Best Browser for the Mogul/memory expansion?

[mogulSpartan]

Hey, I was just wondering what you guys thought the best WM6 browser was. I'm currently running Picsel and besides the long page load times, it's going great. It also eats up an unhealthy amount of memory so I was wondering if anyone managed to expand the system memory. I've heard mixed opinions about different Opera versions as well as Webby so any experienced reviews on those would be awesome as well. Of course Deepfish is great but still can't get my hands on it, so oh well.

[mike21pr]

im running opera mobile 9.5 and love it, havent had a memory problem yet, and rite now there isnt a way to expand memory w/o taking the device apart

[dzuchowski]

im running opera mobile 9.5 and love it, havent had a memory problem yet, and rite now there isnt a way to expand memory w/o taking the device apart

i tried 9.5 and it sucks on m ogul icons are so big i liked the older version
much better

[ScottC]

opera 9.5 renders nicely, but it is slow and as the previous poster said; most icons and menu options don't work (as it's made for a VGA device).

I'd stay with Opera 8.5 which works very nicely.

[billyburly]

im using skyfire and its been working great. havent run out of memory yet while using it. and it supports flashlite 3 so it fully works with things like youtube

[steb0ne]

Y'all must have the wrong version of Opera 9.5. There's plenty of post about it. There's a QVGA cab made, the works just fine on the Mogul.

I too use Skyfire, and it seems like the best option for pages with animation, video, sound, flash, etc.

Opera, is very nice though. I wish, it played flash and stuff like Skyfire.

[mike-y]

I'm running both Skyfire and Netfront v3.5. Netfront seems to be a little quicker, though skyfire works pretty well, just takes some time to render the different zoom levels.

Going to have to try the latest versions of opera mini/mobile since I haven't used them in a while.

[T3mpr1x]

Using Skyfire and Netfront 3.5. Skyfire is great for multimedia, but doesn't seem to handle downloads yet, while Netfront 3.5 is great at downloading but is pretty disabled because it's still in the technical preview phase...I do want to try the camera-based navigation when it launches though! Haven't tried Opera in a long time.

[Chemdawg]

Where do you find this Skyfire?

[friguy33]

you have to be on a waiting list for skyfire. go to their website, skyfire.com, and you can sign up, but ive been waiting for months and havent received my invite yet. itll be a while but sign up now.

[mike21pr]

i tried 9.5 and it sucks on m ogul icons are so big i liked the older version
much better

you must have tried the vga version, i have the qvga and its quick and looks greaT!!

[KaziWingX]

so far ive used the majoity of the versions of Opera ad i must say that the 9.5 is working great. there are a few problems but they r minor and b fixed w a few taps. as for Skyfire...i just signed up back in early april so i dont expect to get my invite for another couple months since there r ppl on here saying that theyve signed up months and months ago. btw, ive heard rumors of a web browser called "Re-vmp'd". its supposed to be an almost exact duplicate of the 3G iphone browser...no sure how accurate that info is but its worth a shot.

L8rz,
Kaz

[mike-y]

The ipone uses a mobile version of Safari. it works well, but doesn't have flash support, so hopefully they added that in with the version that ships with the 3g iphone.

[FireSlash]

Skyfire doesn't render jack. It just pushes pre-rendered images to your phone; the faster your internet the faster skyfire is. (Also consider their server speeds etc)

I'm also pretty sure flash works the same way, it's just streaming video/audio. At least this is the feel I got based on average latencies of either technology.

It does burn ~9mb of ram though, but remains fairly constant there. It may use less on the release version after they switch out of debugging releases.

[crobs808]

I use Safari. there is an open source port of it availale on sourceforge.net made for wm5/6

[crobs808]

you have to be on a waiting list for skyfire. go to their website, skyfire.com, and you can sign up, but ive been waiting for months and havent received my invite yet. itll be a while but sign up now.

"waiting list"? lol....i got it from softpedia.com (freeware download). totally legal, and publicly available. (see attachment)

[Mills00013]

"waiting list"? lol....i got it from softpedia.com (freeware download). totally legal, and publicly available. (see attachment)

im curious, what username and password are you using to log into the the skyfire browser. that is of course, assuming that your leet googling skills have allowed you to realize that the skyfire browser, even the one linked, is a closed beta, only available to beta testers. yes, you can download it, no you cant use it...

[crobs808]

im curious, what username and password are you using to log into the the skyfire browser. that is of course, assuming that your leet googling skills have allowed you to realize that the skyfire browser, even the one linked, is a closed beta, only available to beta testers. yes, you can download it, no you cant use it...

if you signed up on their site a month or two ago, you can use the login credentials you provided then. if you didnt sign up for the beta, then yeah, you are right, the CAB is useless to you. i logged in with the credentials i supplied 3 months ago, im using it. nothing to write home about. crashes when i go to any site that has an animated GIF, lol...great browser.

[Mr_Alexander]

As funny as this sounds I have tried many of the programs previously listed. I am back to using PIE! Not without some additional programs though.
I have a program called MultiIE that enhances PIE to allow much more in the way of options. Best about this program is that it adds TABBED browsing to PIE! And yes it works but EATS memory like candy. Downside is that its not free.
I also swear by TCPMP & FlashVideoBundle. While not full flash will at least work on YouTube and several other select sites. Best about these is the ability to download & save any YouTube videos you want.
These programs ONLY work with PIE. That's why I've stuck with it.

[fordnfish]

There is no browser that is capable as skyfire, supports flash 7, 8, and 9. Browses faster than piscel, ie, netfront. Smoothest page navigation by far. It just lacks a few features, but keep in mind it is a beta. But I wouldn't trade it for all the other browsers. If I didn't have skyfire I would settle for netfront but it seems to eat crazy ram. You have to close it before phone is fully functional again.

[sracercelica]

if you signed up on their site a month or two ago, you can use the login credentials you provided then. if you didnt sign up for the beta, then yeah, you are right, the CAB is useless to you. i logged in with the credentials i supplied 3 months ago, im using it. nothing to write home about. crashes when i go to any site that has an animated GIF, lol...great browser.


Where do you log in? I sined up about two months ago, when I open skyfire it just tells me "Lost network connection. Please try again later."

[vrunito]

IMHO, Opera Mini 4.1 all the way =)

[mike-y]

Netfront is still faster than Skyfire for me. Its mostly skyfires zooming feature that slows it down though (since it renders an image of the screen). Skyfire also seems to have some issues with text boxes on a certain web based RTS game I play. It also cuts off the bottom of scrolling frames like netfront does, so I have to flip back between PIE and Skyfire, or PIE and Netfront to use these particular sites.

tabbed browsing in netfront works well too. but I like PIE+flashvideobundle for good youtube playback and downloading.

Hopefully, these issues are fixed in later revisions of Skyfire and Netfront.

[EtherealRemnant]

I honestly use Opera Mini 4.1 almost all the time now... it does downloads, its SUPER fast, it reformats text PERFECTLY to fit the screen its displaying on, and my biggest complaint about it - it not supporting the "go to first unread post" feature on forums has been fixed for the most part.

But with no2chem's directdraw drivers for the Mogul, Skyfire definitely performs a lot faster than it used to. It still takes a few seconds for the "image" of the zoom to load though which is obnoxious...