it
Anyway I normally use Opera Mobile 9.5 and it´s a lot better than IE
Cheers Tomal,
Hi there,
I am pretty happy with my WP7 terminal but there is a lack of feature that pisses me off and I could solve right with my WM 6.5 easily.
I could not find information for this in the web ¿Why nobody complains about the lack of the reflow feature in adobe reader 9.0.0?
¿How do you fellows get by without this feature? ¿How do you read pdf files?
¿Is there any roadmap to support this feature? ¿Does anybody know?
Thanks
chk dis
ondaalfa said:
Hi there,
I am pretty happy with my WP7 terminal but there is a lack of feature that pisses me off and I could solve right with my WM 6.5 easily.
I could not find information for this in the web ¿Why nobody complains about the lack of the reflow feature in adobe reader 9.0.0?
¿How do you fellows get by without this feature? ¿How do you read pdf files?
¿Is there any roadmap to support this feature? ¿Does anybody know?
Thanks
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hey ondaalfa
ya you need to tweak registry
may dis work for you
chk registry...for
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\AdobeReaderle.25]
"EnableReflow"=dword:00000001
Don't Forget to Say Thanks & to Raise Thanks Meter!!! If It WORKS!!!!
what is reflow anyway? My Adobe Reader crashed when I scroll to other page ...
email adobe and tell them to update the app to support it.
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what is reflow anyway? My Adobe Reader crashed when I scroll to other page ...
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Reflow view can make the document easier to read on the small screen of a mobile device or on a standard monitor at a large magnification, without the need to scroll horizontally to read each line of text
In most cases, only readable text appears in the reflow view. Text that doesn’t reflow includes forms, comments, digital signature fields, and page artifacts, such as page numbers, headers, and footers. Pages that contain both readable text and form or digital signature fields don’t reflow.
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IF your Adobe Reader crashing...probably you need to upgrade it
or overclock ur processor...
Don't Forget to Say Thanks & to Raise Thanks Meter!!! If It HELPS!!!!
Sure WP7?
Upss. I had an instant email notification and did not get any message ¿?¿?
Many thanks chk dis
¿Are you sure that we are talking wp7? Pherhaps you mean WM 6.5...
Tweaking the registry implies that I have to use chevrone or unlock the phone, doesnt it?
If you confirm pherhaps I would try to unlock it....
You mean adobe reader in windows phone 7?
amitheunlimited said:
hey ondaalfa
ya you need to tweak registry
may dis work for you
chk registry...for
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Adobe\AdobeReaderle.25]
"EnableReflow"=dword:00000001
Don't Forget to Say Thanks & to Raise Thanks Meter!!! If It WORKS!!!!
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My HD7 registry tweak doesn't show any Adobe..
I believe LE 2.5 was the last version of Adobe Reader for Windows Mobile 6.5. So i don't think he's talking about Windows Phone 7 at all.
Adobe Reader for WP7 does not support text reflow as far as I can tell. So you're kinda stuck until Adobe updates or someone makes a new app.
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I believe LE 2.5 was the last version of Adobe Reader for Windows Mobile 6.5. So i don't think he's talking about Windows Phone 7 at all.
Adobe Reader for WP7 does not support text reflow as far as I can tell. So you're kinda stuck until Adobe updates or someone makes a new app.
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Thanks, So I believe.
I have just e-mailed to [email protected] to request this feature. If you guys do so we will get better support.
It blows my mind that there is few information an complains in the forums about the lack of this feature, Nobody reads pdf in their WP7?
It feels like, Windows promised the phone would receive many updates, but I wonder if they've got bored with the project and has left the phone hanging. Have they moved on to the next project, Phone 8?
What I like about Windows 6.5 is the re-flow as discussed, task manager that allows you have more than one application open at the same time. Applications are better in Phone 7, but it also needs the ability to create folders or tiles to group them in, otherwise the list just becomes unmanageable. The re-flow feature, which came as a tweak from XDA-developers keeps me using the Windows 6.5 HTC phone.
Hi there,
Since I wrote in agoust my request no news from adobe whatsoever.
Now I have take advantage of a recent post in adobe's blog related to the lack of reflow in a recent release for android system to ask about our business.
Do you think that I will have any response?
Any other idea to request or ask for this feature?
Thanks,
Ondaalfa
So I have an HD7 from Tmobile and downloaded Mango 7720 last night. Everything seems like its working perfectly but one problem I am having is with IE9 and HTML5 mobile sites. If I navigate to m.bing.com or m.google.com or even mobile youtube I get the old standard mobile sites NOT the html5 mobile versions. Navigating to Bing mobile is especially bad, I cant even see the full menu of bing services. Does anyone else have this issue? I'm just curious to know if anyone else has this issue before I try to reinstall the update.
Anyone? Maybe the sites don't recognize the browser. Not sure what it is but some people claim these sites come up fine on their phones (except for youtube mobile).
Same here. Weird. Maybe they need some time to integrate Mobile IE9 user-agent code?
However 'enhanced' mobile Facebook works well (touch.facebook.com)
Disinto said:
Same here. Weird. Maybe they need some time to integrate Mobile IE9 user-agent code?
However 'enhanced' mobile Facebook works well (touch.facebook.com)
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Yes, touch facebook works nicely! Hopefully they impliment the user-agent code soon. I guess since Mango is not officially released they havent implemented it yet.
I'm still having this problem with my HTC Titan running Mango 7740. Surely these sites recognise the ie9 useragent now. Though i'm sure that other Mango users aren't still having this issue, i can't work it out!
Don't worry, you're not alone. Google is a major culprit for me. Its almost impossible to get the newer looking mobile site on my phone, instead it looks like the old barebones mobile site. *shudder*
This is not because IE9 does not support HTML5. It is because your website preference is set to mobile or viceversa.
E.g. if you goto google.com with Desktop mode, you will be presented a majorly cut down HTML google version. However, if you visit with Mobile Profile, you will be presented the HTML5 version
Not even the facebook is that good in my opinion, there are some visual artefacts visible.
Same with dropbox.
And it is missing "swiping" functionality. For example, mobile.theverge.com, you have to tap the small dots, instead of just swiping to the next story.
It's not the mobile/desktop setting. I can actually get to the mobile sites (incl. google) but they all look awful. m.facebook.com goes to the oldschool html4 mobile site. touch.facebook.com goes to the html5 mobile site but it's quite broken and not slick. m.google.com has plain text hyperlinks along the top instead of the graphical tabs seen on other mobile OS's.
I guess it's just a trade-off between having a lovely looking OS and Apps, and not having a decent view of mobile web apps.