Seriously. This is quite funny. Just like Michal from my-symbian said recently, these last months, when UIQ has a platform was sentenced to death, coincided with an huge increase in terms of sofware releases (compare with last year).
It turns out another browser based on webkit has been released for UIQ3, although on alpha state. Here are its main features:
Touch screen control
Zooming and panning by finger
Multiple windows
Pop-up blocking
Auto-comple URL editing
Desktop/mobile mode switch
Netscape scriptable plugin
HTML5 client-side database support
And more: high performance disk caching, fast image decoding, favorite icons, bookmark management and advanced HTML, CSS and JavaScript (SquirrelFish) support.
More details about [mobile] Ozone Ozone here. I can´t ask you guys enough to provide feedback to the devs, don´t forget their are a huge part of what is keeping the platform alive!
note: have you guys noticed its acide test score (see the screenshot)…w00t!
24 Comments Received
November 20th, 2008 @11:27 pm
Just tried it out.
And I must say I really like it!
Maybe even more then Opera 4.6
November 20th, 2008 @11:48 pm
just tried it! this thing is a miracle!
the best browser out there for SURE!
November 21st, 2008 @12:12 am
This is good news. I am glad to see that some developers still see UIQ as a potential platform. Just a shame SE did not think so. Lets hope more developers come out with software for UIQ!
November 21st, 2008 @12:13 am
Yeah…my opinion too…its pretty cool…in alpha state, its better than @web and opera 8.65, and rivals opera 9.5 and opera mini
November 21st, 2008 @12:23 am
This truly has to be the best browser available. Its fast, works well. What they need to add is zooming and if they can wangle support for plugins as well as adding tab support, this will be the ultimate UIQ browser!
November 21st, 2008 @12:34 am
Excellent! After first start and KERN-@#$ error(probably to free up some memory,P990i
)work very fast and very smooth.For me is better and faster than Web or Opera (on first look - simple surfing,am not tested advanced function)
November 21st, 2008 @12:59 am
Emmanuel, it has zooming
November 21st, 2008 @1:18 am
Hi ares,
Just had to get my head round some of the numerous features on this browser. I have discovered the zooming feature. I actually do like Visual Pages features, pretty handy to use if you want to go back to a particular page without having to press the back button several times.
All i can is that this really trumps Opera and @Web by a good mile. I am even able to open my website properly without the lag/crashes from Opera and @Web.
Back to doing some more playing now
November 21st, 2008 @4:43 am
If this is the alpha version, I cannot wait to see the beta and the official release version of Ozone!
That it works so smoothly on my M600i is a treat!
November 21st, 2008 @5:42 am
This is Alpha?
I’m so gona dig the Beta version of this browser!
November 21st, 2008 @8:04 am
Memory usage is quite stable,around 10-11Mb for average page(Esato first,My-symbian first etc…) with pictures, in desktop mode.Zoom and Visual Pages has no influence on memory.
November 21st, 2008 @9:20 am
Just like everyone else who commented to this post, I’m amazed at the functionality of this browser, I can’t believe that this is only in alpha state, it works perfectly, smooth and is really fast, I didn’t know that my P1 could feel so iphony…
Really, give this a try, it is a great software. Once they add more functionality it will tramp all the others, I’m sure.
Great post, thanks.
November 21st, 2008 @10:58 am
All I can say is WOW! The best UIQ program I’ve seen!
November 21st, 2008 @12:21 pm
Wow. Just wow. After UIQ is killed, ozone releases this .sis gem. There are still some features missing (saved pages, keyboard shortcuts, full screen, etc.) , but the speed and the interface design is simply the best. It has incremental find on page (does even safari on iphone have that?)! I love the visual pages. Did I say it was fast? I cannot wait for the future versions.
PS. I use a p1i btw.
November 21st, 2008 @1:37 pm
Awesome!! Amazing!! Ares is best!! Thanks for the heads up!!
November 21st, 2008 @2:22 pm
First impressions : It easily trumps @web and Opera 9.5. its just so much more friendly and easy to use. Its also a lot faster than both of its counterparts. I for one definetely have my eyes set on the beta
November 21st, 2008 @7:36 pm
Wow! so many impressive comments. Some say, it is even better than opera 9.5! I ill try it now!. Btw, is thr any download manager in this?
November 22nd, 2008 @2:32 am
Hi
…what the phone behind the application ? A P5?
Damn !
Gerhard
November 24th, 2008 @4:13 pm
Who is the developer behind this software?
“o3″, but who is that and from where?
Please advise.
November 24th, 2008 @6:24 pm
DG, you can write to their support email
November 24th, 2008 @9:52 pm
holy moses - this is such a treat. i got myself a flatrate plan and haven’t looked back since. much faster than opera 9.5 and provides a fuller experience than opera mini. netvibes mobile is such a pleasure to use with this one. i’m using ozone just right now!
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