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discordian
03-29-2005, 01:41 PM
What is a good alternate to IE for PPC 2003?

I'd really like something that I can turn 90 degrees to landscape mode.

of course, freeware is always preferable :wink:

(sorry if this thread has been done - I searched a bit and was unsuccessful)
SteveHoward999
03-29-2005, 02:39 PM
I use Pocket IE Plus http://www.reensoft.com/PIEPlus/
dpixel8
03-29-2005, 02:50 PM
Thunderhawk is good...but its not free. Its actually quite expensive too. And when I went through a 2 month trial of it, I had problems with it on using certain bulletin board sites.

Great idea, but I havent found another one yet either that can do landscape mode. Let me know if you find one. :lol:
Phillip Dyson
03-29-2005, 03:02 PM
I used to use NetFront but I've moved to a VGA device.
Currently I'm demo-ing PIEPlus. I haven't decided it I want to purchase it yet or not.
PIE is just so slow and Plus doesn't help much.

I wish Access would release Netfront 3.2 :(
dpixel8
03-29-2005, 03:14 PM
I wish Opera would release a version for the PPC. I love opera and it runs super fast even on an old Thinkpad 366mhz that I use at home on the wifi network.
applejosh
03-29-2005, 03:20 PM
I use NetFront (with the JVLite), and I've been pleased with it so far. As posted earlier, I don't think it works well with VGA devices, but for my pitiful QVGA display, it works quite well. I was thinking about Thunderhawk, but I'm not a big fan of software subscriptions.
TopDog
03-29-2005, 04:27 PM
I use ftxPBrowser (http://park15.wakwak.com/~ftx/ftxp3e/). Good freeware that is based on IE, doing tabs and fullscreen.

Not good on downloads though...

Screenshot of it in fullscreen, landscape:
http://www.mysmartphone.no/bilder/ftx_2.gif
Menneisyys
03-29-2005, 07:10 PM
I use NetFront (with the JVLite), and I've been pleased with it so far. As posted earlier, I don't think it works well with VGA devices

With some manual hacking, it does. See for example http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=35343 on this.
Menneisyys
03-29-2005, 07:11 PM
I use ftxPBrowser (http://park15.wakwak.com/~ftx/ftxp3e/). Good freeware that is based on IE, doing tabs and fullscreen.

Not good on downloads though...


Yeah, it's pretty good. Too bad it doesn't support the 'One column' rendering mode of WM2003SE PIE.
Menneisyys
03-29-2005, 07:13 PM
Currently I'm demo-ing PIEPlus. I haven't decided it I want to purchase it yet or not.


Already seen this (http://www.pocketmatrix.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=20782)?
Phillip Dyson
03-30-2005, 02:16 AM
Currently I'm demo-ing PIEPlus. I haven't decided it I want to purchase it yet or not.


Already seen this (http://www.pocketmatrix.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=20782)?

You're mini-review doesn't really say anything about whats new. My biggest concern is the fact that PIE and by virtue PIEPlus is just so slow.

Honestly I don't know why this is. Even PocketOutlook is so slow. When I tried nPop for email I was shocked at how fast it was.

There's something strange going on at Redmond. But its going on slooowly.

Netfront was always my browser of choice on my qVGA device. I just wish for an update. Or Opera. Or Minimo.
Menneisyys
03-30-2005, 10:02 AM
You're mini-review doesn't really say anything about whats new. My biggest concern is the fact that PIE and by virtue PIEPlus is just so slow.

PIE is indeed slow. At plain HTML rendering, it has the same speed as NetFront 3.x; at rendering pages with multiple images (smileys etc), however, it becomes much slower. You may want to check out http://www.pocketpcthoughts.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=36376 on this subject (NetFront vs. PIE speed benchmarks).