The Best Internet Browser

[indra9110]

helo all
What is the best and the fast internet browser for HTC Universal using 3G connections ...
anyone have an experience ??

cheers..

[srmz]

If you ask me, Opera 8.60 and Netfront 3.3 are the only two contenders in this area.

After having extensively evaluated both of them I have put my money on the Netfront 3.3 now available in commercial versions

Regards

[kdskamal]

i hv used both of them. Opera provides the fastest internet experience and also the best internet experince. Pages get loaded pretty quickly

[srmz]

Hi kdskamal,

I absolutely agree with you that page loading in Opera 8.60 is faster than on Netfront 3.3. Furthermore the page rendering on Opera is also closer to the desktop experience. But one thing which made me opt for Netfront 3.3 is that if you load really large pages then the scrolling gets really slow and almost unusable. For example try the site www.pocketpcdubai.com and you will notice the difference.

The other thing which made me prefer Netfront 3.3 is the fact that this is the only browser whcih can handle file attachments at the Hotmail site. Finally support for flash objects was again another plus for me to buy netfront.

Regards

[thefunkunfaked]

Opera seems to provide the best functionality and performance.

If you want to preserve Microsoft integration and services, stick with IE, but you will suffer from sluggish performance and minimal features.

Catch 22

[thefunkunfaked]

If someone gets me an open source, I can build an awesome browser :lol:

[Noony]

Opera 8.6 is highly recommended :)

Preferably with a registry hack to act like IE6 (I use Tweaks2K) to ensure that you can still do all the secure stuff. The registry hack just allows you to load pages that may be a little strict about what browsers can view them.

[8YEight]

I just installed Opera, and works great. Only pda pages will be shown very small, but that's why there's a zoom function. :lol:
The only thing is that the LogMeIn plugin you have to install for using this function doesn't seem to work with Opera, only on Microsoft IE or is it just me again???

[battletank]

Of the two (Opera and Netfront), I prefer the new Netfront 3.3 - install a narrow font on your Universal, and you can render all pages comfortably in the normal screen area. The stylesheet support is definitely the more complete, which gives perfect page layouts every time. Opera seems a bit quicker, but I find the occasional inability to tap select links to become incredibly infuriating.

[thefunkunfaked]

Has anyone else tried Minimo yet? (Mozilla's Mobile Manifestation of Firefox)

For browsing purposes I have found it to be superior compared to others. The viewing area is huge (you don't need to set your Universal to VGA).

However, its downfalls are the amount storage and memory it uses. Additionally, it doesn't support Flash. :cry:

I'm sure future versions will be improved.

But like I said, give me an Open Source and I'll work on something :lol: