Microsoft releases "Deepfish" browser for Windows Mobile

Nothing, and we mean nothing, can distract us from sleep like a new and cool bit of software and a bit of spare time late in the evening. Microsoft's Live Labs threw down an interesting take on mobile browsing today with a technology preview of their new mobile browsing interface, Deepfish. The Deepfish gimmick is the ability to see an entire web page on your Windows Mobile screen and then zoom in on the bits that you want to read, click, and the like. The software takes a screenshot of the webpage and uses it as a map; the rub here is that because of this approach, no dynamic content is supported. The controls are dead simple: hit the joystick on your Windows Mobile device to bring up a small gray focus window, move it where you like, hit it once more and bam! Zoomed. Poking the joystick again displays an arrow to tackle the clickable elements on the page and fill in forms. A fun first effort, and only Microsoft knows where it may end up, so hit the link to download a copy, but hustle, the preview is of the limited variety.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 20th 2009 12:25AM]

sounds a little like skyfire doesn't it?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 29th 2007 5:32AM]

The Nokia browser that's pre-installed on S60v3 (Symbian) devices (like my N80) already works in a similar way :)

But this is nice! I'm gonna try it on my BlackJack...

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 29th 2007 7:56AM]

Anyone scooped the preview before they stopped allowing us to download it? I tried and they closed the downloads now. Damn, anyone?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 29th 2007 9:32AM]

I'm in the same boat as you. I really wanted to try this on my Blackjack, and it's already gone just 4 hours into this announcement.

Help is appreciated!

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 29th 2007 8:57AM]

Microsoft is copying Nokia. Nokia new N- and E-serie phones has had same kind of browser for couple of years now...

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 29th 2007 11:56PM]

Didn't someone on S60 blogs mention that the Nokia S60 3.0 FP1 browser will be made available for download?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 29th 2007 3:45PM]

Someone host the file and post URL!
edit: But please -- not here, it will be removed

[Taylor Yes Taylor Posted Mar 29th 2007 10:54PM]

Someone already found it and posted a link in the comments on engadget last night. I'll copy it to here, but if it gets removed, check there. Who makes a beta that small anyway? It only seems to hale lasted like an hour!