I installed the skyfire browser and can confirm that the video fumcrion works great. I was able to view highlight videos on espn just fine.
Until we get froyo and flash...this seems to be our only road.
Great news! I haven't gotten my nook color and was hoping someone would try this! In your personal opinion, is it a good enough "flash replacement" to tide you over until 2.2?
Strange..Flash doesn't work for me with skyfire at all.
doesn't work for flash
A very limited number of websites work with SkyFire.
Skyfire
Watching the Bowl game using Skyfire!
Can't seem to get to fill the Screen?
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I have been searching and reading for a couple of weeks about this and cant seem to get an answer. It seems that everything is geared toward Youtube and Google video.
Is there a way with the kaiser to go to say CBS.com and watch the Masters on the broadband feed or to TSN and watch a hockey game?
Fogive me if I have missed it but a nudge in the right direction would be great.
no most of those websites are using programs and cookies you must download to view the videos, some are flash/java. most of this is based more on the browser you are using. Skyfire allows viewing flash sites, but i dont know how the quality of the video feed would look
Hey folks,
i got 2 questions for my tytn2.
1. Which is the best internetbrowser at the moment to use? Most stable and fastest? And why?
2. is it possible to hack/tweak the resolution of for example mediaplayer? If i run youtube movies or whatsoever the resolution is just crap, also in fullscreen mode. What is the best tweak to get much better resolution?
Thanks in advance!
(using hypdragon 3 rom=wm6.1)
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1. Skyfire It's stable and it's fast because they cache pages on thier server so you don't have to download all that crap.
2. Not that I know of so just use Skyfire. It plays videos right on the webpages so there is no need for a sperate app like the youtube player.
PS I do not work for Skyfire, it's just the best browser that I've used.
As far as mobile web browsers go, I find that Opera mobille 9.5 is the best for speed and options. But if your going to be visiting sites that have embedded video and such, then Skyfire is hands down the best. Skyfire is definitely the browser to use if you want a desktop experience. But I find myself using Opera more often since you can open multiple tabs, use bookmarks, and you can download files/long press on pictures and then save them. I also think Opera loads pages a tad bit faster and I like how when you flick and scroll it will continue to scroll and come to a gradual stop (like when you flick through icontact).
Now about the whole image quality of movies I have read several threads suggesting ways on how to improve movie quality, but when you boil it down, nothing will make a huge difference cuz our screen resolution is only 240x320 at only 65,000 colors. So no matter what software you install, its not gonna give you more pixels. If you want to watch high quality movies on your phone then iPhone would be your best bet at 320x480 with 16 million colors.
Ok, thanks for answers.
seems i might install latest skyfire browser..
is there any thread about skyfire and latest versions?
are people using other browsers with excellent performance?
i guess internet explorer is just standard crap then..
about my second question, the movie quality in for example youtube, im pretty disappointed about my device then (compared to iphone, ofcorz kaiser can do a lot more then iphone, but just this aspect then).
i get that u cant get the resolution better, its just a ''phone-handicap', but im surprised there are no tweaks/drivers for it as well..
maybe other ppl still have solutions?
I like Skyfire ( I have Beta version 0.85.0.7927), but I HATE the small view EACH page. Once I set it to the size, I prefer it to STAY there! Too much having to manipulate each page so that I can READ the thing!
Next, I notice that Skyfire is able to bring up images that IE and Opera cannot. I log into an online study website for my securities license. With IE and Opera, I cannot view the study material, but with Skyfire I CAN. BUT... It's too small! And I have to resize it for EVERY study question.
Does anyone know what it is in Skyfire that allows me to view things that IE and Opera don't? And... is there ANOTHER browser that can do that? (In Opera, I have the JAVA SCRIPT enabled) but it's not indicative of my not being able to view the study site.
Thanks for the help everyone...
I use multiple browsers depending on what I need.
I use Opera Mini most of the time because it is blazing fast. In my experience, it smokes skyfire and Opera Mobile in pure speed, and it does a decent job rendering the page. However, it is pretty bare bones - no tabs, no java, etc. But it gets the job done if you just want to read the news or look at a website.
The rest of the time I go back and forth between skyfire and opera mobile. Skyfire is pretty quick, and it is a full on browser. You can even watch videos on hulu - they are pretty rough, but they are viewable. I think Opera has a better user experience, but it is not as fast.
Okay I searched I looked at Skyfire but I don't really want to add yet one more item I will use very little to my TILT. We have a fix for youtube surely someone has a simular app/plugin/work around to allow veoh and Hulu to work on the tilt?
Why not go for what is known to work? You'll still be installing something no matter what you do and you know Skyfire supports streaming.
So just install the browser, you no longer need to sign up for anything and create 2 favorites. One for Hulu and the other for Veoh?
I know for a fact Hulu works, but i'm not sure about Veoh, but i bet it does.
we have to wait for the full version of flash to work on windows mobile..I've read somewhere that it was gonna happen sometime near spring.
Hulu works very well on the Tilt via Skyfire, just suck it up.
It's like what Snowreaper already said, streaming in skyfire works fine. I dunno about veoh either, but i think it uses flash, and I know youtube is fine along with hulu, etc, so try it. Good luck,
Dave
Hey guys, I was wondering if anyone has come across a VOD app for our nifty WM Touch Pro devices, such as Hulu, Veoh, or Joost. It'd be awesome! I watch CNN live a lot on my device and the crisp clear quality/feedback I receive only enriches my experience I'm experiencing.
For hulu I use skyfire. For everything else I use vtap. just go to vtap.com using PIE and download the app. I really enjoy it.
yea vTap is pretty easy and simple to use... the version I have is limited to YouTube and the search results seem skewed. Does it offer more choices now?
Hulu would be cool. Skyfire is amazing but just seems clunky (not responsive enough). I always have problems getting the zoom to fit right. Although I would think it would be worth while for a lengthy show... but something like viewing youtube is a nightmare because of all the zooming required.
Pocket Internet Explorer 6, which is available in several newer roms... also supports Flash, out of the box... without any additional Flash Lite installs or anything. I haven't tried Hulu... but youtube works.
Since PIE6 isn't server based... it is a little bit faster to responding. I use PIE6 more now then any other browser.
If you really want to be bleeding edge... PIE8 is in the WM6.5 builds... which takes PIE6 to new heights and offers much better zooming capabilities.
Anyone test Hulu or other equivalent in the newer PIE versions?
Title pretty much says it all. I know a lot of you guys talk good about Opera, but the latest download on their website says that it does not support flash, and that is pretty much the reason why I want to use something other than mobile IE that came with the phone from HTC.
iris or skyfire, opera has flash but it crashes mostly
So which out of those two is best and/or easiest to use?
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So which out of those two is best and/or easiest to use?
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i say skyfire, it handles every detail of the web practically flawlessly, but iris is sharper in rendering
but for your needs, skyfire
Skyfire gets my vote - it has been able to render everything I've tried.
Thanks mike
There's also minimo which is Mozilla Firefox, I use that. My suggestion is try them all out and see which one fits your needs the best. There's cab files for all of them floating around, just use the search.
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Skyfire gets my vote - it has been able to render everything I've tried.
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co-sign....same here.
the only thing i hate about skyfire is that god awful text resizing, it really makes the page look horrible with bigger text while the rest looks small, is there a way to fix that?
I use Skyfire for most of my browsing, and I don't run into issues with sites loading up in mobile format like Opera Mobile does. As well, I can go to my bank's website with Skyfire and veiw my account just fine, Opea does not work.
I have tried Iris, and it is pretty cool, but it doesn't really do anything for me that Skyfire doesn't already do. Skyfire also has amazing flash support, test it out and check out Youtube with it... there is some delay issues and what not, but once it gets going it is awesome! My delay issues could be the fact I am on EDGE. I have yet to test it on WiFi to see if it does anything to help that out, as if just crossed my mind.
Skyfire gets my vote although when Im in a hurry and need to look something up, I wuse Opera only because it loads faster for some reason - other than that... Skyfire for browsing....
For flash, Skyfire is superior, no question. However, it has no text reflow, which is the dealbreaker for me. For flash, I use Skyfire, for everything else, Opera Mini 4.1 and Mobile 9.5. As for Iris, it's alright, but still somewhat unpolished and it needs a little work. However, it passes the ACID3 test, and renders things quite well.
Dave
I feel like using skyfire kills my battery really fast, does anyone else have that? Or maybe i'm just trippinn.
I get that with Skyfire too. I don't think it is any worse than Opera Mobile if you are not scrolling much, but if you are scrolling a lot, then it seems to eat a little more, and if you are youtubing it drains it fast!
I still prefer Skyfire for the majority of my browsing. I use Opera for forums because of the wrap around, but it is too sensative to the double tap zoom in and out.
i know a lot of people will tell u opera, but I found skyfire to be just the thing I needed! soo blazing fast, nice look and feel, zoom in and out much like opera, very finger friendly..hands down best mobile browser
skyfire hands down!
Im using Skyfire now since I wanted a browser that supports Flash but Im having some issues with the audio. I can see the video beautifully but it has no audio. Ive tryed different vids on youtube and I cant hear single one. Any one have a suggestions.
I have had success with Skyfire playing both Audio and Video without any real issues when my phone wasn't muted. If Audio & Video is important to you, I would vote Skyfire, but Opera is my overall preference for other sites.
Jason
ripinfamous, do you have the latest version? One of the .8x builds of it gave me the same issue, but the newer .9x versons work fine again. If you do, just wait for the next version to be released.
Dave
In my mind there is no perfect browser. The perfect browser would have Skyfire's functionality for flash, Iris's animations and touch response, and Opera Mobile's UI. Iris needs Opera's text wrap. Perhaps Opera Mobile 9.7 when it comes out my work out better. I use Opera Mobile and Skyfire.