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Why i Prefer the iphone browser to the Diamonds.....

why is it that on opera when i clik on something, it takes about 5 seconds for it to show ive clickd on it?
it leads to me double tapping the screen which is irritating because it zooms out...
anyway to fix this?
also when other people are using my diamond opera browser, and they clik on something, and because it doesnt start loading the page immediately but after 5 sconds, they seem to think the phone is rubbish...

i understand what you mean but i noticed what causes this.. This happens when you click on a link but the current screen hasnt finished loading yet...
try it..click on X to stop the loading and then click on a link..it should load immediately

Yay, another ipony-related thread!
Opera mobile is awful - it can't do flash properly, can't manage text input properly, crashes on big pages, has terrible SIP-related problems, can't select items without zooming, has auto-rotation troubles and is generally a pain in the ass.
It's also the nearest thing we have to a proper desktop-like browser. Luckily it's also possible to paste text into the browser, unlike on the ipony.

AdamPatel said:
why is it that on opera when i clik on something, it takes about 5 seconds for it to show ive clickd on it?
it leads to me double tapping the screen which is irritating because it zooms out...
anyway to fix this?
also when other people are using my diamond opera browser, and they clik on something, and because it doesnt start loading the page immediately but after 5 sconds, they seem to think the phone is rubbish...
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you should give skyfire a shot. it blows the iphone browser away in my opinion. you can't play flash, youtube, etc. within the browser on the iphone like you can using skyfire.

Opera...
I happen to rather like Opera... sure, some of the issues mentioned above are a pain, but it's still the best browser for Windows Mobile (in my opinion, anyway). Why people keep ranting on about the iThingy in this forum I'll never know. Buy one if you like it better than the Diamond and leave us WM lovers alone

payner96 said:
you should give skyfire a shot. it blows the iphone browser away in my opinion. you can't play flash, youtube, etc. within the browser on the iphone like you can using skyfire.
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I don't know about blowing things out of the water but Skyfire is a smaller APP that does the Job with simplicity at heart. It allows you to login in as it creates a profile so that if you switch devices or flash new Roms, you don't have to start all over regarding favorites. All you do is just login when it starts up. I'm sure Opera lovers have a way of saving favorites but I just find it a bit clunky.
Just my thoughts. Those who haven't tried it shouldn't even discuss how Opera is better.

Skyfire is better

well skyfire is reay fast and flash is no proble at all but in skyfire i get muggy picture i cant see clear letters?

skyfire
Skyfire could be nice however stated on thier own website:
- Skyfire will not run on Windows Mobile PDAs. Skyfire runs on phones only.
- Skyfire will not run on WVGA Windows Mobile phones.
so I wonder how someone can test it on a TD.

brooks.nl said:
Skyfire could be nice however stated on thier own website:
- Skyfire will not run on Windows Mobile PDAs. Skyfire runs on phones only.
- Skyfire will not run on WVGA Windows Mobile phones.
so I wonder how someone can test it on a TD.
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ever heard the line
you cant believe every thing you read.
also
with a title like that the original poster is just asking to be flamed.

Valid points going both ways. Just wanted to add that some of the slowness in Opera Mobile is also due to crappy MSM chipset.
Opera Mobile is literally 4x faster and more responsive on a Samsung Omnia.

964rs777 said:
ever heard the line
you cant believe every thing you read.
also
with a title like that the original poster is just asking to be flamed.
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ahahaha i know mate, i was expecting to get a lot of stick to be honest!!
erm il google this skyfire thing and give it a try...
thanks every1!

off the mark
brooks.nl said:
Skyfire could be nice however stated on thier own website:
- Skyfire will not run on Windows Mobile PDAs. Skyfire runs on phones only.
- Skyfire will not run on WVGA Windows Mobile phones.
so I wonder how someone can test it on a TD.
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wrong, and wrong. TD is not wvga it is vga. Skyfire DOES run on PDA's with vga resolution (i.e. TD). Look here (runs on wm 5 & 6 with or without touchscreen and symbian):
http://get.skyfire.com/index.php?ut...website&utm_source=corporate&utm_content=both

payner96 said:
wrong, and wrong. TD is not wvga it is vga. Skyfire DOES run on PDA's with vga resolution (i.e. TD). Look here (runs on wm 5 & 6 with or without touchscreen and symbian):
http://get.skyfire.com/index.php?ut...website&utm_source=corporate&utm_content=both
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ahh pal, i jus downloaded and tried it, the quality is very poor, i.e letters are blurry,
although the opera browser is annoying and slow, its clarity ep-ends skyfire browser...
any other ideas anybody?? lol

Chainfire said:
Valid points going both ways. Just wanted to add that some of the slowness in Opera Mobile is also due to crappy MSM chipset.
Opera Mobile is literally 4x faster and more responsive on a Samsung Omnia.
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Of course it is 4x faster on Omnia.
That is because Omnia screen resolution is almost 4x smaller than Diamond:
Diamond=VGA (480x640)
Omnia=QVGA (240x400)
Ever tried to compare to fit to screen the same page on both phones? On the Omnia you only can see a chunk of blurred strokes. On diamond you can see they are letters
Seriously, Diamond needs to process almost 4x graphics than Omnia.

The Iris Browser is coming along nicely too

payner96 said:
wrong, and wrong. TD is not wvga it is vga. Skyfire DOES run on PDA's with vga resolution (i.e. TD). Look here (runs on wm 5 & 6 with or without touchscreen and symbian):
http://get.skyfire.com/index.php?ut...website&utm_source=corporate&utm_content=both
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Phail. Wrong. Did you even read it? It said about Skyfire. I dont see ANYTHING about it saying that a TD is wvga, only about Skyfire's limitations. So you phail even though you are correct in saying that it does run on phones with vga resolution. "Skyfire DOES NOT run on PDA's. Only PHONES that are PDA's." That statement is there because Skyfire used phone numbers to activate it during beta, no you really have no need for that and they should remove that. I don't know if it will work on PDA's. You can test it and report back.
mrfrank said:
Of course it is 4x faster on Omnia.
That is because Omnia screen resolution is almost 4x smaller than Diamond:
Diamond=VGA (480x640)
Omnia=QVGA (240x400)
Ever tried to compare to fit to screen the same page on both phones? On the Omnia you only can see a chunk of blurred strokes. On diamond you can see they are letters
Seriously, Diamond needs to process almost 4x graphics than Omnia.
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Wow. Phail. :| You guys need to read more please. First off, the Omnia's resolution is NOT qvga, it is WQVGA. Second off, QVGA resolution is 240x320 so you phail at saying that qvga = 240x400 when it's really 240x320. And lastly, The opera browser is resolution specific. The Diamond has a vga resolution opera browser, while a kaiser has a qvga resolution opera browser and the omnia has a WQVGA resolution specific opera browser. It has nothing to do with the screen resolution, but it has EVERYTHING to do with the processor as ChainFire stated. Please pay attention.
P.S There is no almost 4x smaller. QVGA is EXACTLY 4x smaller than VGA.

Chill pill: Everyone should take one.

OH NOES ANOTHER "Why i Prefer the iphone" thread ^^
Davey101 said:
It's also the nearest thing we have to a proper desktop-like browser. Luckily it's also possible to paste text into the browser, unlike on the ipony.
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Netfront?

I find skyfire sluggish. I have just installed opera buld 2392 and it is fast and efficient, plays youtube straight...
skyfire is really slow on my diamond and pictures are blurry...
I jut recieved an invitaion for bolt beta, i'll try it this evening.

Mach5 web acceler!!! awesome on the X1

OMG! has anyone tried the Mach5 web aceller browser for windows mobile on their x1s? This browser is freaking the best ever!!! it renders pages way faster than opera mobile, way faster than skyfire, and in way better quality!!!! has neat settings like, page width (800 pixels or 1024 pixels),Pc or mmobile viewing, double click zoom ratio, you also have an option to use a sliding zoom, wich also has a orientation changer wich works on the spot!!! But best of all it suprts ajax, flash!!(yes flash, you can watch youtube right in the browser, stop, play, or even change to full screen viewing!! guys really, if you havent checked it out, try it, youll love it!!!

hmmm. i go to investigate...be back with results

strboy, please let me know when you have results!
it sounds promising =D

OK....checked it out, its not free. and nowhere on the website does it state how much it is, or even a buy now option
it does say "Mach5 Web for Windows Mobile OPEN Free Trial is valid until the middle of May 2009."
you also have to fill out a form...name number..ect ect....Im not downloading for a few days trial...It doesnt seem worth it to me. if anyone else wants to the site is
http://www.netacceler.com/home/main.html

Dude, but of course your not goin g to be able to download from the official site! First of all you need a korean mobile number to download. I got it off the net, if you know what i mean, if you search you will find it. beleive me this is awesome!
tested youtube, works excellent, all videos, also tested facebook as well, and all videos in facebook work as well as(im not jking on this one)the instant messeging also works!!!!! this is just how a mobile browser should be.

Sounds a bit like advertisement. Anyway you don't have to put a real number. Just have a valid email

Hmm...is it allowed to ask for a cab here?
Because I guess it is just an advertisement and there is no cab floating anywhere...
Greets
Edit: Have found a cab file but browser cant connect to the internet...what a shame
Looks good though =)

just installed the trial version.
pretty good fast browser.
best thing it autodetects flash videos, like break.com and plays it in the built in player in medium/good quality.
here's the trial cab i got after filling in some fake address.

Looks awesome, sounds great... BUT.
1) It won't go, doesn't properly detect my internet connection.
2) Looks like you're gonna have to pay a monthly fee to use it.
EDIT: On a few later tries, I sometimes got it to load a page, but it would randomly disconnect. Very unstable.

well for me ii have no problems connecting at all, the only problems i found so far are:
1: the mouse or pointer for some reason it dont work, it just scrolls the page.
2: Video quality is excellent compared to Skyfire, but Skyfire has more compatibility with videos ex: apple trailers(skyfire can handle them, mach5 cant)
3:Of course that you have to pay for it. (dont know the version i have expires or not, cause i did not download from official site, will update if it does thou.)
My last impresions of this browser are:
1: very fast, a tas faster than Opera and just in par, or a bit slower than Skyfire
2:The quality of rendered pages are excellent compared to Skyfire, and about on par with Opera.
3:Video quality is way better than skyfire by a long shot!! but has less video compatibility.
Now only if skyfire ups their video and rendering quality it would blow this away. Except for the built in player of course wich is an awesome feature of mach5.
For now it stays on my x1 as an alternative. Very good, but not perfect.
just my 2 cents.

So to start it off, I must say WOW that this browser is def. something pretty interesting!! very smooth loads quick an works fast!! I have to say that im liking it so far an what it has to offer!! I also like how if you viewing a few pages an you click the button that shows how many pages ur on, you can swipe back an forth between them kinda like a cover flow!! To bad its on a trail issue an that then you prob have to buy it or something, that im not totally sure off but I hope to see more come from this company!!

Mach5Web for mobile : no connection
Hello
I've just downloaded Mach5Web for mobile on my HCT TyTN II Kaiser. The installation was succesfull, connection to internet is ok.
But I've got a problem : input of user ID and Password is required ; I've tried to "register", but nothing happens, I'm redirected to home page.
Do you khnow what to do ?
Thanks for help.
Chris (in France).

chrisbesan said:
Hello
I've just downloaded Mach5Web for mobile on my HCT TyTN II Kaiser. The installation was succesfull, connection to internet is ok.
But I've got a problem : input of user ID and Password is required ; I've tried to "register", but nothing happens, I'm redirected to home page.
Do you khnow what to do ?
Thanks for help.
Chris (in France).
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when you see the screen where you have to put in a user ID and password, you have to tap on 'trial'.

Mach5 Web browser
Thanks for answer.
I did it (hit on 'trial'), but in doesn't run.

For me it says connecting... all the time!
Mah, want to try it out!
Greets

Can the people that have connection issues try to go to the comm manager manually and start the connection before opening mach5 to see if that works? just a though that might help. Now im just waiting for Opera Turbo to come out to see its greatness! Still with mach5 in my x1 working great, to bad i guess it will expire.I just wish they updated it, and made it freeware, or atleast a decent price, not onn a monthly basis, i mean if the little problems get washed out i dont mind paying $10 or $20 for this.
ajajajajaja this browser just gets funier!! iwent to dslreports.com and it allowed me to do the flash download test, with the speedometer in all its glory!! ajajaja Download speed 1363Kb/s Upload speed 1225Kb/s, of course not real speeds since this is server oriented, but just too funny, is like im on my real pc at home!!!
ajaja now y went to testmy.net(wich for some reason doesnt work with my opera) and i got 2517Kb/s download.

chrisbesan said:
Thanks for answer.
I did it (hit on 'trial'), but in doesn't run.
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if you input a url, it takes you to home page? Because when i hit trial, it takes me to home page, but then i input url and it goes.

Here is link for VGA + QVGA version -> http://www.zshare.net/download/5971329148c1b9b5/

Any WVGA version? This is X1 forum pls

What is the battery hit like? That has been my problem when I tried Skyfire, it just drained my battery.

Why isn't anyone adding Skyfire as the default browser....

Why isn't anyone adding Skyfire as the default browser on any of these ROMS? Just asking. I've heard great things about Skyfire but I'm guessing you guys must know something that I don't. I'm sure there has to be a reason. Would it work with the Push Internet function on Rhodium?

When I had my smartphone I used skyfire all the time, but when I started using HTC devices skyfire just looked crappy to be honest. Its pretty low resolution and opera looks soo much better.

Yup yup!
Low res
Crappy looking
I ONLY use it for flash player to stream videos off websites.

i knew there was a reason.
but does Opera support flash and play videos on as many sites as Skyfire?

Robes1,
Opera doesn't support flash, but you can stream off it. I have Coreplayer so when I click on a video off a website like youtube. Coreplayer would open up and play the video. Unlike Skyfire it would open right from the site and play.

I have a different problem, ive had my TP2 for 2 days now and flashed my first ever rom onto a phone just last night (thanks to the great walkthrough on this site)
So I went to put skyfire on my phone but when I go to the skyfire site on my phone it tells me it's not compatible with my phone? I don't think I'm doing something right. I downloaded the skyfire software to my computer, same with google maps, and I guess I just dont know how to add applications to my phone. I couldn't find a walkthrough on how to add apps through any faq or with the search function (including google searching lol)
I apologize for being such a noob but can anyone help? I imagine adding an app should be as simple as clicking dragging and setting up but I guess I'm just not technologically smart enough to grasp this. Any help would be appreciated!

make sure that you are installing the cab file. If I remember correctly, you can download a pc installer and a cab file. the cab file is what you install on the phone. I use skyfire all the time even though it looks terrible on my beautiful TP2 screen.

HeavyComponent said:
Robes1,
Opera doesn't support flash, but you can stream off it. I have Coreplayer so when I click on a video off a website like youtube. Coreplayer would open up and play the video. Unlike Skyfire it would open right from the site and play.
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Opera does support flash. Search for fixOperaFlash on xda, and you'll find it The only thing opera doesn't support = Silverlight, which skyfire does

pnxsinned said:
Opera does support flash. Search for fixOperaFlash on xda, and you'll find it The only thing opera doesn't support = Silverlight, which skyfire does
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hmm... Silverlight's great and all, but I see it being used more for interactive applications than passive media. I thought that skyfire wasn't being built for games?

roms not having manila folder
about everyone adding opera as default browser having it embedded in the rom is a bit of a pain. it seems that a lot of them are removing the manila folder out from application data folder and also removing the internetportal.xml file. that file was able to be edited and have you launch whatever browser you wanted from the internet tab in touchflo3d. only rom i have found that still has this folder and file is Romeos rom v1.04 which is available to download. u can then go here http://www.fuzemobility.com/how-to-change-the-tf3d-default-browser/ and make skyfire your default. works with romeo rom

Robes1 said:
Why isn't anyone adding Skyfire as the default browser on any of these ROMS? Just asking. I've heard great things about Skyfire but I'm guessing you guys must know something that I don't. I'm sure there has to be a reason. Would it work with the Push Internet function on Rhodium?
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Not only does it display poorly on newer WVGA devices, Skyfire is not ready for daily use
I was using it yesterday after a fully charged battery and in 2 hrs my battery needed to be charged again

skyfire is kinda low res and isn't as appealing on a wvga screen.

sayoonarachue said:
skyfire is kinda low res and isn't as appealing on a wvga screen.
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Very well said

sayoonarachue said:
skyfire is kinda low res and isn't as appealing on a wvga screen.
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Yeah but is it functionally better than opera?
I have IE, Opera 9.7 and Opera Mobile. Not sure if I should try to uninstall one of the previous and install skyfire.

jmsnyc said:
Yeah but is it functionally better than opera?
I have IE, Opera 9.7 and Opera Mobile. Not sure if I should try to uninstall one of the previous and install skyfire.
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Opera runs smoother than Skyfire, Stick with Opera.

A short time back Skyfire did come out with a version that greatly improves the resolution on VGA and WVGA devices.
Skyfire uses a proxy server. So your data all travels to and from someone elses storage. There is the potential of them collecting personal info on you. Not that I'm paranoid, but it is a good reason for a manufacturer not to build it into a device.
Skyfire tends (IMHO) to not handle a lot of different web sites. I have more issues with it then Opera.
But I keep it installed in case I want to visit a flash enabled site.

It looks ugly and it doesn't use the zoom bar.
Wait, so it supports silverlight? Does that mean I can watch netflix on my phone?

Robes1 said:
Why isn't anyone adding Skyfire as the default browser on any of these ROMS? Just asking. I've heard great things about Skyfire but I'm guessing you guys must know something that I don't. I'm sure there has to be a reason. Would it work with the Push Internet function on Rhodium?
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Skyfire 1.5 is nicer to look at and will allow you flash on over 90% of the internet sites.

if it worked with games i would be all over it, otherwise my broswer of choice is opera mini.
i've noticed most flash content on websites are in the form of advertisement anyway lol

This is the latest and greatest skyfire for tp2.. its a close 2nd to opera.. looks nice now and loads quicker.. Enjoy!

New Skyfire 1.5 released

Just wanted to give folks a heads up that new skyfire was released and it finally supports higher resolution. Before I would hedge between skyfire and Opera/IE due to the resolution issues but preferring the speed and support for Flash, etc...now this will eliminate a decision as I believe I'll be using skyfire 100% of the time.
More finger friendly menus were added to. Surprises me after all these yrs MS has not been able to make many improvements to IE Mobile.
On a side note it sounds like Mobile Mozilla browser for WM should be available early 2010. Its initially targeted at Nokia phone with snapdragon processor but will than move to other platforms
Just thought some might be interested in the update for skyfire.

been using it all morning. Very much improved. Especially like the fact it supports higher res phones now.

Sorry for double post
One thing I noticed is it seems to use a lot more RAM...not thrilled about that. Maybe they can address this in a quick update. Anyone else experiencing significant ram usage by the new skyfire?

do you have the cab

1milenia said:
do you have the cab
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Since you asked so very nicely.. lol.. From my download to my device just now..
http://rapidshare.com/Skyfire-PPC_1.5.0.15020.cab

Thanks for the head's up. I've been hoping for this update for a while now.
It does look good. I'll probably still use Opera for most things though, and this for video.

Yeah thanks for the update, made it my default and overall I love it. Only thing that Opera 10 does better is the rendering, you know the checkerboard pattern that comes up when you scroll around. Opera renders it faster than Skyfire but with that improved I would have no issues with it.
Oh yeah that and no option for default full screen mode. You can switch to it but once you use the menu you have to select fullscreen again

I tried it but the opera that came with the TP2 is better.. The new version STILL doesnt rotate right UNLESS you open the keyboard and it still doesnt use the zoom bar

dahauss said:
I tried it but the opera that came with the TP2 is better.. The new version STILL doesnt rotate right UNLESS you open the keyboard and it still doesnt use the zoom bar
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Opera 10 couldn't uisefully use the zoom bar anyway. Version 9.5 allows variable degrees of zoom, but version 10 only has two levels - zoomed in, and zoomed out. There's nothing in between. So enabling the zoom bar wouldn't actually help.
If you're having problems with the rotation then just use G-Config.

dahauss said:
I tried it but the opera that came with the TP2 is better.. The new version STILL doesnt rotate right UNLESS you open the keyboard and it still doesnt use the zoom bar
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Once installed whether to storage or main, just do a soft rsest and it should auto rotate.
I am still messing around with it. I dont know if I should go ahead and make my default yet. The rendering speed is slower than the stocked Opera but I much favor the built in flash for web videos.

yummy
Loved skyfire from day 1, loving it more now that it supports better resolution. Rendering not as good as Opera, but that's expected for now, built-in flash works great still, but that's the advantage of cloud rendering. Typing works much smoother, wait time between skyfire sending data to server then back to your phone is much better. As far as mem usage goes, I think what they did with 1.5 is move some of the operations to your phone. Before with skyfire it was exclusively being processed on their servers. I think now things like putting in username and passwords are handled by the phone and sent in one swoop vs having to wait after you put in username, then wait after password and such. Also I've noticed that you can easily move from one field to the next. You used to have to re-tap each blank field, now it automatically moves the cursor and you can start filling it in immediately. Definitely a better browser. Maybe number one if they add tabs. I haven't made it default because of that. Unfortunately I'm out of the US so further testing isn't possible at the moment, but once I'm back I'll look at it more. So far the big face of is Opera tabs vs Skyfire built in flash.

Much, much more faster than Opera or IE. Of course the pages don't look as good but they're still good.

This new release inspired me to install Skyfire again -- I hadn't been including it in my "UC" configuration, so hadn't used it in a while as I flash new custom roms.
For me, the great advantage of Skyfire is how well it handles embedded video (and similar content) that other browsers don't handle well or at all. I stream live .wmv video from my backyard-birdfeeder-cam, and even PIE doesn't support this MS-format video -- but Skyfire does.

how can i set skyfire to be my default web browser from the Manilla interface?

eboy44 said:
how can i set skyfire to be my default web browser from the Manilla interface?
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What ROM and Manila version do you have?
I have the official 6.5 upgrade for US T-Mobile (Timor version) and it opens Skyfire automatically from the internet tab after using Skyfire's setting to make it default.
There is a Manila file you can edit that will change all the internet tab settings for the T-Mobile stock Manila version I know, because that was how I edited it then.
So I guess it depends on what you're running.

Silence
I was having a play with Skyfire 1.5 yestersday. I found it played the video component of Flash videos correctly, but that there's no sound! Has anyone else encountered and fixed this? I'm running the standard HTC version of the WM6.5 ROM.

Showtime7 said:
What ROM and Manila version do you have?
I have the official 6.5 upgrade for US T-Mobile (Timor version) and it opens Skyfire automatically from the internet tab after using Skyfire's setting to make it default.
There is a Manila file you can edit that will change all the internet tab settings for the T-Mobile stock Manila version I know, because that was how I edited it then.
So I guess it depends on what you're running.
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the rom i have is the deepshining rom...nevermind i went and reset it to be the default and it just worked...thanks anyways

Shasarak said:
I was having a play with Skyfire 1.5 yestersday. I found it played the video component of Flash videos correctly, but that there's no sound! Has anyone else encountered and fixed this? I'm running the standard HTC version of the WM6.5 ROM.
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Try soft reset and re-launch, that worked for me.

I use Skyfire in Poland but every search results is showing in Netherlands Google

Shasarak said:
I was having a play with Skyfire 1.5 yestersday. I found it played the video component of Flash videos correctly, but that there's no sound! Has anyone else encountered and fixed this? I'm running the standard HTC version of the WM6.5 ROM.
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It might also help to know which site's flash videos gave you the issue. Not all implementations are created equal.
I notice, on a sort of related note, that on thewb.com, sometimes the video and audio get out of sync. I'm not sure if this is a general skyfire thing or not, but I've always found thewb's flash player to be a little quirky, so I plan to test some other sites this weekend.
maggreg said:
I use Skyfire in Poland but every search results is showing in Netherlands Google
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Skyfire has a server side and a client side--the browser itself doesn't actually support flash, the server grabs the content, converts it to something skyfire client friendly, and then transmits it to you. Google might be detecting where your skyfire server is instead of where you are.

TVcatchup & Skyfire

Just a heads up - signed up to tvcatchup.com (free) and thought i'd try it in the skyfire browser and it works. not perfectly but not bad and well watchable.
more than 40 uk channels

Dude how did u log in with skyfire?... Whenever I try and use iPhone.tvcatchup.com on my Leo, It only shows the username box?.....
Did u use the desktop site, if so, how do u view full screen. Cheers dude.

I used the skyfire mobile browser (version 1.5.XXX) - and could log in to www.tvcatchup.com no problems. (wasn't using iphone.tvcatchup url just the standard site www.etc)
I'd already set up an account for tvcatchup on my pc before i'd tried logging in on my phone, don't know if that helps.
was watching some of the villa game on bbc last night with it!
The only difficulty i had with skyfire was it wasn't recognising me as being in the uk... so iplayer would'nt work....fixed it by deleting the prefs file that's in the install file/folder of skyfire and it now works pretty good.

Ive tried using the iphone site before, it just gives you a stream link but its .m3u8 which our phones cannot play even coreplayer ive searched everywhere for it.
just have to use desktop site on skyfire a bit jutery but watchable

dmonuk said:
Dude how did u log in with skyfire?... Whenever I try and use iPhone.tvcatchup.com on my Leo, It only shows the username box?.....
Did u use the desktop site, if so, how do u view full screen. Cheers dude.
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I have exactly the same problem. Iwould love to know how you sorted it.
Thanks
RReckless

No Landscape support??
Am I being stupid or is there no landscape support in skyfire...would make it a lot better!?

ojmiles84 said:
Am I being stupid or is there no landscape support in skyfire...would make it a lot better!?
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You are most definitely being stupid! Of course there's landscape on Skyfire ;-D

Doesnt work well on my hd2 (with skyfire)...very jumpy. Its fine on my mates iphone (dammit haha)
I cant even login as the username box appears...but the password box is hidden. F*ckin skyfire
Not having much luck with flash + opera 9.7, can anybody with it setup test tvcatchup?

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the more the better!

TVCatchUp on HTC HD2 with Skyfire
TVCatchUp on HTC HD2 with Skyfire:
install skyfire whith the RADIO TURNED OFF, if the radio is on, skyfire then defaults the connection to 3g instead of wifi, re-install skyfire when connected to wifi and it will then work, in landscape as well with BSB Tweak, i have now had it working on 3g and wifi, and it actually runs better on 3g/h than it does on my home wifi.
Csao bambinos

maff90 said:
Ive tried using the iphone site before, it just gives you a stream link but its .m3u8 which our phones cannot play even coreplayer ive searched everywhere for it.
just have to use desktop site on skyfire a bit jutery but watchable
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TVCatchUp on HTC HD2 with Skyfire:
install skyfire whith the RADIO TURNED OFF, if the radio is on, skyfire then defaults the connection to 3g instead of wifi, re-install skyfire when connected to wifi and it will then work, in landscape as well with BSB Tweak, i have now had it working on 3g and wifi, and it actually runs better on 3g/h than it does on my home wifi.
Csao bambinos

fracmo2000 said:
Doesnt work well on my hd2 (with skyfire)...very jumpy. Its fine on my mates iphone (dammit haha)
I cant even login as the username box appears...but the password box is hidden. F*ckin skyfire
Not having much luck with flash + opera 9.7, can anybody with it setup test tvcatchup?
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TVCatchUp on HTC HD2 with Skyfire:
install skyfire whith the RADIO TURNED OFF, if the radio is on, skyfire then defaults the connection to 3g instead of wifi, re-install skyfire when connected to wifi and it will then work, in landscape as well with BSB Tweak, i have now had it working on 3g and wifi, and it actually runs better on 3g/h than it does on my home wifi.
Csao bambinos

Works for me, although the experience is not quite as polished as the desktop version. Still find myself reaching for the laptop to watch streaming TV atm...

Using WebTV much much better. it has 1000s channels from around the world.

eshqy said:
Using WebTV much much better. it has 1000s channels from around the world.
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has that got bbc 1 2 3 4, itv 1 2 3 4, E4 etc ?
oh just a touchpro 2 user, searching to see if there was a better option than using skyfire? Still looks like a no

fil said:
has that got bbc 1 2 3 4, itv 1 2 3 4, E4 etc ?
oh just a touchpro 2 user, searching to see if there was a better option than using skyfire? Still looks like a no...
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I've just downloaded the myPlayer app which is just what I was looking for. It has all of the live channels if you are within the UK (BBC, ITV, Channel 4, and more). You will need CorePlayer though.

ojmiles84 said:
Am I being stupid or is there no landscape support in skyfire...would make it a lot better!?
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Landscape appears after soft reset of HD2 and is automatically invoked when turned on its side

I have myplayer installed on my hd2 works great but not as big a channel selection as tvcatchup.
But tv catchup now has some sort of bug through skyfire as it keeps saying none uk as the skyfire servers now direct you through us servers.
Can anyone sort this.
Sorry for caps didn't realise until i finished typing. Not going back & writing it all out again.
Cheers nedster