WebKit == Mobile

#1

Post by mdasen » Fri, Jan 23, 2009, 1:17 PM UTC

Re: WebKit == Mobile

#2

Post by ROFISH » Fri, Jan 23, 2009, 1:55 PM UTC

"As predicted, the mobile world has beaten the desktop to the web of the future."

Technically, not really. Most people I know have the IE of phones: just some crappy Nokia or something that just text messages and phone calls.

Re: WebKit == Mobile

#3

Post by halo » Fri, Jan 23, 2009, 2:55 PM UTC

It doesn't mention Opera Mini which also has 21 million users - http://www.opera.com/smw/2008/10/

Re: WebKit == Mobile

#4

Post by rockbilly » Fri, Jan 23, 2009, 3:08 PM UTC

halo wrote: post #3

It doesn't mention Opera Mini which also has 21 million users - http://www.opera.com/smw/2008/10/

I'd disagree with their methodology. So, every Windows Mobile user who has downloaded Opera Mini to try it is considered an active Opera Mini user? Hogwash! Opera Mini has been downloaded 21M times which includes a substantial proportion of people who have downloaded it multiple times and users who have downloaded it to try it and never use it again.

Re: WebKit == Mobile

#5

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jan 23, 2009, 3:36 PM UTC

rockbilly wrote: post #4

halo wrote: post #3

It doesn't mention Opera Mini which also has 21 million users - http://www.opera.com/smw/2008/10/

I'd disagree with their methodology. So, every Windows Mobile user who has downloaded Opera Mini to try it is considered an active Opera Mini user? Hogwash! Opera Mini has been downloaded 21M times which includes a substantial proportion of people who have downloaded it multiple times and users who have downloaded it to try it and never use it again.

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Re: WebKit == Mobile

#6

Post by josefresco » Fri, Jan 23, 2009, 3:52 PM UTC

rockbilly wrote: post #4

halo wrote: post #3

It doesn't mention Opera Mini which also has 21 million users - http://www.opera.com/smw/2008/10/

I'd disagree with their methodology. So, every Windows Mobile user who has downloaded Opera Mini to try it is considered an active Opera Mini user? Hogwash! Opera Mini has been downloaded 21M times which includes a substantial proportion of people who have downloaded it multiple times and users who have downloaded it to try it and never use it again.

I concur, as a Windows Mobile user (Blackjack II) I downloaded Opera to 'try' and use it occasionally on websites which I know render correctly/better than mobile IE. However much of the web is not Opera Mini compat, and it tends to freeze/screw up quite frequently which forces me back into the mobile IE ghetto.

However it's worth noting that I just installed Skyfire is it's working beautifully.

http://www.skyfire.com/product

Shows web pages like a desktop browser (no one-column BS), has Opera/Safari-esque zooming features and plays web video (YouTube/ESPN) with no fuss. Lovin' it.

Re: WebKit == Mobile

#7

Post by robotron » Fri, Jan 23, 2009, 4:56 PM UTC

Do we really want the mobile net to be dominated by one rendering engine? Haven't we been down this road before?

Re: WebKit == Mobile

#8

Post by Zev » Fri, Jan 23, 2009, 5:35 PM UTC

robotron wrote: post #7

Do we really want the mobile net to be dominated by one rendering engine? Haven't we been down this road before?

That one rendering engine is fully open source this time around. Makes somewhat of a difference.

Re: WebKit == Mobile

#9

Post by shutter » Fri, Jan 23, 2009, 6:14 PM UTC

Zev wrote: post #8

robotron wrote: post #7

Do we really want the mobile net to be dominated by one rendering engine? Haven't we been down this road before?

That one rendering engine is fully open source this time around. Makes somewhat of a difference.

And a good, standards-compliant-yet-innovative one at that.