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jeremy_elman
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Just wondering what people are using to browse the web (other than the default browser) ?

I've tried Opera Mobile but it seems to play around with some of the text on the input area and screen (odd).
 
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hi, had the same problem with opera. browsing seems fine in terms of speed but the language is distorted. i read the support page of opera, though it supports windows mobile 5.0 they said if you can't find your mobile phone in the support list then it's not compatible. they're suggesting opera mini instead but i haven't tried it yet.

currently im using netfront v3.3 which is so far the most stable for my atom. and browsing is so fast unlike PIE (sucks!). you should try mini-mozilla too.
 
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for opera got funny character in input text. just copy the font arial.ttf from your pc window to atom /windows directory. and soft reset.
 
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What do you know ... copying the font over work .... thanks Mazam.

Just out of interest, how does Opera compare to the others (Netfront etc.), are there really any major differences ?
 
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No, don't use Opera. It's writen in Java and have good support for smartphone. Too bad. It's not really for PDA.

You can try Minimo - Firefox for PPC. Here: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/minimo/

One of the Minimo's good side is it show web pages with java script perfectly. Unlike Opera. Maybe Minimo load slower Opera little bit but it good enough for me.
 
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No, don't use Opera. It's writen in Java and have good support for smartphone. Too bad. It's not really for PDA.

You can try Minimo - Firefox for PPC. Here: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/minimo/

One of the Minimo's good side is it show web pages with java script perfectly. Unlike Opera. Maybe Minimo load slower Opera little bit but it good enough for me.
what do you mean opera is java platform.. that is opera mini, what i'm using is opera for mobiles...

u can go here http://www.opera.com/products/mobile.../winmobileppc/
 
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Opera mini 8.5 is bar none the best browser, especially when used with the 'fit to screen' option. After using it, netfront, pie, and all the others feel 'broken'.

 
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