Showing posts with label safari. Show all posts
Showing posts with label safari. Show all posts

Thursday, April 23, 2009

Problems Viewing Web Pages with Firefox


I'm a big fan of Firefox, but I've recently been having some problems viewing certain pages with Firefox. They appear fine on Google Chrome, Apple Safari, and Microsoft IE (Internet Explorer). I really like Firefox because of all the plug-ins (add-ons), but it's starting to get a bit annoying. I've been relying on IE Tab, but now I'm wondering if I should abandon Firefox. They just released a new update to Version 3.0.9 but that still didn't fix the problem for me. Since I use several different computers (including a tablet PC and an Ultra-Mobile PC), I like to have all my files and bookmarks synchronized on all my machines. That's easy with Windows Live Sync (which used to be called FolderShare) and Xmarks (which used to be called Foxmarks).

Monday, April 20, 2009

SkyFire 0.9 Now Available for Windows Mobile


I've been using SkyFire for several months now and it's a solid Windows Mobile browser. It works quite well on my Verizon Wireless XV6800 smartphone. Version 0.9 is now available as a free download. It's still not mobile Safari on an iPhone, but it's one of the better mobile browsers for Windows Mobile. It's not as fast as Opera Mini running on a Java Virtual Machine, but it's capable of displaying Flash content.

To get it, type: http://get.skyfire.com into your mobile browser and download the CAB file. It has links built-in for Twitter and Facebook.

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Internet Explorer 8

So have you tried IE 8? It reminds me a bit of the Windows 7 interface. I haven't run into any pages that aren't compatible with IE 8 yet, but then again, I just installed it a few hours ago. It's supposed to be faster, but I haven't really noticed much of a change on my Thinkpad X200 tablet PC. I'm just waiting for Foxmarks to release a version that will be compatible with IE 8.

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Iris Browser v1.1.2

The Iris Browser (by Torch Mobile) has been updated to v1.1.2

It may not be mobile Safari, but it's a really nice browser for Windows Mobile. I also use Skyfire, Opera Mobile, and Opera Mini. I'm still waiting on mobile Firefox (I haven't tried the sub-beta alpha test version because of reports that it's so slow). My experience so far with the new and improved version of Pocket Internet Explorer has been quite positive on my XV6800. I'm running Windows Mobile 6.1 and I don't think my device can handle 6.5 so that's somewhat disappointing.
At least I should be able to find a good mobile browser that will work on my device.