NetFront v3.5 “Concept Version” Available for Download

Another great new WM Browser - Netfront 3.5

[COLOR="Navy">That's 2/11/08 for the US people, :D

Sometimes I get confused looking at UK form dates, LOL![/COLOR]

NetFront might be the most over-rated app in the entire WM universe. I found previous (equally hyped) versions to be slow, unstable, bloated, and generally a very poor overall experience after about a week of using it. Let's hope 3.5 adds something of value.

I've been trying it out for a few hours now. While the scrolling is certainly smooth, and the pages well presented, and the on-screen mini-map useful, and zooming in and out very easy, it lacks polish in a way which would prevent it from being a serious safari competitor.

Some of the problems are inherent in the WM platform - most devices have small screens with low resolutions, so as zoomed-out page has very poor legibility in any case. However Netfront could have made is much easier to zoom in to intermediate levels of zoom, such as 75%, 25% etc, instead of hiding these options in a sub-menu.

Secondly the full page zoom should be the default on page loading, to reduce the disorientation of not knowing where you are on the page when it loads. Zooming out is pretty easy, (just a double tap on the screen), but its seems needed on every page load.

Lastly, the back button should not be hidden under a sub menu. This is one thing PIE has got right.

Also, javascript, while improved, is still not as good as it could be.

So, in short, a flawed diamond, but with a bit more polishing it could shine.

Surur

I agree with Surur's take. I'll add that another problem is that they need to either cut down the 3 or 4 different view types to just two or better explain what they are.