Skyfire VGA??

iviyth0s · #1 (**permalink**) 10-02-2009, 05:01 PM

Does anyone know if there will ever be a VGA Skyfire?? I love skyfire's speed and capabilities but it's hard to read text on it because it runs at QVGA resolution.

**wmdunn** · #2 (**permalink**) 10-02-2009, 06:15 PM

Good question, that has been asked over and over again. Hard to understand why the developers at Skyfire don't recognize all of us VGA users out here. I have been trying to use Skyfire regularly for almost two years ... and still get frustrated. In fairness, they have made some improvements, especially to the home page. That being said, Opera seems to be gaining on them ...

iviyth0s · #3 (**permalink**) 10-02-2009, 07:28 PM

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Originally Posted by wmdunn

Good question, that has been asked over and over again. Hard to understand why the developers at Skyfire don't recognize all of us VGA users out here. I have been trying to use Skyfire regularly for almost two years ... and still get frustrated. In fairness, they have made some improvements, especially to the home page. That being said, Opera seems to be gaining on them ...

Yeah I mean my primary browser is Iris right now, and other than the tab feature. I think I'd choose Skyfire over it in a heartbeat if it were VGA. Iris isn't exactly the speed king. I use Opera Mini for select websites where the mobile site is just as good.

**santod** · #4 (**permalink**) 10-03-2009, 04:04 PM

As stated by the Skyfire Community Manager,

"No, there isn't a fix at this time. Better support for these higher resolution screens is on the roadmap."

iviyth0s · #5 (**permalink**) 10-03-2009, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by santod

As stated by the Skyfire Community Manager,

"No, there isn't a fix at this time. Better support for these higher resolution screens is on the roadmap."

Sweet

, I look forward to that down the road then

**jbearamus** · #6 (**permalink**) 10-03-2009, 10:50 PM

been VGA for a while...
http://pocketnow.com/tech-news/skyfi...th-vga-devices

**horndoctor** · #7 (**permalink**) 10-03-2009, 10:58 PM

I thought it was auto-scaling .

**santod** · #8 (**permalink**) 10-03-2009, 11:06 PM

It does auto scale and will work on VGA and WVGA screens. However, the QVGA image is essentially double-pixeled to fit VGA resolutions(WVGA as well). So, not truly, our devices resolution. Which is why text is not as sharp as in other browsers that natively support higher resolutions.

It works great, don't get me wrong. I have been a long-time Skyfire Alpha and Beta tester and think it's great. I just know it will be even better with true support for higher resolutions. Very much looking forward to it!

I am just mentioning that they are working on true support for our newer toys.

**jbearamus** · #9 (**permalink**) 10-04-2009, 12:14 AM

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Originally Posted by santod

It does auto scale and will work on VGA and WVGA screens. However, the QVGA image is essentially double-pixeled to fit VGA resolutions(WVGA as well). So, not truly, our devices resolution. Which is why text is not as sharp as in other browsers that natively support higher resolutions.

It works great, don't get me wrong. I have been a long-time Skyfire Alpha and Beta tester and think it's great. I just know it will be even better with true support for higher resolutions. Very much looking forward to it!

I am just mentioning that they are working on true support for our newer toys.

oh, good point but i never noticed i thought it looked good anyway, but then again it has been a while since i had my TP

**bradart** · #10 (**permalink**) 10-04-2009, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by jbearamus

been VGA for a while...
http://pocketnow.com/tech-news/skyfi...th-vga-devices

YAR! When did this happen?! Stoooooooked

Edit: Yeah...the things outline it that article don't......happen.