Talk:Mobile browser

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Wikipedia is displayed in a beautiful way on my BlackBerry. I was looking for an explanation of why this is; for example the BlackBerry browser doesn't bother with the left-hand menus (but puts them neatly at the bottom of the page) and instead displays the main article window. I guess it can do this because of cascading style sheets. Anyway, if someone can add an explanation about how Wikipedia is rendered on different microbrowsers, that would be nice! Davidgauntlett 21:25, 20 July 2005 (UTC)

The term "microbrowser" is obsolete. It is used as the menu name of some WAP browsers (notably Openwave). Browsers on mobile devices today range from low-end WAP browsers to full-featured desktop browsers ported to mobile devices (Web Browser for S60, iPhone Safari, Opera Mobile). All are commonly referred to as "Mobile browsers" in the industry and press (search "microbrowser" and "mobile browser" in news.gogle.com). Please move "Microbrowser" to "Mobile browser" and create a redirect from "Microbrowser".

Contents 1 Plucker 2 This article seems to be in need of a major rewrite. 3 scripting 4 Requested move 5 $$ 6 Flash support

[edit] Plucker

Mention plucker, plkr.org --jidanni 2006-04-15

Plucker doesn't seem notable to me :) What makes it notable? I'm wondering if Ajax_Mobile needs it's own article? Mathiastck 21:55, 7 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] This article seems to be in need of a major rewrite.

There is no mention of rendering engines, which browsers have common lineage.

This is mostly buzzword bingo with no real content to speak of. I am not an expert having never worked on a micro browser, but I am sure that there are opera based browser, webcore based browsers, I suspect that MicroSoft has a rendering engine for micro browsers (or do they recycle Trident?) Is Gecko used rendering handheld css media? Is Khtml/WebKit used by browsers? what is the lineage of the listed browsers? Is there a java based browser that is common? (I suspect so, I have know clue what it would be or who that would be)

I would expect a discussion of css and the handheld media parameters.

I would also expect a chronological history.

Until this is cleaned up I would move the browsers back to the list of all browsers and reduce this to a stub.

the most popular browser on PocketGear, PIEPlus, isn't even on the list. Maybe I will add it later.Springbreak04 22:43, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] scripting

I'm looking for a list of what scripting languages are supported by the most popular microbrowsers. Mathiastck 12:19, 19 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Requested move

Fdavis99 17:49, 28 July 2007 (UTC) Disscuss renaming "Microbrowser" to "Mobile browser"

Support if mobile browser really is the more common term (I've never heard of "microbrowser" but I have heard of a "mobile browser") then it should be renamed. This article seems like it's perpetuating the name by virtue of existing, it is the top result for Microbrowser on Google. Unless someone objects I'm going to move the page soon. -- Gudeldar 03:04, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

This article has been renamed from Microbrowser to mobile browser as the result of a move request. --Stemonitis 07:01, 3 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] $$

If you cell is already equipped with the mini browser, mines anokia 6275i do you have to pay for the internet every month even if you dont use it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sinitsu (talk • contribs) 01:41, 7 September 2007 (UTC)

There exist phones that can connect over wifi, without being charged by a carrier. Mathiastck (talk) 21:20, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Flash support

I stripped out the line that mentions flash support. Could we get a reference, or name of a handset who's browser supports flash? I've only seen flash outside of the browser, or on Ultra Mobile PCs. Mathiastck (talk) 21:20, 15 January 2008 (UTC)