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There is no browser for the Lumia phones other than Internet Explorer - they don't allow alternative browsers in the WP marketplace.
by andyking 14y ago
There is no browser for the Lumia phones other than Internet Explorer - they don't allow alternative browsers in the WP marketplace.
- gjulianm 14y agoYes, they allow alternative browsers. I've seen web browsers on the marketplace (SurfCube, for example) completely functional. What I'm not so sure is if they allow browsers using other rendering engines than Trident (i.e., they don't use the native WebBrowser control).
- Aissen 14y agoThese are not alternative browsers. They are alternative UIs to the same browser engine (sometimes with a worse JS engine…). Just like Chrome on iOS.
- antoncohen 14y agoNokia Xpress is available for Lumia[1]. Just like Apple doesn't allow alternate browser engines on iOS, but it allows Opera Mini[2] because Opera Mini isn't a full web browser, it's a client for Opera's transcoding service. Nokia Xpress isn't a full web browser, it doesn't execute JavaScript, it is a client to Nokia's transcoding service. [1] http://betalabs.nokia.com/trials/nokia-xpress-internet http://betalabs.nokia.com/trials/nokia-xpress-internet [2] https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/opera-mini-web-browser/id363729560 https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/opera-mini-web-browser/id363...