Microbrowser

From Site5Wiki

A microbrowser (sometimes minibrowser or mobile browser) is a web browser designed for use on a handheld device such as a PDA or mobile phone. Microbrowsers are optimised so as to display Internet content most effectively for small screens on {{:Category:Portable|portable devices]] and have small file sizes to accommodate the low memory capacity and low-bandwidth of wireless handheld devices. Typically they were stripped-down web browsers, but as of 2006 some microbrowsers can handle latest technologies like CSS v. 2.1 and Ajax.

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[edit] Examples

• Mozilla's Minimo
  • FAQ
  • Official forum

• Opera's Mini
  • Official forum
  • Demo
    • Pass any site to the live demo via bookmarklet
  • Download Opera Mini

[edit] Further information

• Mobile browser rendering at howtocreate.co.uk
• Global Authoring Practices for the Mobile Web by Luca Passani