Windows Mobile Internet Explorer 6 screenshots – Full HTML browsing on Windows Mobile 6.1
By Will Park on Monday, September 29th, 2008 at 7:52 PM PST In Applications, Developer, Photos, Windows Mobile
Now this is what we’re talking about. The mobile ecosystem is entrenched in a mobile browser war that would have all mobile phone users around the world surfing all those internets in full HTML glory, directly on their mobile phones. Regardless of computing power, data connection speed, or handset form-factor, the likes of Mozilla, Skyfire, and Opera are all vying for the premier application-spot on your handset.
So, where does that leave Windows Mobile’s built-in mobile web browser? Sort of in the dust. It’s sad, but true.
But, that’s all about to change once Microsoft goes live with the Windows Mobile Internet Explorer 6 that we’ve been expecting for months now. Back in the day, when the T-Mobile (NYSE: DT) G1 (HTC Dream G1) was just a glimmer of hope in our Android-loving eyes, Microsoft unveiled their plans for Windows Mobile at a press event in Las Vegas. Windows Mobile 6.1 was just coming online as an incremental update to the tried-and-true (read: aging) Windows Mobile 6.0 platform. Among the mobile platform improvements was the enhanced Mobile Internet Explorer that actually allowed for some zooming and panning around websites – making the Pocket Internet Explorer (PIE) more tolerable.
Microsoft Internet Explorer Mobile 6 in full HTML browsing mode
More exciting than Windows Mobile 6.1’s official release or the enhanced Internet Explorer Mobile was the promise from Microsoft that Windows Mobile 6.1 would soon see a complete overhaul of its mobile web browser. The problem with the current Internet Explorer Mobile is that the code underlying the browser is based on Internet Explorer 4 – back in the late 1990’s. A lot has changed since the days when Windows 95 was king of the hill, but Internet Explorer Mobile was still stuck in the previous decade.
The new Internet Explorer Mobile 6 was promised to us by the end of 2008, bringing with it full HTML browsing and even integrated Silverlight support. Alas, the year is slowly coming to a close and Microsoft seems to be readying their overhauled Internet Explorer Mobile 6 for prime time. A couple screenshots of the new mobile web explorer have popped up on the web and it’s looking good. Internet Explorer Mobile 6 uses the same codebase as the desktop version of IE, making for some seriously powerful browsing with full HTML rendering capabilities. There’s no indication of any tabbed browsing (from what we can see in the screenshots), which could give competitors (ahem, Opera) the upper-hand, but there’s no telling what Microsoft has planned for PIE6 by the time it hits commercial status.
Full HTML rendering, Silverlight support (maybe Flash, too?), and tabbed browsing would give Microsoft the browsing-punch to take on the likes of Opera, Mozilla, and Skyfire. Will it happen? Stay tuned.
[Via: the::unwired]
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- Microsoft Internet Explorer Mobile 6 in full HTML browsing mode
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- Microsot’s new Internet Explorer Mobile 6 in “Mobile” mode
Okay, listen up.
I’ve used IE6 on Windows CE for a couple of years. It’s fast and powerful.
And if MS does their usual, then anyone can write an app that includes IE6 as a component. That means anyone can write tabbed browser shells, etc, just as they did for PIE. Savvy?
LOL.
“The problem with the current Internet Explorer Mobile is that the code underlying the browser is based on Internet Explorer 4 – back in the late 1990’s.”
And the problem with IE6 is that it dates back to 2001! That was before Firefox, and when Opera 5 was the king of alternative browsers.
Yes, OPERA FIVE!
IE6 is so outdated it’s laughable.
IE 6? It is back in 2001. They are using a 7 year old browser to update their mobile browser with. Are you serious? Rediculous.
IE6 doesn’t even support 3/4 of CSS. How is going to support 3/4 of the websites coming out and being built in CSS. Again. Shows that Microsoft is behind the times when thinking and implementing their software and browsers. How can they convince people to switch to IE7 or IE8 on their desktops when their mobile browser is 2 generations behind.
Really?!!??!!
No you retard, its not frigin using IE 6, its the mobile version of IE, PIE 6, not IE… you people are idiots
We are talking about Internet Explorer Mobile, aka Windows Mobile Internet Explorer, aka Pocket Internet Explorer (PIE)
Guys, IE 6 Moble is in fact based on the wildly unpopular IE 6 rendering engine. You can read more about this as well as my opinion here: http://www.techurbia.com/2008/12/new-ie-mobile-based-on-ie-6-really-4.html