eh...i would say this browser has decent speed, and decent usability. but the most recent versions of opera mobile are superior to this in just about every aspect for me. text wraping, quick zooming and others. the overall interface for iris, just like the other previous versions, stinks. its completely non-finger friendly. considering that many of the future HTC devices (i think the BEST sellings windows mobile phones) are coming w/out 5 way D pads, that will make this browser even less usable for me. u can get away w/out being finger friendly by being able to use the dpad...but w/ this, you're def gonna need to bust out the stylus. and one thing i really would not like to do.
otherwise, panning around on pages is easy enough, as finger friendly as it gets. but i quickly deleted the beta when compared to op mob. i dunno if i'll even bother w/ the full version (last beta i had was released only a week ago, so i dunno how much would change in a week).
This browser already blows Opera away in speed and speed! Opera, as it gets more powerful, also gets slow as can be. Iris loads and zooms more like the iphone.. Opera takes a good 3-5 secs to re-render when zooming in or out on my touch. Iris is like 1 sec
Some minor things - typing in the address bar doesn't change "SPACE" to ".COM" on the keypad like IE and Opera do - when entering username/pass for something like a forum, opera and ie are smart enough to change to ABC mode on the password field if the default setting is T9, and then changes back to T9 when leaving the password field.
Iris is on its way.. just need to get the little nuances down
maybe i got a bad DL from the site, but i tried to visit engadget via Iris and it was really slow and not even close to usable, the homepage search bar took many times to register when i hit "search" - Maybe it's because i'm using the HTC Touch but Opera mini and Mobile fly on this thing.
Iris is pretty but I would say this looks a lot more like an "alpha" than a final. Its very very slow and zoom and readability is not functional.
As far as usability i would say:
1.Opera Mini/Mobile 3.Iris 4.Skyfire 5.IE
Once opera gets flash support nothing is coming close -
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Wow. Just... Wow. Five out of five stars for this one.
This browser is super, super fast when loading regular pages (ie large phpBB3 boards).
My HTC Touch struggles a little while loading Engadget, but so does my netbook.
This is going to steal the non-flash browser market overnight.
I re-upped it to my server so you guys don't have to share your personal info:
http://ts.nuclearfallout.net/g/iris-browser-1.1.2.cab
You sir, are THE MAN!!!!!!
eh...i would say this browser has decent speed, and decent usability. but the most recent versions of opera mobile are superior to this in just about every aspect for me. text wraping, quick zooming and others. the overall interface for iris, just like the other previous versions, stinks. its completely non-finger friendly. considering that many of the future HTC devices (i think the BEST sellings windows mobile phones) are coming w/out 5 way D pads, that will make this browser even less usable for me. u can get away w/out being finger friendly by being able to use the dpad...but w/ this, you're def gonna need to bust out the stylus. and one thing i really would not like to do.
otherwise, panning around on pages is easy enough, as finger friendly as it gets. but i quickly deleted the beta when compared to op mob. i dunno if i'll even bother w/ the full version (last beta i had was released only a week ago, so i dunno how much would change in a week).
This browser already blows Opera away in speed and speed!
Opera, as it gets more powerful, also gets slow as can be. Iris loads and zooms more like the iphone.. Opera takes a good 3-5 secs to re-render when zooming in or out on my touch. Iris is like 1 sec
Some minor things
- typing in the address bar doesn't change "SPACE" to ".COM" on the keypad like IE and Opera do
- when entering username/pass for something like a forum, opera and ie are smart enough to change to ABC mode on the password field if the default setting is T9, and then changes back to T9 when leaving the password field.
Iris is on its way.. just need to get the little nuances down
maybe i got a bad DL from the site, but i tried to visit engadget via Iris and it was really slow and not even close to usable, the homepage search bar took many times to register when i hit "search" - Maybe it's because i'm using the HTC Touch but Opera mini and Mobile fly on this thing.
Iris is pretty but I would say this looks a lot more like an "alpha" than a final. Its very very slow and zoom and readability is not functional.
As far as usability i would say:
1.Opera Mini/Mobile
3.Iris
4.Skyfire
5.IE
Once opera gets flash support nothing is coming close -