hi guys,
whilst browsing pages in opera, i find that after too little panning, opera has to load some of the page and i see the grey checkerboard. Is there any way to make the area atored larger so that this does not occur as much?
i tend not to multitaks so RAM useage isnt much of an issue for me. im using version 9.6 build 2393 on topix 1.61
he opera:config page, i found a setting for browser resraw height and width but for some reason i vant make the settings stick as the revert back to default.
any help on this would be much appreciated
Nevermind, i found a solution to this. Rather than going to opera:config, going to windows\opera9 in file explorer, theres a .ini file where you can edit the buffer heght and width. i chose 5000 and 1200 respectively (a bit overkill i know). it really makes browsing more productive and in terms of RAm useage, it only increases 5% which i think is hardly different to the standard useage.
thanks for the tip! what is the name of the ini? and how to edit?
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helo all
What is the best and the fast internet browser for HTC Universal using 3G connections ...
anyone have an experience ??
cheers..
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
i hv used both of them. Opera provides the fastest internet experience and also the best internet experince. Pages get loaded pretty quickly
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
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
If someone gets me an open source, I can build an awesome browser :lol:
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.
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???
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.
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.
I'm sure future versions will be improved.
But like I said, give me an Open Source and I'll work on something :lol:
Hey guys, when browsing websites in opera, I find that panning around pages is rather laggy. All other apps i have on my touch HD work very smoothly yet opera is the only exception. Is there anything i can do to improve performance? I have tried the new beta from the opera mobile website and whilst it is a considerable improvement in terms of how fluid it is, there is no zoom slider and no support for landscape. I am using Dutty's V3 final ROM. thanks
Anyone have any ideas
Does no one have a solution or atleast a way with which one could improve this?
I have the same problem. Please helped us ;D
There are no solution for this yet. The only one I can consider is browsing in portrait mode. Loading of the pages is faster than landscape.
rotating to portrait doesnt really help me...
are there any other internet browsers which offer more fluid browsing?
have you tried this? It's the same processor so it should work: http://www.fuzemobility.com/accelerate-your-kaiser-tilttouch-pro-fuze/
for me, the improvements arent so great.
you are supposed to run it and then press the home button to leave it running, right?
Try the Iris browser. I'm using it right now as my standard browser and it's working out pretty good. Rendering of pages is better then in 9.5 for me and it'll do till Opera Mobile 9.7 comes out.
ASK768 said:
for me, the improvements arent so great.
you are supposed to run it and then press the home button to leave it running, right?
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yes- run it, press 'enable' and it should say 'active' when you do that and hit home so it runs in the background (they're working on making it a system file so it always runs in the background but for now you need to just hit home).
i didnt find that the iris browser was any smoother. i found a new build of opera which has improved things somewhat, but i guess i just wait for opera 9.7 (like most) which will have open GL acceleration
Waiting for WinMo 6.5
I can't use none of the current browsers, Iris, Opera, etc. - they all work slow and sluggish...
I'm waiting for Windows Mobile 6.5...
WinMo 6,5 doesn't concern internet browsing. May be Opera 9,7 will be the Browser, that is the comments until now, but I'm not so sure about that. Probably will be there some improvements and optimizations, I hope at least.
Hi, I have a new UK rhodium
unfortunately, the built in opera 9.5 (build 16643) browser crashes on too many pages (including some that i need to use). So i installed 9.7. Firstly, the rendering is faster - which is nice. but the zoom bar doesn't work with it (although i can hold and zoom with the popup), which might suffice. however i cant get it to go landscape. has anyone a fix/workaround for this?
Another problem, which drives me nuts, is that entering URLS using the on screen keyboard is really slow (inside opera). I think opera is trying some sort of URL completion or something. but you press a button and there is randomly a delay. then you hit it again and get two and then delete, which there is also a delay, then you get two deletes and so on. it's infuriating! can this be switched off??
thanks for any info,
I have the same issues with Opera 9.7
Another alternative you can try is Skyfire. It has issues of its own - for example I find the rendering is sometimes poor quality and blocky - but it seems a fairly good browser in general and worth trying.
Also, it supports Flash out of the box.
the rendering is terrible! totally blur-tastic!
Install G-Config - the classname of Opera 9.7 is different, so the G-Sensor doesn't recognize it for the auto-rotation. It works fine for me now...
I still can't get the zoom-thing working though.
Had exactly the same issues with Opera 9.7.
Further it hasn't allowed me to download anything. The Screen appeared but as it didn't let me save anything.
Guess there has to be a lot of tweaking to make 9.7 really usable. So far I stay with 9.5.
You would not be able to download anything in Opera 9.7 if Turbo mode is on. Turn it off and you should be able to.
Don't think the solution has been found yet for the scrolling function... any ideas? I'm thinking it's a registry hack similar to GSensor
thanks for the g-config tip. i was hoping the zoom is a reg hack too. how did it work with 9.5 - it can't be a lot different.
Anyone make any progress on this? I hate Opera 9.5... I simply cannot click links with a reasonable degree of consistency... Opera 9.7 is a lot better... but the scrolling function is something I need.
Slaman:
Found the same- hitting links, even zoomed in, seems to be a hit or miss affair.
Can't wait for Fenec to make a beta debut! Was supposed to be summer... we'll see.
I just uninstalled 9.7 because of both the lack of autorotation and the lack of zoom, although it does render faster. How do I do the g-sensor hack?
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I just uninstalled 9.7 because of both the lack of autorotation and the lack of zoom, although it does render faster. How do I do the g-sensor hack?
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Not to sound like a jerk... but there were only 10 posts in this thread before you posted. You couldn't skim through them to find the answer for your question?
The zoom function is enabled in the SmartScroll registry key. It's in HKLM/Software/HTC or HKCU/Software/HTC. I can't remember which. Anyways, just replace the 9.5 path with the 9.7. There, scrolling solved! Also, I don't like Skyfire anymore since it seems to be built exclusively for QVGA devices (it uses pixel doubling, which is really noticeable and ugly on this huge screen).
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The zoom function is enabled in the SmartScroll registry key. It's in HKLM/Software/HTC or HKCU/Software/HTC. I can't remember which. Anyways, just replace the 9.5 path with the 9.7. There, scrolling solved! Also, I don't like Skyfire anymore since it seems to be built exclusively for QVGA devices (it uses pixel doubling, which is really noticeable and ugly on this huge screen).
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I don't see any SmartScroll registry key in either of those two locations...
So close!!!! I added a new folder called "Opera Mobile" under HKLM/SOFTWARE/HTC/SmartTouch and then added two keys:
(DWORD) WheelCount = 12
(String) FullPath = "/Program Files/Opera Mobile/opera9-ml.exe"
and now the zoom thing along the bottom scrolls page up and down! Now I just need to be able to figure out how to convert the page up/down scroll command into zoom!!!
Any update getting the zoom to work?
Video playback on Opera 9.7
What do I need to download for flash to work on opera 9.7 or 9.5 for that matter? Flash lite or somethin?
finally anyone know how can fix the slide zoom bar? on opera 9.7?
Search and Ye Shall Find:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=486502
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Joe Pinball said:
Search and Ye Shall Find:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=486502
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This is the same reg tweak that slaman posted about above; it makes the zoombar scroll in Opera, but it doesn't make it zoom. Anyone know how to make the zoombar zoom in Opera 9.7? Thanks
IE on my mogul used to display mobile.wunderground.com very nicely. On my TP2 it, along with lots of other sites are kinda wacked. Its like the browser window is 3 times the width of the screen, so even on sites that are formatted correctly to be viewed on a small screen, I get a horizontal scroll bar.
I've tried the "desktop/mobile" setting in IE no difference. And I dont like the way opera (both moble and mini) displays sites specific for mobile devices.
On my mogul the user agent is a little different it says IEMobile 7.11, whereas the tp2 user agent has IEMobile 8.12 AND IEMobile 6.0
Even a test page which is nothing more than a index.html file with the word test in it has a scrollbar on my TP2 that has 2 screens of whitespace. .
Is there a registry setting to set the IE user agent? And is there also a setting (registry or file) that reports the window width (like in opera:config)?
Thanks!
You probably have a different IE version installed on the TP2. Google for a newer version.
I'm having this problem too, I prefer PIE for certain sites, but the pages that rendered correctly on my Touch Pro are practically useless for all the scrolling around I'm having to do. Any fix for this?
Same thing here! I thought t was my mind playig tricks on me but the IE on the TP2 is horrible for mobile sites. I too am awaiting a reg hack or something.
There is a Pocket IE download that replaces the mobile IE on our TP2's. I havent tried it as I figured out how to make opera look nicer...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=1890124&postcount=2
Then there is IE toggle, which I havent used either,,,
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=65154
So if anybody wants to experiment with either of these, I'd be interested to find out how mobile.wunderground.com looks under each of those options. I've just been using opera so I decided to leave IE stock.
So, as everyone can agree on, the IE browser sucks on the tilt.
Has anyone tried/is it possible to install an older version of IE (the one's from WM6.1?)?
Anyone have a CAB file we can try?
I used to use PIEPLUS on Internet Explorer browser awhile back.. that fit everything on the screen.
Probably wont need it with the 800x400 resolution but just because the screen grew, does not mean that they should be enlarging fonts or fitting the entire page on the damn window and scrolling like mad!
Try Opera Mobile 10 beta 2
Is amazing, fast smooth!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=486502
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So, as everyone can agree on, the IE browser sucks on the tilt.
Has anyone tried/is it possible to install an older version of IE (the one's from WM6.1?)?
Anyone have a CAB file we can try?
I used to use PIEPLUS on Internet Explorer browser awhile back.. that fit everything on the screen.
Probably wont need it with the 800x400 resolution but just because the screen grew, does not mean that they should be enlarging fonts or fitting the entire page on the damn window and scrolling like mad!
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IE? Your device comes with Opera Mobile 9.5 which is superior in every way possible.
And yeah, do check out Opera Mobile 10 beta...
Hmm I'm not fond of any of the OPERA browsers..
Found my answer and solved my own dilema..
You can install Pocket IE that came with WM6.1 on the Rhodium here
(scroll down the thread a bit)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=365743
Gives you back the same look/feel (and I dunno, possibly FASTER BROWSING?) as WM6 without all this crud thats on the STOCK ROM.
Will require a reset but installs fine on my device. CAB file so I should theoretically be able to remove/uninstall if I don't like..
orb3000 said:
Try Opera Mobile 10 beta 2
Is amazing, fast smooth!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=486502
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myknyte said:
Hmm I'm not fond of any of the OPERA browsers..
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Sorry for quoting myself, but how is that you not found
well, first off.. it's BETA.
Secondly, I never really liked the interface of the Opera browsers .. whether standard or the Mobile ver.
Oftentimes, you'd have to tweak the hell out of the registry to get small sized fonts.. Else, everything is so big.
I managed to get IE6 on my TILT 2 --the same browser I am/was familiar with on WM6.
Without all the skin/fluff, the browser pulls up very quick .. unlike the stock one that comes with the ROM. With the 800x400 resolution and the small font size on IE, I can fit everything on the page.
Im loving it now. IE and webpages comes up waay faster.
With the stock IE and stock Opera Browser, pulling up the homepage took ..oh.. maybe like 45 seconds.
With IE (and I changed the homepage to Google), it takes a good 2-3 seconds.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=5082048#post5082048
You're definitely doing something wrong if the old IE is faster than the new IE or any version of Opera 9 and up.