Which browser is the best to navigate in web? Opera? Internet ?xplorer? Minimo? Is there any one else? I've got a wireless virus scan from Mcfee. Somebody use that?? I don't have many experience with these things, and I should your advises and preferences. Best regards
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I don't use an antivirus on my pda... yet. you are probably going to find more viruses that will bother your pc during installs, than for the pda.
for browsing, netfront is supposed to be good but i prefer opera. it gives you info on the speed and progress of the page.
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As the subject says are there any alternate browsers available ?
Ive checked Mozilla web site and they dont seem to cater for mobile devices. Opera has a version available for smartphones but not PPC
So has anyone any alternatives to suggest ? I loathe IE, its dead and buried on all my PC's and would love to replace it on my phone.
Unless of course some enterprising soul has found a way of porting Linux on to the phone
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Of course, search the net and you can find either Netfront or the upcoming Opera.
But why deplete your precious memory when IE is available? The installation of an alternate browser is good unless you are able to totally remove IE so as to recover the memory.
I'm happy using IE for my browsing.
Well, if you're looking for free browsers, you can try MiniMoCE which is short for Mini Mozilla CE.
Version 0.008 is out here...
http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/dougt/archives/008751.html
Thanx for the tips, will have a play with these
Opera is available for PPC when you install it with the Midi Applet on your PPC, check this thread for info on installing: http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=27138&start=50
Thunderhawk might be the best but also most expensive browser for PPCs. It has periodic costs for its use and supports full scaling of internet pages through a proxy.
today at the university I tried out the wlan capabilitys of my device and it was a great experience sitting in the cafeteria and surfing at some news sites with that little fellow when all the others used big laptops occupying all their tablespace :lol:
I used the internet explorer first and then tried out the mozilla minimo browser. IE was "ok" and minimo just sucked with the handling and speed. I also know there's an opera version but I never tried it online. any other good browsers out there? any favs? :wink:
A lot of people seem to agree that Opera 8.6 is a really good browser. It's not free though. You get a 30 day trial, but after that you must pay for it. It's 24USD I beleive.
Try Thunderhawk. http://www.bitstream.com/wireless/
I've been using Thunderhawk ( http://www.bitstream.com/wireless/index.html ) with great success. I absolutely love it. They route all traffic through their servers and software so you end up with the web page designed for your desktop rendered nearly perfectly on your Pocket PC.
The methods they use reduce all graphics to a size managable by our devices without any drop in quality. Pages load extremely fast and I'm just using my T-Mobile internet connection. Between it and IE, just isn't even a contest.
I have not used Opera though, so I can't comment on it. But I highly reccomend trying Thunderhawk.
I don't have the Screenshot program installed on my device, but here are a couple of pics I snapped so that you can see the layout. First is DrudeReport.com and I'm sure you're familiar with the second. :wink:
B**tard! You beat me to it!
but thunderhawk is not free!
I use PIEPlus, which is very nice.
Thanks guys I will check out both, thunderhawk and pieplus. But actually pieplus doesn't seem to be free either.
Let me extend my question at this point
Which cool and usefull internetrelated software do you use on your wizard?
Also give Netfront 3.3 a trial though it is not free.
I am using it and am very satisfied with it. Specially if you surf the web with a fast WiFi connection then sites with flash animations really turn out great. It is the only WM5 browser with flash support.
Regards
Opera 8.6.
I used others but this one allowed me to run java scripts that PIE couldn't.
I can use it on my banking sites and other secured sites that other have had trouble or simply don't work.
It is worth the money. IMO.
thunderhawk vs Opera? Anybody?
Opera Mini 2.0
It's a Java App. and it's free.
Go to mini.opera.com on PIE and download and install.
To me it has the fastest and best performance when compared to native WM browsers. I use it daily... the only time I don't use it is when I want to look at an animated radar image. That is about the only limitation to Opera Mini... no animated images. You can still download files, and save images from it. 8)
To be honest I have stuck with PIE. Opera does format a little better but considering you now have to pay for it I will stick with PIE.
Sorry if someone has already asked this.
I was trying to use internet banking on this phone but it will not work. To do internet banking with my bank, I will have to first go to their web page. Then from there, when I clicked the link it should pop another screen. But the problem is, it never ever be able to pop the other screen.
Is there any way to make it work?
Thanks for any help.
Opera for mobile devices may help as it enables you to have a number of tabs open at the same time which is what is needed for internet backing so you should be able to do everything you want on it. It is about $30 US and you can get a trial. Hope this helps.
OK thanks but I was hoping that I can use Internet Explorer. I don't really want to spend money getting another software but if that is the only way, guess I will have to buy Opera.
Thanks again
Well just get the trial and see. I don't know of any way of getting IE to do it. Sorry.
Also try Opera mini it is a Java app web browser and may help. It is free. So try them both.
If you use 3G etc both will make it way cheaper, faster and easier as they format it so you don't have to scroll to the side and it will turn a 500kb web page into about 50kb including pics.
Minimo is free and has JAVA as well !!
Minimo from Mozilla works great, has tabs , JAVA etc .
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/minimo/
Have Fun !!
Thanks you guys.
Will try all the suggestion that you all have given me.
My ISP "airtel" is providing me a gprs/edge connection for the last two days from now. But the damn problem is that I can't download anything more that 3mb. So I have downloaded several browsers to find the same thing in the internet explorer option to change the proxy. But I cant do that in pocket IE because doesn't have that option. So I tried Different Browsers to check if they have there own anonymouse proxy settings.
BROWSER Built in Proxy Settings SPEED Rating
OPERA 9.5 NONE Fast 10/10
OPERA 8.65 NONE Very Fast 8/10
WINDOWS INTERNET EXPLORER NONE Fast 5/10
MINIMO YES SLOW 4/10
FTX NONE MEDIUM 6/10
OPERA MINI Running On jbed NONE VERY FAST 8/10
NetFront 3.5 YES ULtra Fast 9.5/10
Webby NONE Medium 6/10
IF THERE ARE MORE PLEASE LET ME KNOW...
MINIMO DEOSN"T WORK ON GPRS, It works Well WITH LAN/WLAN But Doesn't work with egprs/gprs
...... NOTHING WORKED...
HELP ME!!!
NEtfront 3.5 Supports proxy but i Haven't tested it yet.
So far the fastest is Netfront which makes you browse like hell. Like you have a 8mbps connection. Although Its fast and effective it has very a big problem. The downloader has a problem that needs to be fixed but no problem with WLan. If you have slow connection, I would not recommend this. Rather FTX or PocketIE.
You've left out Skyfire, but it's still in beta testing, so maybe not a good candidate for this, yet.
I never could get skyfire to start on my Wizard..It would start and say "Lost network connection. Please try again later." and the only option is exit
That's probably because you didn't get yourself invited to be in the beta test. You have to go to Skyfire's website, and sign up for it. You give them your cell number and phone type, and if they need someone with your model, they send you a text message after configuring their servers to approve your phone when it requests service for Skyfire. Then you can install the browser, enter your password (only during the first run of the browser), and after that, you're off and running.
If you don't register, you don't get in. Period.
FWIW, I wouldn't bother, if what you're seeking is web anonymity. Skyfire has your phone number and presumably can easily tie you to your browsing history through that. Probably the exact opposite of whatever pr0n search you're planning....
Na,... I woudn't use skyfire until its out,..
Ive Tried another browser... its called Ucweb and its in java
I run it under jbed
I can pass the 3mb limit but the speed is very slow
I am still open for suggestions
Hi, due to your suggestin i tried to download netfront but cant. can someone upload it? please?
just wondering , any of this browsers support streaming videos ? ( like youtube )
SKYFIRE SUPPORTS IT!!!!!
Even YOUTUBE, THE HARDEST SITE YET KNOWN (ESPN)
Support for quicktime streams to!
But you have to sign up for the next beta
Ive already sign up (two accounts... don't tell them!)
hehehe i won't
the thing is, skyfire is open only for the united states and not for th e whole world ... plus no one seems to crack it.
so for middle eastern like me it will not work .
CAN THIS WORK?
My brother lives in the usa,can I give his phone number instead of mine and just email him to give me the download link.
I THINK THIS SHOULD WORK?
MAN!!!! I WANT SKYFIRE!
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CAN THIS WORK?
My brother lives in the usa,can I give his phone number instead of mine and just email him to give me the download link.
I THINK THIS SHOULD WORK?
MAN!!!! I WANT SKYFIRE!
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This can only work if the phone trying to access SkyFire has the same phone number and valid password as the account which signed up for the beta. Sign up with your own phone number, phone type, etc. or you just won't be able to use SkyFire, period. That is the very definition of a closed test. See their FAQ page for more info.
See, I could upload the cab file right here, and you still won't be able to use it... go ahead and try for yourself.
Damn, there's gotta be a way to bypass the login and phone number. how about just freaking remove the authentication
SkyFire is resolving pages server-side. Without a valid login, you just can't get to their server, so you never see the intarwebs. Pretty simple.
I Just Flashed a new ROM to my wizard (TNT 19213) and decided to investigate getting a new web browser to replace internet explorer. Does anyone recommend one over another? Also, how do you load them onto your wizard?
You could try Minimo. It's a mobile browser based on Mozilla.
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/minimo/
They have an exe install you run from your pc or a cab install you can copy to your phone to install from.
opera mini.
Opera mini, no doubt about it
Access NetFront Browser is free, and works similar to the much lauded SkyFire browser (also awesome, but in a closed beta test cycle that seems to be never-ending). The thing that sets these apart from the remaining browsers is that they are full-feature browsers, that show the internet as it would look on your desktop. In my opinion, Skyfire is superior at rendering sites true to their appearance on desktop browsers. NF browser is a little behind, and has a hard time substituting fonts, for example. There are both advantages and disadvantages to both browsers, as with anything. The main disadvantage to both of these is that you either need a wifi connection, or an unlimited data plan, or you're going to rack up a bill quickly, downloading full web sites.
For mobile browsers, there's Mozilla's Minimo, which is nice, and opera mini, which seems to be favored on this bulletin board site, and Microsoft-backed Zumobi (also in beta testing), all of which have nice features, but won't be the "best" for everyone. Keep in mind they are all mobile browsers, which means things like flash, javascript, and other web 2.0 features might not display properly, or might not work at all. All are much easier on the data plan than the full browsers mentioned above, but that means degraded websites only. Frankly, I just use the IE browser when I'm away from a hot-spot. I'm just more selective about what I surf to...
One last thing I almost forgot: All these browsers are free, but there is a pay-for version of Opera that is supposed to be superior to Mini. Opera Mini also requires the use of the MIDlet Manager or some other Java Emulator, making single-click launching much more complicated than necessary.
tried minimo but also like opera mini best,
you will need some java support for running it on your wizard.
i am using esmertecs.
someone on the developement and hacking made a cab instalation of the new opera mini browser that installs java emulator + opera mini and works best. has a dirrect shortcut in the programs folder and loads web pages extremely quickly over gprs.
I havent tried any of the "betas" floating around. Opera mobile is awesome too, but loads pages slower. works best with wifi.
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someone on the developement and hacking made a cab instalation of the new opera mini browser that installs java emulator + opera mini and works best. has a dirrect shortcut in the programs folder and loads web pages extremely quickly over gprs.
I havent tried any of the "betas" floating around. Opera mobile is awesome too, but loads pages slower. works best with wifi.
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Thats exactly what I was looking for because the cab files are much easier to deal with, do you know where I can download this program?