Skyfire Beta 0.80 (NEW VERSION RELEASED)

From a Skyfire Employee at the Skyfire Forums

I am happy to announce that we have just released Skyfire 0.8 Beta.

We have been working hard on this release over the last few months, and we are happy that we were able to integrate many of your suggestions into this release.

This forum has been a amazing resource for us at Skyfire, and we are grateful for the effort that has been put into this forum by all members.

You can easily get the newest release by logging into your account at http://www.skyfire.com/users/login from your desktop. You will be able to download (SOON - making sure that the download link works first) the newest release via your PC or send yourself an SMS.

Thanks for all the support and the enthusiasm that you have brought to this product. We hope that you will enjoy this release.

Additionally I would like to introduce 'omahadave' (he is actually Dave from Omaha), who will be our new ears and eyes to help you in this forum. Feel free to say hello - you will see in the forum from today onwards.

Thanks, your Skyfire team.

(Robert Oberhofer, Product Management)


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Skyfire 0.8 Beta Release Notes


Released: September 24, 2008

Skyfire is a new experience that brings the full internet to your mobile. Watch videos on YouTube or Hulu, connect with your friends on Myspace or Facebook, shop on Amazon or listen to music. Can you do it on your computer at home? Then you can do it on Skyfire on the go.
Skyfire is fast, easy to use and available for free on many smart phone models.
Skyfire 0.8 Beta is a new beta release of Skyfire for Windows Mobile (version 5 or 6). This release has been enhanced with both requests from our active community and new additions that we think will make Skyfire a better experience.
We greatly appreciate our beta community. Their support, active participation and feedback on the forums at http://support.skyfire.com/ helps us to constantly improve the product.

Whats new in Skyfire 0.8 Beta:
Skyfire 0.8 Beta has been under development for the past 4 months, integrating more than 1000 fixes and enhancements. The major focus of this release was to enhance usability, make the experience smoother, increase responsiveness, and improve audio and video quality.

* Contextual Zoom: Lets you simply and quickly get to exactly where you want to be on the page. Skyfires zooming capability has been improved, and now the camera corners feature shows you a match with major screen elements within its view.
* Super Bar: Use our handy new SuperBar to perform a search or enter a URL from a single field its a great time and space saver that is easily accessible.
* Content sharing: You can now share web content by SMS. We even make the URL short enough that it will fit easily into a SMS text message. Especially useful for the really long URLs used by many sites. You can now also share Skyfire itself with friends by SMS or email.
* Faster application launch: Skyfire launches much more quickly so you to get your content quicker.
* Video and audio: Weve improved the quality of both video and audio, so you can enjoy a smoother playback experience.
* Reconnect - Skyfire will automatically reconnect, so you dont need to restart when your wireless connection is dropped.
* Default browser: Now you can set Skyfire as your default browser. Clicking Web links in SMS or Email messages will automatically start Skyfire.
* Enhanced text entry allows you to more easily complete web forms right within a page. First you can enter the text right on the page. Plus you automatically move to the next form element (text field, list, radio button, or checkbox) after you have made a form entry using the OK or Enter keys.
* Content download: Allows you to download images and other content from most web pages.
* Home screen integration: Allows you to add a Skyfire search and URL bar to your Windows Mobile Today screen, so you can enter what you are looking for right away without first starting Skyfire.
* Mobile site support: If a website also has a mobile version, Skyfire can optionally hint to you about the availability of a mobile alternative. With the new mobile site indicator, youll get a quick link to access the mobile version then you can decide if you want the mobile or full website.
* Bookmarks have been significantly enhanced giving you much better control.
* Additionally we enhanced the start page: have the top news items accessible immediately via a headline widget.



Downloading and Installing:
To be able to use Skyfire, you first need to sign up for a Skyfire account at http://www.skyfire.com/register. Additionally you need a supported phone, e.g. Windows Mobile 5 or 6 (for Skyfire Beta 0.8) or Symbian (S60 3rd Edition, for Skyfire Beta 0.6). Please note: We currently only the US is supported.

If you are already registered then simply log into your existing account at http://www.skyfire.com/users/login and download the installation file, or request a SMS to be sent to your phone. Download the file and start the installer. There is no need to uninstall Skyfire first simply overwrite the existing installation during the process. No worry: your cookies and bookmarks will be preserved.

If you are new to Skyfire and you need to register, provide at your Name, Email and Phone number on http://www.skyfire.com/register. You will be sent an Email and SMS with a URL to complete your registration. Follow this URL (on your phone or PC Browser), and complete the registration. Once registered, you can immediately download the correct installation file for your device. If you downloaded the installation file on your PC you must first transfer it to your phone. Start the installer on your phone and follow the instructions. Once you start Skyfire you will be prompted for your Email address and the password you provided during registration. This will be just once, and you will not have to enter it again (remember the password though to log into your account!)

Known Issues:

* Installation: When the client receives an upgrade notification after resuming from the background it might not successfully resume (Issue 2923). Please exit Skyfire and start again.
* Uninstall: Skyfire uninstall might not be successful or complete when Skyfire is active at the time of uninstall (Issue 1861). Please exit Skyfire first before uninstall.
* When leaving the phone idle for more than 5 minutes Skyfire will display the start page (Issue 2892)
* Downloading files with long filenames might truncate file extensions (Issue 2726)
* Myspace.com: Have to zoom in to 100% to be able to click the log-in button (Issue 2115)
* Mobile site hinting and support: some mobile sites are rendering similar to a full web page (e.g. zoom and horizontal scroll). Often this is due to the web page not reporting itself as being mobile. We are looking for a solution.
* Playing video for a long time (> 5 min) might disconnect Skyfire (Issue 2827).
* Non standard SIPs (Soft Input Panel, e.g. on-screen keyboard) might interfere with Skyfire operation and showing artifacts
* Very long web pages might get cut off at the bottom (Issue 2800)
* Back and Menu soft-key buttons might disappear from screen (Issue 2793). Please use the right soft-key, it usually will bring the on-screen keys back onto the screen.
* In some cases the page might scroll to a different location when entering text into a text entry field (Issue 2678, 2729)
* When Skyfire is in the background the toolbar may become visible on Windows Home screen when switching programs in windows, or locking the phone. (Issue 2732)
* Skyfire URL bar becomes unresponsive when device was in standby mode. (Issue 2892)
* Links to media files (MP3s etc) currently only play back, and do not initiate download.
* Scrolling through very long list boxes has slow behavior (Issue 1202)



Not supported:

* VGA phones not supported yet (e.g. HTC Touch Diamond etc).
* DivX and XviD Video formats are not supported.
* Quicktime movies which require playback external of browser not supported (Quicktime clips embedded in page are supported).
* FTP browsing and access is not supported (e.g. URLs with ftp:// )
* Anchors (In-page links) not supported

[jr5416]

Damn i just downloaded opera wat shoould i do bro lol

[Mike20PR]

“ Originally Posted by jr5416 ”

Damn i just downloaded opera wat shoould i do bro lol

why not both??? that is what im gonna do :brows:

[GokuSS3]

“ Originally Posted by Mike20PR ”

why not both??? that is what im gonna do :brows:

HAHA nice thanks for updating this Skyfire has to be the best app ever :brows:

[Mike20PR]

“ Originally Posted by GokuSS3 ”

HAHA nice thanks for updating this Skyfire has to be the best app ever :brows:

just a heads up, the username and p***word will probably be rejected due to some server side issues or that its just new, but it will be fixed soon so nobody freak out yet lol

[GokuSS3]

“ Originally Posted by Mike20PR ”

just a heads up, the username and passwork will probably be rejected due to some server side issues or that its just new, but it will be fixed soon so nobody freak out yet lol

Thanks for the heads up on that

[mike6200]

what is the username and password?

[d0nkeykiller]

Thanks I was wondering about that, Do have an idea of when the fix is coming??

[sl8dogg]

“ Originally Posted by d0nkeykiller ”

Thanks I was wondering about that, Do have an idea of when the fix is coming??

All you have to do is reset your password VIA skyfire's website. They'll either email or SMS you a new password, and then it will work bueno! Found it on Skyfire's forum.... Works well, and the new version is pretty hot.. New zoon increments, and just looks slicker.

[nadcicle]

NICE they fixed the ability to actually download which was the only reason i had to use anything else. Now it should almost be just about set

[cwachtl]

thank you the downloading now I can use it with Wckediden!

[NeMeS|S]

Good looking out on this one....finally able to dl of the web....great job!

[scott8813]

howz this for ironic? I appreciate you showing me the skyfire update but get this, it blazes through every website i've tried except for www.wckediden.com which only loads a blank screen!

[KJRain]

I love skyfire the best internet app for me at least.

[puma13]

HI! theres anyway to install this in my touch, im from Mexico, can somebody give me a clue? thanks!!

[GokuSS3]

“ Originally Posted by puma13 ”

HI! theres anyway to install this in my touch, im from Mexico, can somebody give me a clue? thanks!!

Yeah just download and install the cab to your device , you would need to go to skyfire and register your number and get a password for it too work. :brows:

[mobiletilt]

good lookin out gonna install as soon as i untether this pig........

[harrystanton]

OK, I have been waiting for Skyfire to send me my password for a few days now. Are they going to let new people try this browser?

[Mike20PR]

“ Originally Posted by harrystanton ”

OK, I have been waiting for Skyfire to send me my password for a few days now. Are they going to let new people try this browser?

its sopposed to be an open beta as of stage 3, sign up again and you should be good

[TweetyBear]

hey mike, you able to go into Wckediden site fine? it doesn't work for me. it gives me blank page.

[Mike20PR]

“ Originally Posted by TweetyBear ”

hey mike, you able to go into Wckediden site fine? it doesn't work for me. it gives me blank page.

you just reminded me that i have no ppc... :Flush:

LMAO

[TweetyBear]

“ Originally Posted by Mike20PR ”

you just reminded me that i have no ppc... :Flush:

LMAO

oh snap. i'm sorry. but i'm sure you'll get one soon enough! with all the generosity of Wckediden:connie_mini_hotairb

[Mike20PR]

“ Originally Posted by TweetyBear ”

oh snap. i'm sorry. but i'm sure you'll get one soon enough! with all the generosity of Wckediden:connie_mini_hotairb

hahaha im just messin with ya... well see how that goes, Wckediden has wowed me

[BiohaZard]

i've been surfing Wckediden on it all day...wonder what the deal is, this isn't the 1st time that someone has mentioned it either...hmmmm

[TweetyBear]

maybe i got a defect?

[scott8813]

“ Originally Posted by TweetyBear ”

maybe i got a defect?

no i downloaded mine straight off of the skyfire site and i am still having the same issue

SEE POST 13

[jr5416]

guys I just got mine yesterday n id have to say opera mobile is better then skyfire

[WorksInTheory]

“ Originally Posted by scott8813 ”

no i downloaded mine straight off of the skyfire site and i am still having the same issue

SEE POST 13

I have the exact same issue of loading the blank screen which is ironic because I was trying to figure out the best way to access Wckediden on my phone (esp that side bar for the apps). In my search the skyfire update came up but it doesn't load! Eager if anyone has the fix. One thing might be the people who have the issue are using stock wm6.1?

[TweetyBear]

nah man. i'm on custom. never on stock. they ugly lmao

[scott8813]

There are still people not sportin Koas all over their load screen??? LMAO

Custom all the way

[kbshowtyme]

Thanks for the download

[Damager]

i live outside the USA so cant register,

is there anyway i can run skyfire? is there a user/password i can use?

cheers

[monkeyxiv]

i can hook u up damage gimme a few to grab one. ive got like 7 spare...

[Damager]

“ Originally Posted by monkeyxiv ”

i can hook u up damage gimme a few to grab one. ive got like 7 spare...

lifesaver! that would rock bro.

thanks heaps in advance.

Damager

[monkeyxiv]

there ya go just hooked u and tweety up. (she pmed me.) you should have the info in your private messages. just log into profile and change the phone number to yours.

[gadget945]

Any chance that the problems haven't been fixed yet? Got SMS and followed instructions, it says it downloaded it, but I can't login with the UN and PW I used when I signed up. Just a glitch?

--------- New Post Merged on 28/9/2008 at 05:27:30 --------

Reinstalling from new SMS. Updated PW on skyfire's site. Just wanted to let y'all know I did read the whole thread, I guess it is just taking longer than I think it should to update the information. Got to go get my new microSD, 8gig, getting a late BD present. Yipee! Thanks for everything. Gadget

[mobiletilt]

0.8 is a bit more functional as a browser but Wckediden also loads blank page for me im on a stock rom...wassup with that any news??

[D/\SH]

“ Originally Posted by mobiletilt ”

0.8 is a bit more functional as a browser but Wckediden also loads blank page for me im on a stock rom...wassup with that any news??

just one of the many problems with stock roms unfortunately.......

[monkeyxiv]

*cough* flash kaos rom ftw *kough*

[scott8813]

still runnin blazing fast thanx to kaos but still loading a blank screen for Wckediden. any word on that yet?

--------- New Post Merged on 29/9/2008 at 08:58:00 --------

Imagine my extreme suprise when i checked the Skyfire Beta Tester's Forum, and under the pages and pages of listed sites under the grouping "websites not working with skyfire" there wasn't a single listing for Wckediden!!!!! As I'm noticing that in many many cases I'm not the only one reporting the problem on this site I went ahead and added us on there. What kinda junkie would i be if i didn't???

See posting here:
(Registered Beta Testers accessible only)

http://support.skyfire.com/forums/in...act=SF&s=&f=22

edited by bio
reason : lmao you had "a single listing for SBJ!!!!!" so i adjusted just to represent, bro, no worries!

[sl8dogg]

Anyone still using this successfully? Looks like a lot of users on Skyfire's Forum are having issues again with the username/password authentication again. I know I'm having that problem after I had it working for like 4 days. Now when I reset my password on Skyfire.com from the PC, it says I'm good, but still can't log in on the PPC.

Skyfire Employees aren't offering much help as of yet on the forum, so I'm SOL for now I guess.

Anyone else back to having the authenticaiton error like me?

[daniel1]

“ Originally Posted by sl8dogg ”

Anyone still using this successfully? Looks like a lot of users on Skyfire's Forum are having issues again with the username/password authentication again. I know I'm having that problem after I had it working for like 4 days. Now when I reset my password on Skyfire.com from the PC, it says I'm good, but still can't log in on the PPC.

Skyfire Employees aren't offering much help as of yet on the forum, so I'm SOL for now I guess.

Anyone else back to having the authenticaiton error like me?

yes! it worked for me for one day. didn't use it for the weekend, and then it wouldn't work the next time i went to use it. i reset my PW online and the app still wouldn't take it. i reinstalled it and it wouldn't take either PW. then it got to the point of "preparing to load data" and just stays there FOREVER. i'm giving up on it.

[dontaylorj]

I am having the same problem with .08 version, it worked for about a week, them asked me for my PW. So I reinstalled the .O6 version and its working again. But I cant get the newer version too work.

[mobiletilt]

installed the day this thread popped up and have used it everday ,just 2 min ago ,actually. never had to reset pw used my old one from prev version. weird??? their probly swamped over a s.f. maybe theyll get around to fixen it...still on stock and still no Wckediden on s.f....dope!!!

[Barriedog]

Can't get it up here in Canada but I'm curious why they would want a password to start with for a browser? Are they concerned they won't get enough feedback from the users if they are not "members"?

[D/\SH]

“ Originally Posted by Barriedog ”

Can't get it up here in Canada but I'm curious why they would want a password to start with for a browser? Are they concerned they won't get enough feedback from the users if they are not "members"?

well basically they want the feeback to make it better since it is still in early beta.

[mobiletilt]

i think i read some where that they may be tracking the sites you visit, maybe the build an account for you, dont quote me though i read alot of stuff on the inet

[daniel1]

“ Originally Posted by mobiletilt ”

i think i read some where that they may be tracking the sites you visit, maybe the build an account for you, dont quote me though i read alot of stuff on the inet

haha they must have no lives if they're doing that. i just don't know why internet explorer couldn't have just been designed to do the same things.

[monkeyxiv]

“ Originally Posted by scott8813 ”

still runnin blazing fast thanx to kaos but still loading a blank screen for Wckediden. any word on that yet?

--------- New Post Merged on 29/9/2008 at 08:58:00 --------

Imagine my extreme suprise when i checked the Skyfire Beta Tester's Forum, and under the pages and pages of listed sites under the grouping "websites not working with skyfire" there wasn't a single listing for SBJ!!!!! As I'm noticing that in many many cases I'm not the only one reporting the problem on this site I went ahead and added us on there. What kinda junkie would i be if i didn't???

See posting here:
(Registered Beta Testers accessible only)

http://support.skyfire.com/forums/in...act=SF&s=&f=22

how long are you letting the page load? because mine loads it just fine BUT since its so graphic heavy theres a 15-30 second delay before it loads the page after the red bar is done loading. AFTER the white page and every now and then you have to hit the refresh button but i can assure you it loads proper. *im doing this from my phone using skyfire right now)*

[mobiletilt]

“ Originally Posted by monkeyxiv ”

how long are you letting the page load? because mine loads it just fine BUT since its so graphic heavy theres a 15-30 second delay before it loads the page after the red bar is done loading. AFTER the white page and every now and then you have to hit the refresh button but i can assure you it loads proper. *im doing this from my phone using skyfire right now)*

i just tried hsdpa and wifi waiting 1-2 min after red bar still white screen refresh button 1-2 min still white screen. would try and relaod s.f. but im scared of this whole p.w. issues since mine is running fine(other than this crap)..i guess im stuck with opera for Wckediden..for now..grrrrrrrr