Windows Mobile web browser
Iris Browser
is a discontinued
web browser
for
Windows Mobile
smartphones
[1]
and
personal digital assistants
(PDAs) developed by the Torch Mobile company. The first version was released in 2008.
[2]
It was one of the first mobile browsers to score a perfect 100 on the
Acid3
test.
[3]
RIM
acquired Torch Mobile in 2009 and discontinued Iris.
[4]
Features
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Iris is based on the
WebKit
rendering engine
[5]
with the
SquirrelFish Extreme
JavaScript engine,
Netscape
plug-in
API
, and
JavaScript
/
ECMAScript
1.5.
It has
HTML
and
CSS
support and supports
SVG
,
XPath
, and
XSLT
.
It supports a customizable interface and
touch screen
control, pop-up blockers, and
XHTML
1.x mobile profile support.
It has advanced security features, advanced mobile key navigation,
HTTP
cache optimized for low disk usage, History Auto-Complete, and
SSL
and authenticated proxy support.
It also features bookmarks, which can be customized by the
carrier
, tabs, and customizable about pages.
[2]
Performance
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According to independent testing, Iris 1.1.5 loads pages more slowly than its closest competitor,
Opera Mobile
.
[6]
The
UI
was greatly enhanced all the way up until 1.1.9 which was released on July 6, 2009.
According to testing done by Torch Mobile, Iris 1.1.2 outperformed
Access NetFront
3.5 and
Opera Mobile
9.5 in the
SunSpider
JavaScript benchmark.
References
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Fitzpatrick, Jason (2008-12-08).
"Iris Brings Desktop Browsing To Windows Mobile"
. Lifehacker. Archived from
the original
on 2008-08-14
. Retrieved
October 1,
2014
.
- ^
a
b
"Torch Mobile Launches Free Web Browser for Windows Mobile"
. Brighthand. 2008-02-15.
Archived
from the original on 2017-09-11
. Retrieved
October 1,
2014
.
- ^
Perez, Sarah (2009-02-24).
"Iris: A New Browser for Windows Mobile Emerges from Beta"
. Channel19.
Archived
from the original on 2014-10-06
. Retrieved
October 1,
2014
.
- ^
Nickinson, Phil (2009-08-25).
"RIM purchases Torch Mobile; Iris Browser for Windows Mobile will be discontinued"
. wpcentral.com.
Archived
from the original on 2014-10-07
. Retrieved
October 1,
2014
.
- ^
Loganbill, Scott (2008-08-13).
"Torch Fires up Webkit-Powered Windows Mobile Browser"
. Webmonkey.
Archived
from the original on 2016-03-03
. Retrieved
October 1,
2014
.
- ^
Niall, Magennis (2009-03-30).
"Torch Mobile Iris Browser 1.1.5 IRIS"
.
TrustedReviews
.
Archived
from the original on 2009-04-08
. Retrieved
April 30,
2009
.
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