Browsers: PIE by defaultSPP 2.5SPP 3.0MultiIE 3.10-d0059PIEPlus 1.3b2ftxPBrowser 0.1eNetFront 3.2ThunderHawk 2.1Minimo 007
Application typestandalonePIE plug-inPIE plug-inPIE plug-inPIE plug-inStandaloneStandaloneStandaloneStandalone
Screen estate utilization: Full screen mode?-+, small icon to switch back+, small icon to switch back+, small icon to switch back+, small icon to switch back+ (thin) tabs & an arrow at the top to switch back+; tap-and-hold to switch back+ (default)-
Scrollbar (may be) hidden in full screen mode?N/A-, only the command bar may be configured to be hidden-, same as with 2.5+; everything is configurable+; everything is configurable--, not even in screen drag mode-N/A
Dynamic landscape switching compliance?+samesameSamesame+ +Default, no Portrait mode+
Memory occupation & benchmarks: Overall storage mem. occ.; ROM/RAM (the latter after possible hacking!)In ROM?/~0k600k/~0k497k/~0k226k/~0k77k/0k8.7M/~0k993k/~0k12M/0k; stores cookies in main memory (\Windows\ Mozilla)
PIE plug-ins: persistence in memory? Where started from?N/A+; HKLM\ Services+; HKLM\ Services+; \Windows \Startup -> MultiIE.exe+ \Windows \Startup -> PIEPlus.exeN/A (standalone)N/A (standalone)N/A (standalone)N/A (standalone)
PIE plug-ins: dynamic program memory occupation?N/A?~340k (52.21 / 51.87); (safemode: +70k, Battery bar+close button: +150k; today plug-in: +1.34M)~270k (24.57 / 24.30)~190k (45.73 / 45.54)N/A (standalone)N/A (standalone)N/A (standalone)N/A (standalone)
Overall runtime program mem. occ. after start; measured on VGA~0.9...1.1M ( 48.38 / 47.30; test2: 43.90/ 43.03 )?~1.3M (44.82 /43.55)~2M?~1M (47.31 / 46.41)~4M ( 47.13/ 43.30 )~1.3M (44.95 /43.67 )~10M ( 47.36/ 37.55 ; test2: 46.03/36.27)
PPCMag demo HTML page (600kbytes + images) load time & memory consumption of the in-memory HTML representation0:32 (One Column)/ 0:37 (Default); ~9M (45.02 / 36.15)samesamesamesamesame0:50 (default; nothing shown until 0:49); in Rapid-Render mode, it's much better; ~4M ( 31.74 / 27.61 )0:14; ~0.3M ( 33.78 / 33.44 )0:47; ~6M ( 37.49/31.39 )
Memory / tab; WM2003N/A?~0.44MAround 0.7-1.2 Mbyte (25.48/ 24.73/ 23.64/ 22.92 / 22.19 --- --- ~0.4M ( 24.3/ 23.89/ 23.48 / 23.06) ~0.02M ( 24.13/ 24.11 / 24.10 / 24.07)~0.12M ( 22.11/21.99 / 21.86)N/A (one window only)Didn't check; it was very slow on the test 2210
Memory / tab; WM2003SE VGAN/A0.46M~0.44M ( --- 44.13/ 43.68/ 43.23/ 42.77 )Around 1.1-1.5 M (with higher peaks sometimes): --- Test 1: 24.81/26.96 /28.07/29.30 --- --- Test 2: 41.71/ 40.68 /39.66/38.55 --- --- Test 3: 41.83/ 40.18/ 39.04/ 37.86~0.5M ( 44.06/43.58/ 43.09/42.57 )Forced VGA: ~0.02M; 41.00/ 40.96/ 40.95~0.5M ( 37.55/37.04/ 36.54/ 36.02 )N/A (one window only)Some 10 kbytes at most ( 31.39/31.25/ 31.20/31.20)
Context switch between the two PPCMag 600k test pagesN/A (no One Column view)-01:5...01:9s01:5...03:0s01:5...01:9s~00:7...01:0 s <00:5sN/A (one window only)~3s
Browsers: PIE by defaultSPP 2.5SPP 3.0MultiIE 3.10-d0059PIEPlus 1.3b2ftxPBrowser 0.1eNetFront 3.2ThunderHawk 2.1Minimo 007
Network connection: Proxy support?System-levelsamesamesamesamesameLocal; also able to use the system-level setting--
Proxy-based anonymity?+samesamesamesamesame++ (its server is anonymous)- (no proxy support)
Does use the PPC2k2+ Connections framework to diff. between The Internet/Work connections?+SameSameSameSamesame---
Security: HTTPS/SSL?+samesamesamesamesame++No SSL support as yet
Bandwidth reduction: GZIP/Compress support? Does it really work?+samesamesamesamesame+(no proxy support)+
Toonel-compatibility?+samesamesamesamesame+(no proxy support)(no proxy support)
Globlity GHO client-compatibility?+samesamesamesamesame+ (haven't tested this in practice though)--
OnSpeed-compatibility?+samesamesamesame+- (AFAIK)--
Saving; cache, download: Page save?-+++; full--- --
Save link directly to file, w/o opening?-----+--Tries to save binary contents to \Temp but fails
Co-working with VITO MobileDownloader?+++++-N/AN/AN/A
Cache?+sameSameSameSameSame+, easily browsable + built-in offline mode; downside: HTTP headers in cached files--
Cache relocatable?+sameSameSameSameSame+ (starting with version 3.2)N/A (no cache)N/A (no cache)
Explicit cache navigation?------+ N/A (no cache)N/A (no cache)
Browsers: PIE by defaultSPP 2.5SPP 3.0MultiIE 3.10-d0059PIEPlus 1.3b2ftxPBrowser 0.1eNetFront 3.2ThunderHawk 2.1Minimo 007
Images: Save Image As-++++++--
View Image Text---++----
Set as wallpaper---+ (not very good)-----
Tabs; opening new pages: Open in background without the need for switching back manually? Feedback on loaded pages?N/A (no tabs)-+; no feedback on loading+; beeps and may bring into foreground-; can't be made to load pages in background, but it can switch to them/can beep when loaded--N/A (no multitabs)-
Settable tab height? Can tabs be hidden?Not applicableN/A: no tabsN/A: no tabs+; yes-; yes. Tabs are buggy, see comments-; no, not even in full screen-; no, not even in full screenN/A- (can be collapsed to be thinner)
Copy/paste support : Copy link address-+++++- (!)--
Text select/copy to clipboard?+++++++ - (!)-; doesn't have any kind of copy/paste support!
Form autocomplete?------+ -; 10 shortcut strings predefinable though-
Buttons, D-pad/Jog Dial navigation: HW buttons assignable?---+ assignable to both PIE and MultiIE functions+ assignable to both PIE and PIEPlus functions+ assignable to both PIE and ftxPBrowser functions---; other HW buttons are all unmapped during the session and are useless
Scrolling - D-padPagePagePagePage / links / linesPage / linkPagePage/ link jump / link, line scroll; scroll % can be setPageLine (if it works at all)
D-pad configuration capabilities?---Page / links / linesPage / link-Page/ link jump / link, line scroll; scroll % can be set--
Scrolling - jog dialDefault ( Links )Default ( Links )Default (Links)Default / line + links (same setting as with D-Pad)Default / line (can be set separately)Default ( Links )Same as with D-padDoesn't use jog dial at allLine (if it works at all)
Page scrolling on QVGA devices - problem-free?+++++++++
Page scrolling on VGA devices - problem- free?++++- with tabs visible, + otherwise++ (in forced/VGA mode)N/A (same as QVGA)N/A (same as QVGA)
Browsers: PIE by defaultSPP 2.5SPP 3.0MultiIE 3.10-d0059PIEPlus 1.3b2ftxPBrowser 0.1eNetFront 3.2ThunderHawk 2.1Minimo 007
User-Agent customizable? : Built-in browser identification change---+; buggy!+; doesn't reset; however, it doesn't delete prev. PP values-+; change will be seen at once+; thee pre-defined settings; change will be seen at once-
On-the-fly external browser identification change visible without PIE restart in tabs opened after change?N/A (No tabs)++++-N/AN/AN/A
JavaScript, scripting , Java: JavaScript2samesamesamesamesame345
redhotpawn.com test?-samesamesamesamesame-+ (pretty slow at screen refresh)+ (100%)
Google maps? -samesamesamesamesame--+
Java qualityNo native support (third party JVM's only)samesamesamesamesameMostly toy appletsMostly business appletsNo Java support
Cookie handling: Cookies browsable/editable?+samesamesamesamesameNot any more (in pre-3.2, NF3.cok was human-readable)(Cross-session ones need to be explicitly enabled): + (the SessionCookies subdir has the verbatim Set-Cookie header sent back by the HTTP server)+
Inter-session persistence test+samesamesamesamesame+- buggy+
DST taken into account in cookie handling?+samesamesamesamesame- (!)++
Misc.: In-page text search------+--
URL editor/ shortcuts?---+-----
Screen drag?---++; configurable speed-+ (Tools/Scroll Mode)--
Access to standard favorites?+samesamesamesame+ (adds new favorites in the Extra menu, not straight in Favorites!)+ +- (!)
8859-2 test+sameSameSameSameSame+- (!)-; accents thrown after the character
Built-in one-column view on WM2003 devices; its BH quality?N/A (no One Column view)---Pocket View; inserts spaces in long words; otherwise OK Fit to page; OKJust-fit rendering: tolerable; Smart-fit: OKNo need at the default settingsNo view modes at all: desktop only
View source?-+, Notes only+, Notes only+; editor configurable+, Notes only+, in itself-, only in cache--
IFRAME support (for example, Yahoo AutoComplete)?-samesamesamesamesame+++
Browsers: PIE by defaultSPP 2.5SPP 3.0MultiIE 3.10-d0059PIEPlus 1.3b2ftxPBrowser 0.1eNetFront 3.2ThunderHawk 2.1Minimo 007
Platform compliance?: WM2003/ WM2003SE -compliance?N/A (built-in)++++; tabs may need to be hidden to avoid scrolling problemsThe PIE One Column view mode is lost in WM2003SE!+++
VGA? If not VGA-enabled by default, is it 100% usable in forced/native VGA?+ by defaultsamesamesamesameMust be forced; in forced mode, menus become pretty ugly (but still usable if you know the menu options). Native VGA mode: OKQVGA by def.; must be forced/used in native VGA mode. In forced VGA mode, dialog fonts are way too big unless you delete NF32ResVGA.dll in the home. Also has problems with text input fonts. Better than 3.1 though. Native VGA mode: OKQVGA contentsForced / native VGA mode don't work (browser rendered in the top left quarter of the screen)
PPC2k2-compliance?N/A (built-in)?- (?)+++ (has a separate PPC2k2 version)- (3.0 is the latest PPC2(k2)-comp. version)+ ?
PPC2k-compliance?N/A (built-in)--+- (only ARM)-- (see above)+ -