Iris Browser (Safari) For Windows Mobile

smilepak · #1 (**permalink**) 02-21-2009, 07:10 PM

FYI...

Iris Browser, based upon Safari's Engine (WebKit), is out of beta and is in official release.

http://www.torchmobile.com/download/

http://www.torchmobile.com/blog/?p=19

**MoonZ*BabysH** · #2 (**permalink**) 02-21-2009, 07:20 PM

posted already but good looking out.

Konfuzion · #3 (**permalink**) 02-21-2009, 07:21 PM

Is it any good?

**w7excursion** · #4 (**permalink**) 02-21-2009, 07:25 PM

Its okay but opera is still better and faster IMO.

**Riley** · #5 (**permalink**) 02-21-2009, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Konfuzion

Is it any good?

it's much better than previous releases but to me it still misses the mark. rendering is good but on some sites its just never stops and it still occasionally crashes. it has flash support but much the same as opera, not reliable. the new opera is better version 15613.

**MoonZ*BabysH** · #6 (**permalink**) 02-21-2009, 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by rileyd5

it's much better than previous releases but to me it still misses the mark. rendering is good but on some sites its just never stops and it still occasionally crashes. it has flash support but much the same as opera, not reliable. the new opera is better version 15613.

just finished toying around with it and i have to agree, Opera for me has set a pretty high standard for what i need in a browser , but Iris browser does look more promising than that Fennec (firefox). IMHO , hope they all step it up to Operas level.

we need to call the exterminator cuz this still has bugs lmao. ima dork i know this!

Konfuzion · #7 (**permalink**) 02-21-2009, 07:35 PM

If Opera is better then I will stick to skyfire.

**Riley** · #8 (**permalink**) 02-21-2009, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Konfuzion

If Opera is better then I will stick to skyfire.

yep

it's interesting but not refined enough to match opera's new releases.

**Riley** · #9 (**permalink**) 02-21-2009, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by moonzbabysh

just finished toying around with it and i have to agree, Opera for me has set a pretty high standard for what i need in a browser , but Iris browser does look more promising than that Fennec (firefox). IMHO , hope they all step it up to Operas level.

we need to call the exterminator cuz this still has bugs lmao. ima dork i know this!

funny! well something tells me fennec is going to releases something special when they go full beta.

Soaa- · #10 (**permalink**) 02-21-2009, 11:12 PM

Firefox's Gecko is already heavy as heck on desktop. I wonder how it'll fare on a phone running Fennec?

Oh, and calling Iris Browser "Safari" is inaccurate. Even though they share the same rendering engine, that's where the resemblance ends. Iris could take a lot of optimizing, as it seems to take forever to download a page. Rendering is rather quick though. I hope they will further improve the browser; I smell great potential here.