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[Windows Phone 7 General] digger1985:
It's an old and known issue with Android btw

http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=6914

http://code.google.com/p/android/is...PU&colspec=ID Type Status Owner Summary Stars
[Windows Phone 7 General] doministry:
BTW I would love to try that but I still can't buy apps in my country.
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
Great. A windows phone vs a bogged down galaxy S. The results are shocking.

Then the comments link you posted, even better.

Like I stated its device dependant. My streak 7 scrolls like that, even with a HD video playing. Its flawless.

vibrant on 2.3, doesn't jerk like the one in the video at all.

Had the HD7, and I can't handle all the scrolling in the browser. No text reflow sucks, and the loading times was ridiculous.

We prefer different things though.
[Windows Phone 7 General] Crimson Lotus:
I fine SurfCube to be somewhat flashy, so I'm looking forward to Surfy, it seem to be a more simple direct browser.

Surfy

http://wmpoweruser.com/surfy-alternate-ie-shell-for-wp7-having-a-hard-time-getting-to-market/

How long did it took Opera to land on the iPhone, Don't remember, But I'm sure Opera will come to WP7 sooner or later.
[Windows Phone 7 General] digger1985:
Apple doesn't allow alternative browsers on iPhone either. The Opera in the app store is not a browser because it's like a window where the rendering is done client side. All the browsers for the iPhone are forced to use the same rendering engine that that Safari uses. You aren't allowed to have a different rendering engine for your browser.
[Windows Phone 7 General] doministry:
What are you talking about.

OperaMini is a browser. Working totally different than Safari.

Even if it's server-based rendering, it's still a browser, actually quite amazing one.
[Windows Phone 7 General] digger1985:
It's a browser in the same way you can rdp from an iphone into a PC.

Let's talk when Apple allows and ACTUAL browser with it's OWN rendering engine in to the app store. For example, Firefox will not be allowed since it uses Gecko instead of webkit.
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
Apps can't duplicate what the core apps do. Browsers, phone, text, not allowed.

Apple however are loosening up a lot.
[Windows Phone 7 General] MartyLK:
The Opera experience on iPhone is the worst of them all. The one valuable thing about Opera is the Link. Being able to link with your desktop version and get all your bookmarks and such. Firefox has such a link also and it works well in Android. But the link function for Operas is disabled in the iPhone version.
[Windows Phone 7 General] doministry:
I have no idea what Apple has to do with it. I don't care about what they do.

In reverse Android allows it without a problem.

We talk about WindowsPhone.
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
Actually Microsoft should dial down the touch sensitivity a bit. Sometimes when scrolling up or down the phone switches panes because the panning sensitivity is way too high IMO. There should be a threshold on when the phone switches to a different pane to avoid accidental switches like on Android/iOS. That doesnt' seem to exist on WP7. If you touch and move your finger 1mm, it will switch to a different pain. This makes the phone a real pain to use, especially when lying down on the cough or while riding in a car since it happens a lot if the driver hits a bump in the road etc.

Also, sometimes it feels like the phone selects things before my finger even touches the screen in apps, but on the home screen I feel like I have to tap sometimes 3 times for the phone to register a touch because if the image on the homepage is still moving (i.e. if you scrolled by flicking) it will not recognize taps...
[Windows Phone 7 General] >On_the_way_to_the_toP<:
i made the same finding: the touchscreen reacts already when the finger is about 0,3mm away, but this applies to the whole user interface.
[Windows Phone 7 General] doministry:
What makes WP7 very responsive but also with some negative consequences.
[Windows Phone 7 General] >On_the_way_to_the_toP<:
i'd say its rather the hardware than WP7 itself...
[Windows Phone 7 General] z33dev33l:
Never had the issue on anything but the surround... I have all US WP7 devices and that's the only one I've experienced that with... The Dell Venue Pro is perfect in that respect...
[Windows Phone 7 General] Crimson Lotus:
while you're at it, why not throw some more at WP7...

anyway, No such issue on my DVP.
[Windows Phone 7 General] light-blue:
Opera Mobile not coming to WP7

what do you think?
[Windows Phone 7 General] doministry:
No Opera browsers for WP7. And probably not going to happen for a long time.

But still possible in the future once API is opened.
[Windows Phone 7 General] digger1985:
Operas gonna be dead anyway. They bring nothing new to the table. The only reason they exist is because the dominant mobile OS of before (Symbian) came with a horrendous browser.

Operas market share on the desktop is already non existant.

With Webkit based browsers on Android and iOS taking over, as well as Symbian getting replaced with Mango on Nokia phones, the market won't have the need for Opera.
[Windows Phone 7 General] doministry:
Pure bull****.

First of all it's the only really good browser for all the feature phones.

Secondly OperaMini is the only existing solution for almost any carrier signal where full rendering browsers are crawling.

And it renders on servers SO it saves alot of data. And battery.
[Windows Phone 7 General] XxAndrexX:
They should improve their fukinn IE!!! WTF Opera!

I can remember i had to use Opera on my WM6.1 because IE sucked. What a stupid waste of time and resources, Microsoft should wake up sometimes
[Windows Phone 7 General] dtboos:
Get angry much? Go read up on, and watch some video's on IE9 Mobile which is coming this fall.
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
IE is unusable. It fails to display too many websites and others there are things missing. No Comments link on Engadget articles linked from Twitter, e.g. and other pages load and then go to a blank screen 100% of the time.

I need a browser that lets me set my default search and a home page, in addition to letting me set it as the default browser. Hopefully Opera can deliver that in the near future, cause I don't know how long I can put up with IE.

Also, no text reflow, which Opera has been doing flawlessly on basically every other platform since forever...
[Windows Phone 7 General] ikke008:
Compared to safari on ios, its slow...

Sent from my OMNIA7 using Board Express
[Windows Phone 7 General] Mr_Waffle:
I actually experienced that the other way around.

Windows Phone 7, and with that IE, is A LOT faster on 3G network then my iPhone 3G, same contract, same simcard.

I haven't used my iPhone on Wifi for a long time because the antenna died, but I don't remember worshipping it for it's speed, IE is a lot faster for me.
[Windows Phone 7 General] DoGGToR:
You're not comparing a 400Mhz device to one with 1000 Mhz, do you? I'm not sure about the actual difference but that is not fair.

Apart from that, I really would like to have Opera on WP7.
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
Opera generally has one of the fastest java script engines in the market. They were the first browser to score 100 on the Acid test. Their browser performance is typically above competitors.

On Windows it outperforms almost every other browser in real world use (start up, page loading, java script execution, etc.). It's also the most lightweight browser to include a complete mail client, torrent client, RSS reader, etc. on the desktop.

It was the first browser to introduce tabbed browsing, and it was the first one to include a Start Page (the grid where you can pin sites in the browser).

Opera had had tons of innovations, and a lot of those ideas were stolen by other browsers. Firefox is now liberally ripping off Opera these days...

To say they have brought nothing to the table is thoroughly idiotic.

Mobile has always been their main market, for like the past decade. They were the browser in the Nintendo DS, for example, and lots of Carriers and Windows Mobile vendors used it in those devices (Feature Phones and Windows Mobile devices). It is regarded currently as the best browser for Blackberry (Opera Mini) QWERTY devices.

Opera Mobile on Android is better than the stock Android Browser and Firefox for Android...
[Windows Phone 7 General] dkp1977:
I know this is the first time, but I have to fully agree with you. Especially concerning the opera desktop solutions (I'm using it since 2000 and it's always been my first choice). And it was my favorite browser on WM 6.5 (Opera Mini when I had bad reception, Opera Mobile when I was on WiFi or 3G).
[Windows Phone 7 General] doministry:
I agree HOWEVER on my Android I prefer often stock browser over Opera Mobile.

It's slightly faster. However Mobile has great featues and UI.
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
Opera market share is nonexistent on the desktop? WTF?

they've been eating IE market share for years. IE9 is late as hell, and it wont even run on XP.
[Windows Phone 7 General] digger1985:
Like I said, Opera doesn't bring anything new to the table. They USED to. But not now. Now it's usually Opera who's lagging behind.

And yes, Opera's share is non existant in desktops. It's behind IE, Firefox, Chrome and Safari. And when they went whining to the EC and forcing MS to install the ballot box, they put even more people off.

Operas bloated as well. Who needs a built in mail client in a browser for example.

Name is one convincing reason to choose Opera over other browsers.
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
^ personally I use chrome. ;)

If chrome didn't exist I'd use Firefox, Opera would be last on my list. I would never use or recommend IE.
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
Opera isn't bloated. The performance and ram size is fine. Having lots of features does not equate to being bloated. Opera has always been at the forefront of technology support. The bring lots of innovations. Its no ones fault if you are ignorant of them. Firefox is more bloated than opera and 200% more buggy...

Sent from my HD7 using Board Express
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
I don't use Chrome because:

1. It tracks users (this has been well known even before the recent mobile debacle).

2. It adds tasks to auto-update itself in the Windows Task Scheduler, and the default check is way too aggressive for my tastes. The setup program doesn't even let people know that it's doing that to their system. Their Picasa software does the same thing. It's simply disingenuous to do that. I think, but not sure, Google Earth does it as well. I've uninstalled all their software off my computer after finding that out.

3. IE9 is just as fast as Chrome, and way more secure. Integrates better with the base OS. Better hardware accelleration. Better page compatibility since tons of sites are still coded for IE 8 and below and it's the only browser with a functional compatibility mode for those sites.

Opera is faster than Firefox. It's a better browser, IMO.

Safari sucks on Windows.

IE is a leading browser right now. It's the most secure browser on Windows, IMO (and in the Opinion of many unbiased sources) and there is virtually no reason to not use it unless you're still on XP. IE9 is a trooper.

If you wanna be a FUD slinger, though, have at it :P

However, if you can provide me with any proof that IE9 is less secure than Chrome/Safari/Opera/Firefox on Windows I'll gladly entertain it (not holding my breath) :P

IE8 to IE9 was probably the single largest update to IE Microsoft has ever put out. It went from being the slowest browser to one of the fastest. IE has been secure in Windows ever since Vista came out and Microsoft sandboxed it. Even if you download a virus, in many cases it can only write to Temporary Internet Files because the browser runs with bare minimum priviledges. That's in addition to all the advances Microsoft made in Phishing/Malware detection, Security Essentials/Windows Firewall, UAC, and other parts of the system.

IE9 is quite aggressively secure these days... And, of course, fast as hell...

It just doesn't have a ton of extensions (not that I care, but many people do).
[Windows Phone 7 General] vetvito:
^ I may give it a try. It should be noted though IE is leading only because its already installed on the most known and used OS.

I haven't tried IE since 6 or 5, it sucked that bad.

Ill give it a try.
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
Bold: You can uninstall Internet Explorer from Windows 7, and I think Vista as well. No one is forcing you to use it. IE has high marketshare because people are using it. And with the way Microsoft is developing it these days, the need for a third party browser is 90% less than it was before IE9 went Beta...

Italics: Lol. Your opinion is useless than. Sounds like a random linux fan.

"I haven't used Windows since Windows 95, but it sucks and I cannot recommend it..."

Also, IE5 and IE6 didn't suck when they was released. AJAX started with IE5 and many of Microsoft's proprietary innovations found themselves in the HTML spec. What hurt is how much they sat on IE6, and how they tended to tie Browser updates to new versions of the OS (something they're about to stop doing).

But seriously, what you said is like saying Windows sucks because Windows Me was terrible. It makes absolutely no sense...
[Windows Phone 7 General] moneysaver05:
Iv gone back to IE after using Firefox for years as I got sick of it always crashing and updating etc
[Windows Phone 7 General] doministry:
I always loved Opera browsers.

Besides the mobile market, on desktop - Opera 11 is the most handy browser, fast and great visually.

But I honestly mainly use IE9 which is very very good.

Plus it has great minimalistic design.
[Windows Phone 7 General] MartyLK:
Firefox on the PC is the only web browser I can use that doesn't cause system issues. It never crashes and always is speedy and fast. Chrome, IE, Opera, Rockmelt all cause system stability issues. Safari just doesn't function conveniently enough to use it.

But I still use them all for various reasons. I use Opera or IE for online video watching...like Hulu...because Firefox...using pre v.4...just doesn't play them. FF v.4 sucks to high heaven. Is buggy as Hell. And mobile FF sucks to an even higher heaven. Opera seems to be the best for mobile browsers on anything except WP7. I much prefer IE on WP7 because of its buttery, elegant smoothness and hyper-speed pinch-to-zoom.
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
Firefox has been known for its bugs, memory leaks, and general bulk...

So I have to laugh at that.

Firefox used to be ridiculously good in up until the 2.x days, and then it started getting more more bloated. On another forum (which doesn't exist anymore) we had a huge discussion about browsers and found that Firefox was using almost twice as much RAM as Opera, and the performance with many tabs open simply does not even compare. It is not as robust as Opera and when you factor in all the add-ons people load it with, it's definitely not as robust.

Firefox is less secure than IE these days.

It's impossible for IE on Vista and Windows 7 to cause system stability issues.

To insinuate something like that shows a complete and utter lack of understanding how the Windows OS treats IE and how it functions on the newer Windows OSes.

IE is basically sandboxed in Windows Vista/7. Tabs are isolated from each other (one tab crashes, the other unaffected), and IE does not cause any system to become unstable. IE 9 Platform has been downloadable for almost a year, and then there was the Beta and RC. Nothing like that was reported. I'll have to call that out as FUD...

Microsoft has done a lot to reign in ActiveX Controls and IE Add-Ons, as well...

I know mocking IE has been the flavor of many months, but I wish you people would get a clue before making such baseless claims...

And Opera is not the source of OS crashes and instabilities. There have been no wide reports of Opera causing bluescreens or **** like that...

Opera Mobile 11 (on Android 2.2) is superior to IE Mobile in WP7. Everything about it is smooth. It's quite polished but I hate hate hate how they don't want to put an Exit option in the menu. That is a showstopper for me, since Browsers tend to use a lot of RAM. Firefox 4 Mobile is laughable.
[Windows Phone 7 General] MartyLK:
Laugh all you want. In my case, FF is the best for stability and reliability and functionality. IE is next...and I inadvertently neglected to say that IE doesn't actually cause system instability. It just doesn't perform to my desire and doesn't have the functionality of FF.

No need to try to win me over to anything. I'm commenting on my experience just as you are commenting on your experience. If what I say wasn't true, I wouldn't say it.
[Windows Phone 7 General] brummiesteven:
Disagree, the majority of people don't know what a browser is, how to replace one or why they should replace one. No you're not forced but with Lack of information you're not exactly helped.
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
Those people should at least know how to use a search engine.

Also, it's not hard to open Add/Remove Programs and and click on the Obvious "Turn Windows Features On or Off" link in the left hand of the dialog (one of only two links). Internet Explorer being a "Windows Feature" isn't exactly rocket science or discrete math, you know...

Internet Explorer is the third link in that dialog. Clear the check box and click okay.

Not that it matters. If you installed IE9 through Windows Update it can't really be considered a security risk (at least not more than any third party browser, that's for damn sure), and you can set whatever else as you default browser and use that instead.

My point what to the other poster saying IE came pre-installed and that's why it has a high marketshare... Consumers use it cause they want to use it, not simply because it's there. They get lots of crapware on their OEM PCs from Best Buy but that doesn't force them to use it, right? If they can uninstall McAfee they damn sure can uninstall IE, which is 200% easier to accomplish...

Microsoft can pre-install anything they want. That doesn't mean people will use it. Vista had Windows Mail pre-installed but people still installed and used Thunderbird, and whatever else instead.

LOL @ most people don't know what a browser is, though... Anything to try to win on the internet... That was truly hillarious...
[Windows Phone 7 General] N8ter:
IE9 performance is on par if not greater than Firefox on Windows. IE9 Stability/Reliability is on par with if not greater than Firefox on Windows. IE9 security is greater than Firefox on Windows. IE9 uses less laptop battery than Firefox 4.

I'm not giving you an opinion, I'm giving you facts. You're giving me talking points, not opinions... Talking points from early 2009, mind you...

But you actually said it did cause system instability here...

After that it's not worth it for me to even bother replying further...

Have a nice day and enjoy spewing more FUD about IE9 on these forums...

Or maybe, like the other one, you're actually talking about IE 5 and 6?

Sorry, but Firefox isn't as good as you seem to want it to be compared to IE, at least not anymore... It's on par at best, and worse unless you're an add-on whore.
[Windows Phone 7 General] MartyLK:
So tell me, in your facts, how well does IE9 run on WinXP?? I know the answer, by the way. Just trying to get you to realize that what other people say, there is a valid reason for it.

And I'm done with you pal. I explained myself. I won't be harassed by you or anyone. Consider yourself ignored from now on.
[Windows Phone 7 General] benq3x:
Opera mini is great!
[Desire General] chasabi:
Hi all,

I'll start with what I want to do. Basically I want to be able to access my files on my PC at home from anywhere where I have a network connection, either over 3G or Wifi.

I don't want something like dropbox where I have to sync all my documents/music/videos to dropbox online. That means I have copies on dropbox and on my PC. Plus I am restricted to the space dropbox provides (I think it is 2gb).

I have searched the internet and the market to try and find an app that will help with this but I can't find anything. I don't want to stream anything I simply want to be able to browse my files on my home PC and then copy anything I need from my PC, using my phone, to my phone.

I have heard of Orb but that sounds like it streams the data. Take this scenario... I am in the office and realise I need to show a client a video. I show it streamed from my PC. Someone else comes and wants to see the video but I'm in an area with no data signal, I can't stream! If I could have copied the file to my phone from my PC remotely the 1st time then I wouldn't have that problem.

I hope I've explained this enough. Thanks in advance for any answers, it is much appreciated.
[Desire General] davebugyi:
Take a look at this : ES File Explorer

Also take a look at this, too : FileLinx 3G Print or Transfer

Also some interesting articles:

howw-to-accesstransfer-files-on-your-android-phone-wirelessly/

transfer-files-to-android-phone-via-drag-and-drop-using-awesome-drop/
[Desire General] spile:
I use Windows Home Server to get this functionality. It also gives me automated backup and lots more such as music streaming.
[Desire General] patchseven:
1. set up a ssh/sftp server on your home PC

w w w.digitalmediaminute.com/article/1487/setting-up-a-sftp-server-on-windows

2. use ASTRO, ESfileexplorer, or CIFS manager to mount/access the share remotely. Start by setting up inside your LAN, and makesure it works. Then move to WAN (will probably need to make sure your ISP provides you with a static WAN, and port forward the port the server is using to be able to access it "out in the wild".)

3. access your files whenever you want (as long as PC is on, and server running, and connected to the net)
[Desire General] tomtomtomcat:
I have installed Teamviewer on PC and Android version on HTC Desire and Samsung Galaxy Tab, working great.

I have tried to use a bluetooth mouse on Desire during such remote connection, which was a bit funny.
[Desire General] baao:
I'm using cifs manager, works perfect for me!
[Desire General] n7of9:
LogMeIn does that also

https://secure.logmein.com/welcome/android/
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] watt9493:
Got the phone yesterday. Can not understand why wifi keeps turning it self off. I have it set to never sleep in the settings.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AfroLoots:
Just flashed the latest Baseband X10i 2.1.58 onto my X10a which is running Erick Will's X10x EW Jet Arc with the latest Flash Tool. Wifi is working, made a few calls and so far so good. I will be monitoring battery consumption somewhat, but I don't got that benchmark thingy, lol, don't even know how to read it. :p

Thought some of us noobs might want to know. :p

Is there anything else I can do to test the baseband's functionality?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bwyan Benton:
If your talking about quadrant standard benchmark, don't even worry about it. Its just a number and its useless. Play with your newly flashed ROM and see how fast and responsive it is for you. That's what matters most. I never tried his ROM but heard its pretty good.

Sent From My Xperia X10i Running Wolfbreaks CM 6.1.3 ROM V4.4!!! Lovin' It!!!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AfroLoots:
Thanks for the heads up. And hell yea I'm go play with it. Contemplating installing an email and browser client by means of apk with the flash tool. :-D Just don't wanna burn the optimizations of the rom.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fiscidtox:
Baseband wouldn't help your quadrant anyway...

ALL baseband is is your radio, and what frequencies it uses. So it would effect gps, call quality, 3g speed, texting, etc...

It does NOT help with the phone performance otherwise
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AfroLoots:
Had short freeze right after a call about two hours ago. Weird thing was it unfroze during another incoming call. I missed the call though. :-( Otherwise everything is fine. I got the semcEmail installed but the stock browser kept crashing. Then I discovered dolphin 2.0;-)