Talk:Mobile browser/Archive 1

Rendering explanation needed
Wikipedia is displayed in a beautiful way on my BlackBerry. I was looking for an explanation of why this is; for example the BlackBerry browser doesn't bother with the left-hand menus (but puts them neatly at the bottom of the page) and instead displays the main article window. I guess it can do this because of cascading style sheets. Anyway, if someone can add an explanation about how Wikipedia is rendered on different microbrowsers, that would be nice! Davidgauntlett 21:25, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

"Microbrowser" - term is obsolete
The term "microbrowser" is obsolete. It is used as the menu name of some WAP browsers (notably Openwave). Browsers on mobile devices today range from low-end WAP browsers to full-featured desktop browsers ported to mobile devices (Web Browser for S60, iPhone Safari, Opera Mobile). All are commonly referred to as "Mobile browsers" in the industry and press (search "microbrowser" and "mobile browser" in news.gogle.com). Please move "Microbrowser" to "Mobile browser" and create a redirect from "Microbrowser". — Preceding unsigned comment added by Fdavis99 (talk • contribs) 18:48, 28 July 2007

Plucker
Mention plucker, plkr.org --jidanni 2006-04-15 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.200.105.231 (talk • contribs) 10:23, 15 April 2006
 * Plucker doesn't seem notable to me :) What makes it notable?  I'm wondering if Ajax_Mobile needs it's own article?  Mathiastck 21:55, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

This article seems to be in need of a major rewrite.
There is no mention of rendering engines, which browsers have common lineage.

This is mostly buzzword bingo with no real content to speak of. I am not an expert having never worked on a micro browser, but I am sure that there are opera based browser, webcore based browsers, I suspect that MicroSoft has a rendering engine for micro browsers (or do they recycle Trident?) Is Gecko used rendering handheld css media? Is Khtml/WebKit used by browsers? what is the lineage of the listed browsers? Is there a java based browser that is common? (I suspect so, I have know clue what it would be or who that would be)

I would expect a discussion of css and the handheld media parameters.

I would also expect a chronological history.

Until this is cleaned up I would move the browsers back to the list of all browsers and reduce this to a stub. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.203.231.61 (talk • contribs) 12:48, 17 April 2007


 * the most popular browser on PocketGear, PIEPlus, isn't even on the list. Maybe I will add it later.Springbreak04 22:43, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

scripting
I'm looking for a list of what scripting languages are supported by the most popular microbrowsers. Mathiastck 12:19, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

$$
If you cell is already equipped with the mini browser, mines anokia 6275i do you have to pay for the internet every month even if you dont use it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sinitsu (talk • contribs) 01:41, 7 September 2007 (UTC)
 * There exist phones that can connect over wifi, without being charged by a carrier. Mathiastck (talk) 21:20, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Flash support
I stripped out the line that mentions flash support. Could we get a reference, or name of a handset who's browser supports flash? I've only seen flash outside of the browser, or on Ultra Mobile PCs. Mathiastck (talk) 21:20, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Browser with Flash support
Skyfire has Flash! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.77.8.101 (talk) 20:24, 11 September 2008 (UTC)

removal list
i' that i could learn many things from your edits and now i see mostly everything like you. thats really good, but this edit was bad. i propose to split the aticle in mobile and list of mobile than it is better. but not deleting this data because it is clearly the best list in this space... -- mabdul 0=* 19:44, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

Supported platforms
Please add the platforms that are supported by each browser to the list. SharkD (talk) 04:13, 4 March 2009 (UTC)

New table
The layout of the article frankly sucks. The current table leaves out latest version, release date, platforms supported, etc. It lists some browsers as used by some vendors that are still in Alpha (e.g. Fennec).

I'm going to start on a new table here, and then move it to the main article if no one objects. Any constructive criticism is welcome. JCDenton2052 (talk) 11:11, 30 April 2009 (UTC)

Abandoned mobile browsers

Bluelark

Digital Airways Wapaka Browser

Infraware Embider

iPanel

Motorola Symphony

Obigo Browser

Pixo Browser

Reqwireless WebViewer

SAS

Mobila browsers not available in English

JOCA

Mobile HTML transcoders

BareSite

IYHY

Mowser

Skweezer

I original wanted to add a extra column and add two columns: user installable and preinstalled: and combined the rest of the browsers to the table... mabdul 18:49, 30 April 2009 (UTC)