Comments on: SkyFire Mobile Browser: After the Install http://www.mobilitysite.com/2009/06/skyfire-mobile-browser-after-the-install/ Mobile News, Reviews, and Views. Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:03:29 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Pony99CA http://www.mobilitysite.com/2009/06/skyfire-mobile-browser-after-the-install/comment-page-1/#comment-16875 Pony99CA Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:20:59 +0000 http://mobilitysite.com/?p=26014#comment-16875 @Marilyn:<br><br><blockquote>The first browser to push daises during this test was Pocket IE, which almost goes without saying. Detected as a mobile browser by most sites, limited settings, and non-existent Flash or Javascript support, Microsoft’s browser has long been overdue for an overhaul.</quote><br>And it should get one with IE 6 coming. :D<br><br>However, I think your criticism of IE Mobile's JavaScript handling is incorrect. IE Mobile has supported JavaScript for quite a while (there was even a registry tweak to turn JavaScript off). Want proof? Visit my site's <a href="http:prefs.svpocketpc.com" rel="nofollow">Preferences page</a> and change the coloring and font sizes. Those are all done with JavaScript and CSS (the preview also uses IFrames and DOM manipulation).<br><br>What IE Mobile doesn't seem to handle are JavaScript <b>links</b> (links with the href being JavaScript). That affects me on my credit union's banking site, for example.<br><br>However, in general, IE does support JavaScript reasonably well, IMHO.<br><br>Steve</blockquote> @Marilyn:

The first browser to push daises during this test was Pocket IE, which almost goes without saying. Detected as a mobile browser by most sites, limited settings, and non-existent Flash or Javascript support, Microsoft’s browser has long been overdue for an overhaul.</quote>
And it should get one with IE 6 coming. :D

However, I think your criticism of IE Mobile's JavaScript handling is incorrect. IE Mobile has supported JavaScript for quite a while (there was even a registry tweak to turn JavaScript off). Want proof? Visit my site's Preferences page and change the coloring and font sizes. Those are all done with JavaScript and CSS (the preview also uses IFrames and DOM manipulation).

What IE Mobile doesn't seem to handle are JavaScript links (links with the href being JavaScript). That affects me on my credit union's banking site, for example.

However, in general, IE does support JavaScript reasonably well, IMHO.

Steve

]]> By: ProfJulie http://www.mobilitysite.com/2009/06/skyfire-mobile-browser-after-the-install/comment-page-1/#comment-16863 ProfJulie Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:34:48 +0000 http://mobilitysite.com/?p=26014#comment-16863 I've been running Skyfire almost from the very first release, and I really don't see why people love it so much. Zooming is ackward and time consuming. It is true that I can often navigate deeper into websites from Skyfire that other mobile browsers have problems with, so I keep it installed for those kinds of things. But for the websites I spend a lot of mobile time with, I stick with IE and Opera Mobile. I've been running Skyfire almost from the very first release, and I really don't see why people love it so much. Zooming is ackward and time consuming. It is true that I can often navigate deeper into websites from Skyfire that other mobile browsers have problems with, so I keep it installed for those kinds of things. But for the websites I spend a lot of mobile time with, I stick with IE and Opera Mobile.

]]> By: Zealot http://www.mobilitysite.com/2009/06/skyfire-mobile-browser-after-the-install/comment-page-1/#comment-16861 Zealot Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:20:56 +0000 http://mobilitysite.com/?p=26014#comment-16861 Skyfire is definetly the best looking of the mobile browsers, and no doubt the most capable. I certainly agree with this review on those scores. However, with no way to set Skyfire not to display images, I can't recommend it to anyone who doesn't have an umlimited data plan. Just loading the start page is 300K. If you have a dataplan of 50MB a month, like mine, that just won't do.<br><br>I will keep Skyfire for when I am on WiFi and want to see something graphics intensive, but for most of the mobile web browsing I do, Opera Mobile or PIE do just fine, far more economically. Skyfire is definetly the best looking of the mobile browsers, and no doubt the most capable. I certainly agree with this review on those scores. However, with no way to set Skyfire not to display images, I can't recommend it to anyone who doesn't have an umlimited data plan. Just loading the start page is 300K. If you have a dataplan of 50MB a month, like mine, that just won't do.

I will keep Skyfire for when I am on WiFi and want to see something graphics intensive, but for most of the mobile web browsing I do, Opera Mobile or PIE do just fine, far more economically.

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