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27-11-2008 11:39 AM
MikeRowehl
Audio problems in the UK - fixed

We made some updates that should mostly deal with the audio issues that folks were seeing in the UK. Problem entirely on our end, sorry about that. - Mike Rowehl (Skyfire)
25-11-2008 08:42 AM
rottie I'm well impressed - I can finally access my google calendars in the same way as on PC.
Well Done!
24-11-2008 04:40 PM
Unregistered
Video audio problems

Those with problems with sound when watching videos. I have n95 8ig and removed the PIPS STDIO Server, cleared cache and turned off and back on problem solved.
24-11-2008 09:46 AM
malerocks Not a bad browser. Works in India too

I am just facing one issue... everytime I key in a URL, it takes me to a search page and shows me the search results, instead of directly taking me to the website. Am I doing something wrong?
23-11-2008 09:34 AM
Ratkat I think it works rather well, in the Uk it will even play the BBC iplayer, frame rate is not brilliant but still watchable.
Sure it is not as quick as rendering pages as Opera but it renderers faster then the s60 browser.
It only gets better with each new beta.
A great companion browser to both S60 and Opera
23-11-2008 08:26 AM
argh Thanks for the info, Unregistered I hadn't thought of that, but I imagine that you are correct. I hope that it's profitable for them - it's a great app, especially for free and keeps my data usage at a more reasonable level too.

With the extra CPU/bandwidth required for the Flash processing, I don't know if Skyfire will be able to offer the same free service, though.

Thanks also Tzer2 - I have never followed S40, so don't really know what goes on in that space.
22-11-2008 08:48 PM
Unregistered argh, opera makes it money in the same way as the desktop opera browser and firefox. Google pays them for search and all the websites that are pre configured on the phone pay them too. It must be profitable as they have been doing it for a long time now.
22-11-2008 08:35 PM
Ammar_Dento
Java Script

Can a browser update the java script?
abilities of the device to make the sites look like a PC Desktop in E90 is first :the site thought its just any S60 with 240x320 screen and becauz the java script is limited "Facebook sux in E90".
22-11-2008 07:54 PM
Tzer2 Argh, that's a good point, it's easy to have a popular product if you give it away but much harder to make money from it.

Opera is possibly looking for money from manufacturing licences? For example most of Nokia's new S40 phones have Opera Mini pre-installed, it could be that Nokia pays Opera a royalty for each phone.
22-11-2008 06:46 PM
argh While browsing isn't as smooth as Opera, the abillity to play videos from pretty much any website (not just YouTube) at a reasonable rate is very impressive.

I'll certainly keep it for that functionality alone. Any idea if they plan to charge for it in the future? How do Opera keep OperaMini free, with the backend processing and bandwidth that it must need?
22-11-2008 06:23 PM
srw985 Certificate error on Samsung i8510
22-11-2008 06:13 PM
PaulyLaw Update from earlier post, Skyfire has twice frozen on my N96 requiring battery removal to reboot. Now safely removed. I'll deffo stick with Opera :-)
22-11-2008 05:39 PM
JOHNNYGLYNN after a brief few minutes browsing the bbc website, i was pleased with the speed of rendering the full page but when i wanted to read an article the zoom still left it too small to read comfortably. The only option i found was to zoom out. ?
Navigating the site also felt a bit clunky (well known technical term)
Roll on the next beta.
22-11-2008 05:12 PM
ceanth This installs on my E90 BUT i dont see any SkyFire icon in the applications folder
22-11-2008 04:49 PM
Berty Nice concept. Wish it was 10 times faster. A few more editions should have it sorted. I'll stick with the new Opera for now. Which is where I'm posting now.
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