Mar 31, 04:07
Deepfish, desktop to mobile again
Microsoft’s Live labs announced their new Mobile web browser for Windows Mobile enabled Smartphones and Pocket PCs, named Deepfish. While this comes after iPhone’s webkit integration in the upcoming iPhone, MS has taken another step in competing with iPhone with this step supporting their upcoming ZenZui.
Deepfish bring the desktop experience to the Mobile, exactly how Steve Jobs demonstrated the integration of the Webkit on iPhone, nothin’ more, nothin’ less. Which I’m completely against. Why?
- Why do we need the same exact layout that works on desktop high resolutions on mobile? We ain’t got space! Nor should we be downloading all those big images nor we gotta’ wait for a server-side application to do the optimization and then bring us a version that we can zoom in and out, why not just have optimized websites?
- These steps by Apple and MS will slow down the development of the Mobile Web standards, allowing for the current websites to work while they are expensive to browse and use.
- Bringing desktop experience to Mobiles is just like bringing luxurious BMW’s interiors inside a Formula 1 racing car, you ain’t got enough space to control the vehicle nor have enough time to enjoy it or better yet use it!
- All zoom and all the bells and whistles while you have keypads and need to click a number of shortcuts and menu items, why the hassle? Just gimme’ the damn information and what I need, not the desktop feel while on the move!
- While having the pages in interactive manner is nice, I believe Mobile Web is more about getting info when you need it, the entertaining/impressing bits are cosmetics if you will!
Why these browsers will succeed?
The amount of Mobile-Optimized websites are way too narrow, although it’s looking up, these browsers will make a huge space for fighting for the real Mobile Web development and guiding developers and site owners. The quick answer would be, well, Deepfish and iPhone’s browser support our websites, so?
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