Could any1 tell me if there is a why to improve the why my xda views web pages, i`ve messed about with the obvious stuff (text size, fit to screen etc) but you still rarely view a page that fits nicely. my friend has a sony-ericsson p800, and even though it has a smaller screen in every way it still manages to do a better job than my xda. thanx for any help.........xda`s still eat p800`s for lunch
The P800 typically uses the Opera web browser - this is designed to re-flow the page for the unusual screen size. A version of Opera does not currently exist for Pocket PCs (visit http://www.opera.com/ for reasons why).
You want to be looking around for third party browsers such as NetFront (Google it!)
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Mobile web browsing is always a bit of a struggle. If the browser is too loaded, its too slow. But if the browser is speedy, it normally means it doesn't do enough.
I have 4 browsers on my phone (5 if you count Opera Mini).
Here's how I use each one:
Internet Explorer:
Stock browser, great WAP support. I use PIE (pocket IE) when I need to go to a site I know is designed specifically for mobile phones, or if I need to quickly check something on a website. It's my "Speedy browser" if you will.
I have this set as my default browser for compatibility reasons so that if an application needs to load a page, IE will run and I typically won't have any issues.
Pros: Fast, supported by carrier/manufacturer/microsoft, quality WAP support
Cons: Lack of/poor javascript support, almost purely mobile browser (no desktop-like feel), restricted file-type downloads, weak download support
JB5:
I installed it because everyone says its good, but I never found a real use for it. It's slower than IE, but doesn't do enough in my opinion. Moving on...
Pros/cons left out for lack of testing.
Opera Mobile: (beta verson 8.65 - expiring Oct 1, 2007)
Takes a few extra seconds to load the browser, and browsing the internet is a little slow. However, the sacrificed speed goes to adding a nearly full desktop browser with JavaScript support as well as a download manager (with no file type restriction), multiple window support, and powerful page compression options.
Of all the browsers on my phone, Opera Mobile is definitely my current favorite, but it does have its flaws - speed for one. It's not the slowest (see MiniMo) but its no speedster. It's definitely slower than JB5, and does lock up occasionally (probably simply because its beta). There are bugs, showing that it is still not a finished product, and it does fail at render certain pages on various occasions.
Pros: Rich in feature, Excellent JavaScript support, Download manager without file-type restrictions, pause/resume downloads, nice "desktop-like" browser feel on a mobile browser
Cons: Slow, beta and buggy, expires oct. 1 and is not free, multiple render issues and failure to load images
MiniMo: (Mini Mozilla - version .2)
I was surprised when I installed this one to see that it actually worked on Smartphones. The first time I installed it, I thought the buttons didn't work so I removed it. Then I decided to give it another shot. Now I discovered how it works:
Left softkey - Cycle selection area (Tab-bar, Web Page, Navigation buttons)
-Hold - Main Menu
Right softkey - Cycle click-able objects (page links, individual buttons)
-Hold - Quick menu (Find, FullScreen, Back, Forward, Reload)
Center button - Select highlighted object
Okay, MiniMo is by far the slowest of all the browser at loading. It takes quite a while to load the browser, and the page loads are comparable to Opera Mobile, whereas they are tolerable, but still slow. I believe it does have an easier time accessing the network than Opera Mobile does, but don't have any hard proof of that.
The Navigation of this application is very difficult and take a lot of getting used to, but the browser is definitely the most powerful of all listed here. It can even handle Google Maps.
As for page rendering - it has an option called "SSR", which I assume to be Small-Screen Render", however, it seems that it can't be disabled. The pages still render in full, but do not fit-to-screen and there is no option for such.
Pros: Practically IS a desktop browser, full render-capabilities, nifty font size up and font size down buttons, RSS support (not a feed-reader alternative though)
Cons: Painstakingly slow, beta bugs, no "fit-to-screen" option, difficult menu system and navigation, weak download support (similar to PIE's)
Opera Mini (stable, v3):
The included HTC Midlet Manage is garbage in my opinion. However, it's the best I can get my hands on, so it's what I use. OperaMini is as mobile of a browser as it gets. From what I understand, it used a proxy which compresses the site (including resizes pictures) before transmitting them to your phone. This makes the browser surprisingly fast. It has a nice UI (if only the midlet manager would allow fullscreen) with transitions and runs fairly well. However, it is unable to download files. In the event it is presented with a file to download, it will open the device's default browser (in my IE) and direct it to the file.
Pros: fast, compressed pages, excellent mobile browsing
Cons: Unable to download files, unable to load a selection of sites in decent quality
Opera Mini 4 (beta):
At the time of writing this, the browser crashed and/or freezes far too often to get an idea of how well it works. Does look fairly promising though.
In the end, I'll use IE if I want speed, Opera if I want features or a desktop like feel, and MiniMo if Opera fails to render the page. Opera Mini might come in periodically, maybe if I'm stuck in a GPRS area.
So, what do you guys use and why?
Opera Mobile sometimes crashs and I have to plug out the battery to end this. So i removed it.
By so far, WM isnot support JAVA so perfect(run JAVA in full screen,with network connecting and sound), now i'm using JBlend. It's a changed version,someone change the program so it can show full screen, but it doesn't have network connecting function.
Mozilla is toooooo slow.
So i choice IE and UCWeb(A Chinese program and it's server is also in China,see more at www.ioicn.com.cn).
Hmm, are you talking about Opera Mobile (the actual WM app) or Opera Mini (the java application)?
And thanks for that UCWeb ...I'll take a look at it....
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Hmm, are you talking about Opera Mobile (the actual WM app) or Opera Mini (the java application)?
And thanks for that UCWeb ...I'll take a look at it....
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The WM Opera beta,maybe because it's beta.
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The WM Opera beta,maybe because it's beta.
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Really? Not the Java one?
I haven't really had that much of a problem with it freezing or crashing on me and use it a lot.
Also see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=323651
Hey all. I'm new to the forum and have been looking at all the stickies and wiki on the phone but I'm still looking for some good applications. I just got my 8525. Its a great phone but i was disappointed to find that it doesnt have a full HTML web browser. Its a feature I was spoiled with when I had my Nokia N80.
Is there an application at there that will support the full webpages. I've tried opera mini and opera mobile with no luck. I've also upgraded to WM6 in hopes of it but nothing.
Any help?
And what other applications do you recommend? I tried loading a few but with no success. I'm mainly looking for games, full web browser and a really good multimedia player.
piscel is the best its a samsung app
Picsel Browser has a nice interface, but it does take a little while to load, and does have some problems with certain websites.
Recently Opera Mini 4 was released and it is small, loads fast, and displays pages quite well. Check it out here:
http://www.operamini.com/
Just use it through your MIDlet Manager.
opera mobile is pretty nice and not java like mini
it's not free though
I'm getting ready to load thunderhawk from bitstream..will let you know..
Just saw it from opera. Administrator pls delete if someone already post it. (i searched and it is no)
More features
Opera Turbo
Opera's servers compress Web pages up to 70%, greatly reducing the cost of browsing.
Touchscreen & keypad
The user interface has been optimized for both touchscreen and keypad-style mobile phones.
Typing less, browsing more
Save time with Web address auto-completion, password manager and inline editing.
Web standards
Opera 10 is based on the latest Opera browser engine so your favorite Web sites work as they do on a your computer.
Rich Web content
Browse Web applications sites like Facebook and Gmail, and enjoy the rich interaction.
Opera Dragonfly
Connect your mobile phone to your PC and debug Web applications remotely. Read more here.
Adaptive zoom
In just a few clicks easily pan and zoom into your desired content.
Privacy
Be in control of your privacy. Manage your passwords, history, cookies, and cache.
Saving pages and images
Save Web pages and images for later offline viewing.
http://www.opera.com/mobile/download/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBUmiDLRcNs
I uploaded to sendspace
http://www.sendspace.com/file/ucqzd1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBUmiDLRcNs
the link above doesn't work.
I'm very disapointed... Check out how it formats the pages, looks like crap compared to 9.5... I've tried many sites and they all look so much better in 9.5. I was really hoping they would have fixed this since the 9.7 beta...
The UI feels nothing new since I've been using Opera Mini 5 since it was released... This looks very much the same...
still no flash support.
support QVGA?
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still no flash support.
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I think we have to wait for adobe to release the full flash 10.1 for mobiles...
works well in elfin thanks
Doesn´t work on my Touch HD. It starts, but then it stopps saying on the top bar Opera Mobile 10 beta and i can´t press any button and no page is coming up. Thought it would make some autoconfiguration for the first time, but even after 5 minutes nothing happens. Ok it´s stil beta, but shouldn´t it at least start?
It's work fine on my hd!
At the first time you must start it from start menu, so it complete the setup process with the aknowledgement, after you can use from internet tab!
Someone use landscape mode, i didn't find it...
Bookmarks ?
Hello,
how can i import older Bookmark in Opera 10 ?
Rename the opera6.adr in anyone else or something?
Greetz
Hat
Sorry for my bad english...
Damn no flash support still up till now
Oh I thought they have flash support this time. but otherwise they have done a good job.
Am I the only one who thinks the official 9.7 beta was better???
It used the accelerometer on my Diamond and had really cool animation effects when tilting the device into landscape and other stuff....
Is there a way to enable accelerometer in Opera 10???
Also is this version not opengl accelerated like 9.7 was, besides the new "improved" UI I think this version is a step back from 9.7.
I don`t know some peoples already say about the new Opera 10 its nothing more than all other versions but i don`t think so.
1st when i install on my HD this beta i saw its much more faster than the 9.7 or 9.5 Also the view of the pages is much more better and clear and all the menus of the opera are just fast and awsome.
On the same time i just test for how long will load a page.
For example i choice a random page and i use Opera 9.5 then use Opera 10 for the same page in the same internet connection and i can say that this 10 BETA is minimum 3 times faster than the old Opera.
The Only bad things is that still not have a full Flash support but soon this will be fixed and then we will have a awsome fast beauty Browser for our devices
Maybe depends from ROM`s or....
If this matter im with NRG ROM from the signature.
I really don't like the single touch zooming, how annoying is that everytime I click a link it zoomes in and I have to zoom out again...
don't know if this is a good development, it is defenately quick, but it lacks in quite a few things.
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Also the view of the pages is much more better and clear and all the menus of the opera are just fast and awsome.
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Compare it to Opera mobile 9.5 and you will see that 9.5 shows the pages exactly as they look on the PC in overview mode... Opera 10 makes the sites look bad since it wraps the columns in overview before you've zoomed in. I can't stand using this browser until they've fixed this issue.
The turbo mode on 10 is a lot slower than the turbo mode in opera mini 5 beta. Very disappointed, as most times I don't care for perfect rendering...just want to be able to read what I want to read quickly.
I'll continue to use mini as my main browser, as it also uses a lot less memory. 10 is nice if I need to do some "real" web browsing though.
Is anyone else missing Opera link, it was great for Mini, but still not on 9.5-9.7-10, saw somewhere that it was not included on 9.7 as it was a beta, but if all they release is beta's then its never gonna happen (
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Any way, how to set Zoom more then 200%? Google reader text quite small on my Diamond.
Hi, Where does opera 10 install itself. I would really like to try it out but i do not want it to touch any of my opera 9.5 files in any way.
Its annoying when you visit the web and it takes you to the mobile site. Both Opera and IE I have disabled mobile site viewing and it didnt do anything. Everything is still mobile.
Are there any other browsers? This is annoying...
There is Skyfire available in the Marketplace, or uZard. There's also Opera 10 available from m.opera.com
Opera 10 looks really nice, I love it. But it still has the same issue of displaying websites in mobile regardless of the settings.
On my ipod touch, the browser can be configured to trick the website into thinking its a firefox 3 system. Is there anyway this can be achieved on the WM?
Are there any definite browsers which allow for full viewing? With all this estate for the screen, I I'd like to make the most of it.
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Out of curiosity what is the optimal settings to use in Dolphin Browser HD on a Rooted NT?
I ask because when i first opened it, it asked which User Agent to use, choices being Android, Desktop, iPhone and iPad, not sure what to choose, i went iPad it was closest in size, but i figured Android would be better so i changed it in the settings.
The thing is, i noticed no difference so can someone explain them a little, or just tell me which setting to use? Also is their any other notable settings to use?
Thanks to all who took the time to read and more thanks to those who answer.
It's what the browser tells the website it is. Some pages redirect you to a mobile site if you pick android.
I usually like ipad as that seems to be the best for the 7" form factor. Sometimes though that still redirects you to the crap mobile site.
Same with desktop, usually good, but sometimes a site is just a mess, especially if they are loaded with a million adds or have mouseover menus.
Android usually redirects to the crappiest but slimmest version of the site. Usually appreciated on my phone, but not so great on my tablet. Usually.
Pick whatever and if there is a site that annoys you then just switch.
Relevant settings on mine:
Dolphin settings
. User Agent = Desktop
Page content settings
. Text size = large
. Default zoom = medium
. Open pages in overview = disabled
These allow me to browse mostly in portrait, which is my preferred orientation.
IME, Dolphin HD is the best of a bad lot. Some pages still don't render correctly. And it does statistics collection which I detest.
Am looking forward to trying the native Firefox once it gets a bit more polish.
Gestures can be turned off via the setup wizard.