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NetFront Browser v4.0 for Windows Mobile promises faster JavaScript
Like most other mobile web browsers on the market today, NetFront v4.0 presents you with full web page views as well as the ability to quickly zoom in on just the area you want to read. You can also switch between landscape and portrait modes, with a "smart-fit" display for portrait mode that condenses web elements to fit on a narrow screen.
NetFront v4.0 also has a visual bookmark feature that lets you flip through your bookmarks by looking at web page thumbnails.
The NetFront Browser v4.0 for Windows Mobile Concept Version is available as a free trial version which expires on June 30, 2010. The Concept version doesn't support plug-ins, and there's no technical support.
My PDA is running Windows Mobile 2003SE, so the browser won't run on my hardware. Have you had a chance to test out NetFront v4.0 yet? Let us know about it in the comments. Does it feel faster than previous versions? How does it compare with other mobile browsers you've used?
[via Mobility Site]
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Subscribe to commentsamb9800Jan 17th 2010 4:02PM
Rendering is ok I guess (until it starts giving out-of-memory errors, on a Touch Pro 2 with 100 MB of free program memory), but the UI overall is unbelievably horrible.
You need to click through two menu items in order to even enter a URL, which then opens up a full-screen control with the URL split into a dropdown (for the first part, e.g. http://) and a textbox (both the legacy stock WM controls, resembling Win3.1) and a button you then have to click. It's absymal.
I'd take a four-year-old copy of Opera Mobile 8.65 over this in a heartbeat. I'd even take IE Mobile 6 over this. I have no idea why they'd publicly release this. Maybe works as a UI-less pre-alpha internal test of their engine, but otherwise it's a totally unusable for actual users.
emmzeeJan 17th 2010 5:32PM
Is slow Javascript really that big of a problem? I mean, I don't recall ever being at a website, and thinking, "Oh man, this Javascript is soooooo slow."
All the new browsers seem to trumpet how fast their JS is though, so I imagine there must be some noticeable benefit?
amb9800Jan 17th 2010 7:58PM
It mostly only makes a difference for heavier web apps, like Google's apps (Gmail, etc.). Google triggered the current JS race, which has the primary effect of making Google's own products work better across the board.
mkoJan 17th 2010 6:00PM
About the feature in the image, Opera Small Screen Rendering?
amb9800Jan 17th 2010 8:00PM
Yeah, and Opera's works better too. Then again, Opera also has a usable interface, unlike this, which just stuffs everything into the right softbutton menu.
toohightocomplyJan 18th 2010 2:35AM
After installing on my HP iPAQ RX5915 Travel Companion WM5.0, I noticed that after getting used to the different layout of commands.
Interestingly it has the options for displaying "Desktop" style pages with 4 options being: PC View, Wide PC View, Simple View, and Text View. Neat.
But,
Browsers run all different manner of strange code, so I expect nothing is 100%. But this thing purposefully has "Concept Version" in the title.. it should say "Beware, waste of bandwidth."