Comments on: War Of The Web Browsers http://www.mobileshop.com/blog/mobile-phone-news/war-of-the-web-browsers/ Get the latest news, reviews and info in the Mobile World Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:40:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Sneak peek at Mobile Firefox | Mobile Phone News http://www.mobileshop.com/blog/mobile-phone-news/war-of-the-web-browsers/comment-page-1/#comment-746 Sneak peek at Mobile Firefox | Mobile Phone News Mon, 04 Feb 2008 10:30:05 +0000 http://www.mobileshop.com/blog/mobile-phone-news/war-of-the-web-browsers/#comment-746 [...] one of those “if you write it, they will come” moments, mere days after we ran this story about Mobile Firefox, I had a look on Latest-Mobile, literally about 10 minutes ago, and what [...] [...] one of those “if you write it, they will come” moments, mere days after we ran this story about Mobile Firefox, I had a look on Latest-Mobile, literally about 10 minutes ago, and what [...]

]]> By: TechnicalMarkus http://www.mobileshop.com/blog/mobile-phone-news/war-of-the-web-browsers/comment-page-1/#comment-700 TechnicalMarkus Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:48:23 +0000 http://www.mobileshop.com/blog/mobile-phone-news/war-of-the-web-browsers/#comment-700 GOOD comment, Ladi, it's nice to hear from someone who can explain how it works, since I'd not had chance to get into the workings of it, myself! I must admit, I wasn't aware about it being proxy browsing. I know they're saying it's the fastest mobile web browser ever (I never trust marketing blurb), BUT I want to test it for myself, and see if it really IS as good as they say. Mobile Firefox is certainly going to be interesting as well... GOOD comment, Ladi, it’s nice to hear from someone who can explain how it works, since I’d not had chance to get into the workings of it, myself!

I must admit, I wasn’t aware about it being proxy browsing. I know they’re saying it’s the fastest mobile web browser ever (I never trust marketing blurb), BUT I want to test it for myself, and see if it really IS as good as they say.

Mobile Firefox is certainly going to be interesting as well…

]]> By: Ladi Williams http://www.mobileshop.com/blog/mobile-phone-news/war-of-the-web-browsers/comment-page-1/#comment-694 Ladi Williams Wed, 30 Jan 2008 15:23:48 +0000 http://www.mobileshop.com/blog/mobile-phone-news/war-of-the-web-browsers/#comment-694 Some comments from a witness to the Skyfire demos: It's a proxy browser: When you go to a site, Skyfire grabs it on a server, crunches it down, then sends a miniaturized version to your phone. Proxy browsing is an old idea--the original version of the Palm Blazer browser did it years ago--but Skyfire is the first attempt I've seen to do it in a way that's built for modern phones with good screens and reasonably high-speed connections. Even in the demo, it wasn't flawless--YouTube video was much choppier than on an iPhone. And I'm curious whether something like Google Apps would be even remotely usable. So I'm very curious about trying Skyfire out for myself, and how its inventors plan to make money and when the software will go into public beta. Some comments from a witness to the Skyfire demos:
It’s a proxy browser: When you go to a site, Skyfire grabs it on a server, crunches it down, then sends a miniaturized version to your phone.

Proxy browsing is an old idea–the original version of the Palm Blazer browser did it years ago–but Skyfire is the first attempt I’ve seen to do it in a way that’s built for modern phones with good screens and reasonably high-speed connections. Even in the demo, it wasn’t flawless–YouTube video was much choppier than on an iPhone. And I’m curious whether something like Google Apps would be even remotely usable.
So I’m very curious about trying Skyfire out for myself, and how its inventors plan to make money and when the software will go into public beta.

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