Skyfire Android Alpha Program - G1 General

http://www.skyfire.com/blog/2010/04/01/android-alpha-program/
I just read this on another website, it looks pretty cool, i already sent my email, hopefully its not one of those april fools prank, well just check it out, I did a search and nothing came out with it so anyway hopefully we'll get skyfire soon enough, that would be a nice nice gift. c:

SkyFire is a rather old browser, I'd say it's pretty trustworthy that this isn't just an april fools joke.

Gary13579 said:
SkyFire is a rather old browser, I'd say it's pretty trustworthy that this isn't just an april fools joke.
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How is the best WM browser rather an old browser?, I believe skyfire has Ajax, Javascript, Flash 10 and everything integrated, how is that an old browser?, Hmm I hope we get it sometime soon anyway.

I sported this when I ran Windows Mobile on my vogue quite some time ago. I wouldn't mind seeing how it preformed on Android

aldaris652 said:
How is the best WM browser rather an old browser?, I believe skyfire has Ajax, Javascript, Flash 10 and everything integrated, how is that an old browser?, Hmm I hope we get it sometime soon anyway.
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He means old like good, you know like htc is a old company that's good. it's been around for a while since it's good.

Ace42 said:
He means old like good, you know like htc is a old company that's good. it's been around for a while since it's good.
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I got it now, I'm sorry.
anyway lets get this skyfire party started DDD

Skyfire great browser on wm ^^ don't know how it will perform on android though.

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picselbrowser iphone browser

this is great internet browser, there are many ppl looking for it, so grab it while you can, it is very smooth, it is the perfect browser if you like panning with yo finger, only there are some pages that do not load, and on ie do load, but yeah it is better than safari on that iphone
cheerz
What is the different compare to the one already in the Forum?
I cannot find the thread. You may need to search.
No! Deepfish is better... officially unreleased so far though.
CWKJ said:
What is the different compare to the one already in the Forum?
I cannot find the thread. You may need to search.
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that the download has been removed
have you ever thought WHY the download has been removed?
technically, picsel is only licensed for use on samsung windows mobile devices.
i dont care hehe
eh, thats you right. but what do samsung and the makers of picsel think? Samsung paid picsel for the right to use it in their phones, you know.
you are completely right, but they dont think of us willing to try this on other phones when they made this browser, not that they should
cheerz
Well, I don't think it's the best browser, but let's not fight over it
I've made a series of VERY serious comparisons and the alternates (Opera Mobile, Mino, NetFront, IEM + PIEPlus / MultiIE) have, in general, turned out to be better.
See my Browser Bible - a must read for everyone interested in Web browsing.
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Well, I don't think it's the best browser, but let's not fight over it
I've made a series of VERY serious comparisons and the alternates (Opera Mobile, Mino, NetFront, IEM + PIEPlus / MultiIE) have, in general, turned out to be better.
See my Browser Bible - a must read for everyone interested in Web browsing.
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well, youre right, i think its pretty slow, and there are many pages that dont load, sometimes, it closes the program automatally, so basicly its crap, haha, but the experience you get of a page is the best ive tried, but i will try one of the ones you recommended
cheers!
snotboy32 said:
No! Deepfish is better... officially unreleased so far though.
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Are you kidding? deepfish is very slow. the scrolling/zooming on picsel browser is 100% smoother.
hoggie3 said:
Are you kidding? deepfish is very slow. the scrolling/zooming on picsel browser is 100% smoother.
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Yup, for the time being, DeepFish really sucks.
im surprsed that this file is still being hosted, ppl better get it while they can, a lot of ppl have been asking where they can find it
as far as browsers go, i love opera mini, it just works so good right now, the earlier editions pretty much suked, but this one (beta 2) is amazing
picsel needs major work to fit on the ppc, to many memory errors and unloading pages
deepfish is a waste of time imo, opera makes that beta version look like crap
gobmonster said:
im surprsed that this file is still being hosted, ppl better get it while they can, a lot of ppl have been asking where they can find it
as far as browsers go, i love opera mini, it just works so good right now, the earlier editions pretty much suked, but this one (beta 2) is amazing
picsel needs major work to fit on the ppc, to many memory errors and unloading pages
deepfish is a waste of time imo, opera makes that beta version look like crap
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i agree the opera mini 4 beta 2 is outstanding, very very unique interface and pretty fast for what it offers
Menneisyys said:
Well, I don't think it's the best browser, but let's not fight over it
I've made a series of VERY serious comparisons and the alternates (Opera Mobile, Mino, NetFront, IEM + PIEPlus / MultiIE) have, in general, turned out to be better.
See my Browser Bible - a must read for everyone interested in Web browsing.
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I support that, Picsel Browser is a fancy UI with a mediocre browser engine. No more no less.
Regards,
Taguapire.
gobmonster said:
im surprsed that this file is still being hosted, ppl better get it while they can, a lot of ppl have been asking where they can find it
as far as browsers go, i love opera mini, it just works so good right now, the earlier editions pretty much suked, but this one (beta 2) is amazing
picsel needs major work to fit on the ppc, to many memory errors and unloading pages
deepfish is a waste of time imo, opera makes that beta version look like crap
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do you know if it supports the flash plugins, opera?
tomazez said:
do you know if it supports the flash plugins, opera?
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lol, i wish opera mini could do flash!
as in for now, no ppc browser does true flash, even with flash 7, pie cant really hand the load, it works with some, and doesnt with a lot
tomazez said:
do you know if it supports the flash plugins, opera?
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Nope. See my Browser Bible - in it, I've answered all these questions.
gobmonster said:
lol, i wish opera mini could do flash!
as in for now, no ppc browser does true flash, even with flash 7, pie cant really hand the load, it works with some, and doesnt with a lot
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Well, however much Adobe's Flash plug-in, speed-wise, is a piece of crap, other solutions (for example, NetFront's own Flash engine) are even worse.
And let's not forget at least we can run SOME real Flash apps, unlike Symbian or iPhone users, who need to stick with the far worse and far less common Flash Lite.

iTouch by Gio512 Team

For any who are interested:
This is a work in progress, from what I've read its almost halfway completed. It looks to be like a very smooth and slick interface for winmo devices, designed with the iPhone's interface in mind. There is one spot open for a beta tester if you know what software he is using to make this. Hopefully we can get someone in that beta tester spot so we can get a little insider scoop!
Developer's website: http://itouchpro.wordpress.com/
See it on Youtube: http://youtube.com/watch?v=HnfjW2z8QiA&feature=related
well it looks cool...
kinda like the iSwish project tho.
EyeVein said:
well it looks cool...
kinda like the iSwish project tho.
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The camera guy can't focus if his life depended on it! It looks ok though... not too excited about it...
haha..
yup..
get a better camera please for further videos..
but looks great, can't wait for that to come out..hurry it up please
i like it but it looks like a ram killer
WOW AMAZING!!!
You have a lot application look like iPhone native (Youtube, Weather, Notes, etc) is that true???
How about memory??? this is customisable???
Can't wait for this, keep up the good job
Cheers
Mozillaxom
this looks interesting....
good job.. keep up the good work.
It's look like flash animation. I hope it's not flash.
great work
fire this drunken camera man, my grandmother makes better videos !
But anyway looks nice, but ANOTHER IPHONE APP , there are so many versions out. But it looks that thisr version can be a Killer app (youtube looks great !) so we will see !!
looks incredible, will it work on more than just the elf?
what??
is it powerpoint?? omg! how can you use those apps then?? and... what??
I'm assuming it will work an many devices if you have 'PowerPoint' Installed
there competition for beta testing
Is over =[. they said who ever can name the program they are using to tmake the program gets to beta test it first. Five people said microsoft powerpoint and they got it right!!
They are using powerpoint...... amazing
i won!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! im brad BTW LOL
badbrad4080 said:
i won!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! im brad BTW LOL
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well thats good. we have at least one person from xda and at least one from ppc-geeks beta testing. If this thing is any good, we will know soon.
Uhh me too, I'm Kprojekt. Although no word from the developer-so far.
Maybe we can all test
I start to be boring with Ifonz
Using powerpoint......
So, the functions ( notes, video player ) are fake?
How do I get to the beta?

skyfire .9B is out!

It is much more stable and can play flash 10 !
get.skyfire.com point that on on opera/IE or w/e
It seems it does not work with the T-mobile proxy plan for those who are wondering. I just tried it . It does seem to start up faster with my Herald.
Can someone tell me the SHA or MD5 hash for this file? It only seem to be getting the same file I got several days ago.
Cool thanks for the heads up, installed and ran good on my TP
lotion said:
Can someone tell me the SHA or MD5 hash for this file? It only seem to be getting the same file I got several days ago.
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223F7654C00BE4D9845B9D53AAD7CBDC *Skyfire-PPC.CAB is MD5 i got
does it require registeration?
ranasrule said:
does it require registeration?
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Newp is does not far as i know
ranasrule said:
does it require registeration?
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Confirmed.
I just downloaded & installed. No reg required.
I still like Iris better for typical website rendering. Skyfire is a bit slow
would the installation of this version delete my currant favs?
Still no VGA rendering. Still sucks on VGA devices.
unknown123456 said:
It seems it does not work with the T-mobile proxy plan for those who are wondering. I just tried it . It does seem to start up faster with my Herald.
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Skyfire itself uses a proxy, so its highly unlikely it will ever be compatible with another proxy.
Somekind of proxy... It's rendering sites on external server intead of device.
And the redering is slow for me. Uninstalled.
Works pretty fast and good for me. Thanks for pointing out the update.
It is finally getting close to the hype
I was excited when Skyfire was first released, but found that the simple things like text entry made it too much of a hassle to use compared to Iris. I see that now many of those shortcomings have been overcome. I'll still use Iris as my primary browser ( I love that most sites show me the "Iphone" version of their site ) but I'll be keeping Skyfire around this time at least for viewing flash sites. I was able to watch Hulu yesterday with Skyfire, and that was pretty cool. If thats all it was good for it would be a keeper.
crissg said:
I was excited when Skyfire was first released, but found that the simple things like text entry made it too much of a hassle to use compared to Iris. I see that now many of those shortcomings have been overcome. I'll still use Iris as my primary browser ( I love that most sites show me the "Iphone" version of their site ) but I'll be keeping Skyfire around this time at least for viewing flash sites. I was able to watch Hulu yesterday with Skyfire, and that was pretty cool. If thats all it was good for it would be a keeper.
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+1. i dont need it to replace opera - just play video sites like hulu and thats good enough for me
does it still have problems with loading long pages and getting the bottom of them cut off?
Nice browser!
it is best browser i've seen - it requires some power, so do not be surprised with feeble htc units.
iris is ok, but no flash support, and its slower that it should at current state.
skyfire and opera mini - two things that good to have cooked into roms, imo.
416 mhz xscale is enough to handle skyfire.
loved skyfire the minute it came out, simply because of flash support and fast rendering of most sites.

Got a X10

Just got an X10, i've been using Legend for some days now (im in the business, as you might imagine)
The first thing that struck me: the keyboard... It doesn't register all key presses, compared to the Legend, it's really frustrating to writing on X10.
I've been happy with the speed on Legend, and thought that X10 would be even more blazing fast. But it isn't. Actually, its slower (!) I tried install Raging Thunder II on both phones, and it's running more smooth on the Legend.
X10 have way better hardware, but an older OS. Don't know how much this has to do with the fact that X10 seems slower than the Legend.
Would be interesting if the Desire ROM could be installed on X10
For now, I feel that HTC has done a way better job, customizing Android on a phone, and i'm gonna stick to Legend as my primary phone. But gonna use X10 for some weeks with twin simcard. Just want to test it properly
Try SmartKeyboardPro on X10. Must better that Standart Keyboard.
Try Asphalt 5 on X10 to see whats a good game
What compilation do you have? IE, your firmware.
Where did you get the X10? are you in the UK?
redesignni said:
Where did you get the X10? are you in the UK?
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Beautiful Norway
Is there anything you like about it.. at all?
MCoimbra said:
Try SmartKeyboardPro on X10. Must better that Standart Keyboard.
Try Asphalt 5 on X10 to see whats a good game
What compilation do you have? IE, your firmware.
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Beautiful Norway doesn't get to buy apps just yet. SmartKeyboardPro is paid right?
arxx said:
Beautiful Norway doesn't get to buy apps just yet. SmartKeyboardPro is paid right?
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Yes. I think there's a free version named SmartKeyboard (without pro). If not try to change from standart keyboard to Android Keyboard.
X10 keyboard has a good layout but doesnt register some key. I had the same problem you have.
Can you tell me your firmware version, pls? Just to compare
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Is there anything you like about it.. at all?
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Yeah
The screen is really nice. big and high res.
I don't mean, and try to be negative about X10. Guess I really was a bit surprised that i found Legend (low cost Android compared to X10) to be a better phone.. for now.. It might just be that Android 2.1 runs way better. I don't know.. But ok. i'll be fair. Going to update this post in a few days, gonna use them both for a few weeks
did you purchase it from an online store or did you get it from a business or something?
My delayed X10 arrives tommorow...
Ive also used the Legend since it came, and love it!!!
However, its the X10 I was looking forward too....
So, Ill give it the easter vacation to make a decition on what phone to keep...
Probabely both....
it comes with android 2.0 right? or is it 1.6?
it comes with 1,6. an 2.x update will come later this year(hopefully this year)
ukon said:
it comes with 1,6. an 2.x update will come later this year(hopefully this year)
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thats what I thought, but I ordered mine and they told me that its coming with 2.0. Everyone says it ships with 1.6, but he insisted that mine will ship with 2.0. I guess I'll have to wait and see. Arxx can you double check and see what yours is
anyone tried download dolphin browser from the market and multi touch working on dolphin browser
Yes, please. I really wish someone already has a X10 in hand, please test if multi-touch zooming works in Dolphin browser. I ordered mine, and mine is shipping on its way. I'm so worried about the negative multi-touch news came out today.
ivansee said:
Yes, please. I really wish someone already has a X10 in hand, please test if multi-touch zooming works in Dolphin browser. I ordered mine, and mine is shipping on its way. I'm so worried about the negative multi-touch news came out today.
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Multi-touch zoom will not work in Dolphin, or any other software. SE have confirmed that the X10 lacks any kind of hardware multi-touch support. No hardware, means no support. Period.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6023963&postcount=43
ivansee said:
Yes, please. I really wish someone already has a X10 in hand, please test if multi-touch zooming works in Dolphin browser. I ordered mine, and mine is shipping on its way. I'm so worried about the negative multi-touch news came out today.
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Just tested, and now i can confirm that under Dolphin browser, there is no multi / dual touch . Hope with Android 2.x there will be at least dual touch...
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thats what I thought, but I ordered mine and they told me that its coming with 2.0. Everyone says it ships with 1.6, but he insisted that mine will ship with 2.0. I guess I'll have to wait and see. Arxx can you double check and see what yours is
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Its 1.6 i'm afraid...
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Its 1.6 i'm afraid...
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it will be 1.6 100% ! The 2.x update will be in Q3...
Now I've been sitting with my X10 for a couples of hours...
..and Im not really impressed. I do not like the keyboard, the device feels slow, timescape I know I will never use... Touchscreen feels to plastic-like..
The legend feels 10 times as good...
And dont get me started on exchange integration.. That part is just a joke...
It works kind of... But its just a mess....
And I who really was looking forward to this phone :/

True about Flash and Froyo

So I was browsing the Internet to see how cool is to have Flash on Android device, I was sure Adobe improved flash due to many many criticizes about it but I was wrong.
I know(actually I think) that Google did his part, and improved speed and usability in Android, but Adobe still needs a LOT of optimization!
In this video you will see following because of installed Adobe Flash:
-Slow page loading(even though Google improved speed in Froyo!)
-choppy performance
-instability
-huge CPU and RAM usage
Android 2.2 (Froyo) Web Browser Test with Flash enabled
In my opinion don't install Adobe Flash Player
Don't get me wrong guys I love Android 2.2 and Google openness, but ADOBE needs to work...A LOT!
What do you expect? It's a beta release.
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What do you expect? It's a beta release.
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Than they shouldn't release it, it is useless!
Apple was right...I can't believe that is true!
This really bugs me, its FAR from useless. I have used it to play music from the myspace music players, games on kongregate, a liveleak video, and on the burger king website. It works great, if you keep it on demand and not on all the time, it won't even slow down your browsing. If you really think that this is useless, and shouldn't be released, then you are an idiot. It may not work 100% yet, but this is a huge step forward for the Android platform, and I for one am thankful that I have it on my Nexus. If you don't want it, you can uninstall it, it's that easy. Stop being whiny idiots and complaining about how it slows this down or uses too much CPU.
You can go into your settings and set the Flash plugin to "On demand" which essentially switches it off until you browse to a site with Flash content when you will see a play button. Press that button and the Flash will load.
Perhaps that should be the default option, but nonetheless, simple to change and is definitely the way forwards in my view.
i don't browse flash based website all the time, so it doesn't bother me at all. at least i know the mobile browser is fully functional for all websites.
Its Beta for a reason "Testing purposes"
benko286 said:
Than they shouldn't release it, it is useless!
Apple was right...I can't believe that is true!
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Calm down. It's not even hardware accelerated yet. I for one am glad I've got any flash support this far.
If you only wanted something that's 100% failsafe go grab a parchment and quill
I hope the op isn't trolling. Adobe released the beta version for adventurous people to try it. If you don't think it is ready, then fine, just unistall it. No need to jump into conclusion when the final version isn't even out yet. The argument 'then they shouldn't release it (the beta version)' is rather weak because we are talking about a beta version here, which is expected to have flaws here or there...
flash works fine for me...and it definitely doesn't leave my browser sluggish...seems to be faster than the 2.1 browser even with Flash enabled...so I dunno.
Also, the Froyo browser is a fully capable HTML5 browser as well...so no, Apple wasn't right, Google was right...options > no options. I could understand if Google was anti-HTML5 but they are not, in fact as witnessed in the Day 1 Keynote of Google I/O they are one of HTML5's biggest supporters.
They just refuse to abandon the PRESENT to feed the future.
at least we have the option to use Flash.
You can change the plugin settings in the browser to load on demand so it will only load the flash content if u click on it.
Seriously, some people need to learn what "BETA" means. u_u
it's funny.
I was reading this and went to cnn and I was watching that oil spill vid.
And then someone called me. The vid stops and I talk on the phone to a
co worker and then hang up after about ten minutes. After pressing the end call button the video starts back up in the browser.
I thought that was pretty cool.
It's better than I thought it would be, and I'm pretty happy to have it.
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I hope the op isn't trolling. Adobe released the beta version for adventurous people to try it. If you don't think it is ready, then fine, just unistall it. No need to jump into conclusion when the final version isn't even out yet. The argument 'then they shouldn't release it (the beta version)' is rather weak because we are talking about a beta version here, which is expected to have flaws here or there...
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Exactly - It's a standalone app that can be uninstalled if you so choose to. I may feel differently if it was integrated. Not sure what Google's plans are when the final is released though.
Don't get me wrong guys I love Android 2.2 and Google openness, but ADOBE needs to work...A LOT!
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qq
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You need to understand what the term "beta" means before you word vomit all over the internet.
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you need to understand what the term "beta" means before you word vomit all over the internet.
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uberingram said:
You need to understand what the term "beta" means before you word vomit all over the internet.
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They should call it Alpha..in my opinion it is far from beta-.-
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They should call it Alpha..in my opinion it is far from beta-.-
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Other than huge flash sites its awesome for me. I think its easily almost done.
Yeah initially flash slowed down my browser but once I switched it to ON DEMAND only everything is perfect. The thing I like about android is that I have the CHOICE to use flash if I want. I don't have to let apple choose for me. And when html5 matures and is mainstream I will have to choice to use both.
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