03-29-2007, 05:00 AM
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Developer & Designer, News Editor Emeritus
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Dive Deep into the Web with Deepfish
"Today at the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference (eTech), Microsoft unveiled a new mobile technology, called Deepfish, designed to offer mobile users quick and convenient Web browsing that more closely resembles the experience of browsing the Web on desktop computers. Microsoft is making a limited technology preview available to the public on a first-come basis."
You all know that Internet Explorer Mobile isn't the best browser for non-mobile-friendly sites. Enter Deepfish and its zooming mechanism. It closely resembles Safari on the iPhone in that you zoom into and load only the portion of the page that you need to access. The result is a very fast and enjoyable browsing experience, although truth be told, there is still plenty of room for improvement. Some dynamic content isn't supported, text input in certain form fields is a little flaky, and the interface needs a bit of polishing up - all the things expected in a preview version. That's where you come in. Microsoft would like your feedback, so head over to the Deepfish web page, download the application (note that it's being offered on a limited first-come, first-served basis), and give it a test run. Additional screenshots are available after the break.
Update: Head over to on10.net for a video tour.
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03-29-2007, 05:48 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Sep 2003
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Oh wow, when did Microsoft acquire Picsel Technologies? :twisted:
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03-29-2007, 06:38 AM
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Editor Emeritus
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Loading up pages within Deepfish seems a little slow and it's taking a bit to get used to navigation, but very intriguing. Thanks for the post, Darius.
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03-29-2007, 07:43 AM
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Thoughts Media Review Team
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Looks like they already have their quota.
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03-29-2007, 09:14 AM
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5000+ Posts? I Should OWN This Site!
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Originally Posted by Don Tolson
Looks like they already have their quota.
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Yup, they have 
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03-29-2007, 11:26 AM
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Intellectual
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System requirements
Device: Windows Mobile Smart Phone or Pocket PC.
Operating System: Windows Mobile 5.0+
Internet connection: Required.
For Desktop setup: NET Framework 2.0, ActiveSync 4.0+ or Windows Mobile Device Center(WMDC) for Vista.
Minimum Device Memory: 64MB Program Memory. Deepfish supports external storage when available.
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03-29-2007, 12:07 PM
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5000+ Posts? I Should OWN This Site!
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Originally Posted by signothefish
System requirements
Device: Windows Mobile Smart Phone or Pocket PC.
Operating System: Windows Mobile 5.0+
Internet connection: Required.
For Desktop setup: NET Framework 2.0, ActiveSync 4.0+ or Windows Mobile Device Center(WMDC) for Vista.
Minimum Device Memory: 64MB Program Memory. Deepfish supports external storage when available.
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Yup, under-dvelopment browsers seem to be all WM5+ -only: NetFront 3.4, the promised Opera 9 and, now, DeepFish.
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03-29-2007, 03:14 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jul 2003
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It looks like someone at Microsoft has been playing with a Nokia S60 3rd Edition device. The new S60 web browser has mini-map views that allow you to pan and zoom in, with a very cool visual history feature. There is nothing wrong with copying a good thing though and IMHO the S60 3rd Edition browser offers the BEST mobile browsing experience so it is cool to see Microsoft trying to bring this to Windows Mobile devices.
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03-29-2007, 03:23 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jan 2007
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Originally Posted by Don Tolson
Looks like they already have their quota.
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Yep (whatever it was 100?)
So now what, does one have to start looking for some not so 'official' source(s) to try it out??
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03-29-2007, 04:20 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Mar 2002
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It's a nice program, but there's a lot to improve on. I can also see why multi-touch would be useful for this. They should also consider using Picsel's tap interface, which is pretty intuitive.
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Linear Mode
