Comments on: What Does the Future Hold For Browsers? http://pro.gigaom.com/2009/11/what-does-the-future-hold-for-browsers/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:08:00 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: James Kendrick http://pro.gigaom.com/2009/11/what-does-the-future-hold-for-browsers/comment-page-1/#comment-596 James Kendrick Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:59:55 +0000 http://pro.gigaom.com/?p=17892#comment-596 The mobile browser scene can be summed up in two technologies: Webkit, the engine that powers the iPhone, Android and Palm's webOS; and Opera. Opera Mobile is as sophisticated as Webkit, if not quite as finger friendly in operation. The mobile consumer has made it clear, they want a mobile web experience that rivals that of the desktop. Next year when Adobe gets Flash 10.1 in full release is going to be pivotal in the mobile browser scene. The mobile browser scene can be summed up in two technologies: Webkit, the engine that powers the iPhone, Android and Palm’s webOS; and Opera. Opera Mobile is as sophisticated as Webkit, if not quite as finger friendly in operation.

The mobile consumer has made it clear, they want a mobile web experience that rivals that of the desktop. Next year when Adobe gets Flash 10.1 in full release is going to be pivotal in the mobile browser scene.

]]> By: Simon Mackie http://pro.gigaom.com/2009/11/what-does-the-future-hold-for-browsers/comment-page-1/#comment-595 Simon Mackie Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:16:54 +0000 http://pro.gigaom.com/?p=17892#comment-595 agreed, the rate of change in mobile browsing has been phenomenal. Now I have an iphone, it's hard to remember just how bad the browsers were on my previous phones. the next thing we need is faster data transmission. 3G is just too slow (and spotty) to be truly productive on the go, and isn't fast enough to enable some of the really cool functionality that I can imagine. agreed, the rate of change in mobile browsing has been phenomenal. Now I have an iphone, it’s hard to remember just how bad the browsers were on my previous phones.

the next thing we need is faster data transmission. 3G is just too slow (and spotty) to be truly productive on the go, and isn’t fast enough to enable some of the really cool functionality that I can imagine.

]]> By: Michael Wolf http://pro.gigaom.com/2009/11/what-does-the-future-hold-for-browsers/comment-page-1/#comment-593 Michael Wolf Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:23:01 +0000 http://pro.gigaom.com/?p=17892#comment-593 It's been interesting to me to watch how the mobile browser market has changed so much in the last two years. Two years ago the VAST majority of browsers were low-end WAP/Openwave type browsers, and even those on smartphones like Blackberries were atrocious. Fast-forward to today and the iPhone has pushed mobile browsing light years ahead in terms of industry expectations and what the consumer expects. Even feature-phone users have been benefitted using server-assisted browsers like Opera Mini which give a reasonable performance on devices that don't have the on-board processing for decent rendering of web content. What I think is most interesting going forward is the potential for things like 3D and augmented reality based browsing on mobile. It will be very cool to see how these technologies evolve in the next two to four years. It’s been interesting to me to watch how the mobile browser market has changed so much in the last two years.

Two years ago the VAST majority of browsers were low-end WAP/Openwave type browsers, and even those on smartphones like Blackberries were atrocious. Fast-forward to today and the iPhone has pushed mobile browsing light years ahead in terms of industry expectations and what the consumer expects. Even feature-phone users have been benefitted using server-assisted browsers like Opera Mini which give a reasonable performance on devices that don’t have the on-board processing for decent rendering of web content.

What I think is most interesting going forward is the potential for things like 3D and augmented reality based browsing on mobile. It will be very cool to see how these technologies evolve in the next two to four years.

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