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Windows Phone 7 in the browser

18 points by ot 15y ago

rbanffy 15y ago
Caution. Tried it on a Nook Color and got stuck, without access to browser controls. Didn't work (error message) on iOS 3 and got a blank screen on WebOS. Also seems to favor 320x480 screens (used the top-left of the screen only, both on the Nook and on the iPad). YMMV
- ot 15y ago
  Thanks, I tried it on Chrome and on an iPhone 4S, and it is strikingly faithful to the WP7 interface. I wonder how much work it took to reimplement so many UI controls in HTML5+Javascript. It is really well done. EDIT: The meta description says "Demo Windows Phone right from your iPhone or Android device – no app required"
  - wildbunny 15y ago
    Font rendering was pretty horrible in chrome
    - ot 15y ago
      Font rendering is very nice for me (Chrome 15, OSX Lion). What are you using?
sathyabhat 15y ago
Doesn't work under Firefox 8.0 though. Says browser's unsupported.
- jeroen 15y ago
  Doesn't work under Firefox 7, Safari 5.1 or IE8 either.
- ot 15y ago
  I think it's meant for mobile users (the domain is m.microsoft.com). Probably it is optimized for iOS and Android.
- rplnt 15y ago
  Wait until Firefox hits the version 10.0[1]. The article has a good point too. Chrome got it right with version numbering that doesn't appear important. [1] http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/opera-ua-string-changes/ http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/opera-ua-string-changes/
- nimnim 15y ago
  It works in Safari if you set the User Agent to iOS (in the developer menu)
- luastoned 15y ago
  It works fine for me with FF 8.0
dchest 15y ago
Why is that desktop browsers don't support tap events with mouse, while mobile browsers simulate "onclick"?
tommyd 15y ago
Heh, reminds me of the old Windows 95 demo disks that used to be given out with magazines which gave a pretty convincing, interactive demo of Win95. Neat, works incredibly well!
hexagonc 15y ago
As long as you follow the prompts, the demo works reasonably well on HTC EVO 4G with Dolphin browser. In fact, it looks like a native (Windows Phone) app if you don't show the menu. Make sure you set user agent to "Android" and don't venture too far off the beaten path. Otherwise, the screen can become unresponsive although I've never had to force close the browser. Speaks well for the possibilities of HTML 5 and Windows Phone 7.

18 points by ot 15y ago

Caution. Tried it on a Nook Color and got stuck, without access to browser controls. Didn't work (error message) on iOS 3 and got a blank screen on WebOS. Also seems to favor 320x480 screens (used the top-left of the screen only, both on the Nook and on the iPad). YMMV

ot 15y ago
Thanks, I tried it on Chrome and on an iPhone 4S, and it is strikingly faithful to the WP7 interface. I wonder how much work it took to reimplement so many UI controls in HTML5+Javascript. It is really well done. EDIT: The meta description says "Demo Windows Phone right from your iPhone or Android device – no app required"
- wildbunny 15y ago
  Font rendering was pretty horrible in chrome
  - ot 15y ago
    Font rendering is very nice for me (Chrome 15, OSX Lion). What are you using?

sathyabhat 15y ago

Doesn't work under Firefox 8.0 though. Says browser's unsupported.

jeroen 15y ago
Doesn't work under Firefox 7, Safari 5.1 or IE8 either.
ot 15y ago
I think it's meant for mobile users (the domain is m.microsoft.com). Probably it is optimized for iOS and Android.
rplnt 15y ago
Wait until Firefox hits the version 10.0[1]. The article has a good point too. Chrome got it right with version numbering that doesn't appear important. [1] http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/opera-ua-string-changes/ http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/opera-ua-string-changes/
nimnim 15y ago
It works in Safari if you set the User Agent to iOS (in the developer menu)
luastoned 15y ago
It works fine for me with FF 8.0

dchest 15y ago

Why is that desktop browsers don't support tap events with mouse, while mobile browsers simulate "onclick"?

tommyd 15y ago

Heh, reminds me of the old Windows 95 demo disks that used to be given out with magazines which gave a pretty convincing, interactive demo of Win95. Neat, works incredibly well!

hexagonc 15y ago

As long as you follow the prompts, the demo works reasonably well on HTC EVO 4G with Dolphin browser. In fact, it looks like a native (Windows Phone) app if you don't show the menu. Make sure you set user agent to "Android" and don't venture too far off the beaten path. Otherwise, the screen can become unresponsive although I've never had to force close the browser. Speaks well for the possibilities of HTML 5 and Windows Phone 7.