Mobile Web Browser by Microsoft
Microsoft Corp. late Wednesday announced a mobile Web browser aimed at making surfing the Internet on wireless devices as convenient and feature-rich as browsing on a PC.
Code-named Deepfish, is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Microsoft will close access to Deepfish once downloads reach a “magic†number.
Microsoft unveiled Deepfish at the O’Reilly Emerging Technology Conference in San Diego. Live Labs is Microsoft’s research division aimed at developing new Web-based services to help the company compete with Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc.
According to Microsoft, most available mobile browsers use a single-column format that reformats existing pages by repositioning content to fit the limited screen size. As a result, the initial page layout is distorted and the user is forced to scroll a lot to get all of the content.
Deepfish uses a zoom in and out feature to view parts of the page interested to the user. This approach preserves the original design allowing the user to view only the part of the page the user is interested in.
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