Saturday, March 28, 2009
IE6 on Windows Mobile 6.5: A Hybrid
Posted by Pete Paxton in "Smartphone News" @ 10:00 AM
"But wait! There's more! We caught a couple of nice tidbits from the excellent MIX09 Windows Mobile presentation video featuring Loke Uei Tan (who is currently taking one for the team. Go Lokeuei!). Namely, IE6 on 6.5 is more of a "hybrid" than it is a straight mobile implementation of IE6. First up: it actually supports PNG alpha channel - transparent graphical elements ftw! The other change is that it's using the javascript engine from Internet Explorer 8 - which should add some compatibility and performance to the entire thing."
Well, it looks like IE on Windows Mobile 6.5 is advancing. Rendering graphics and Flash based stuff is a good thing. I just wonder how well any of these implementations will actually work. It's one thing to say an app has the capability of doing something but a completely different thing if it can actually do it well. Still, I think mobile devices are heading in the right direction. What do you all think?
