Registered: Oct 2000
Location: Aberdeen, SD
Posts: 2531

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Originally posted by Vertigo


Anyone who needs the .prc, Email me, I will be happy to send it to you.

I use my Prism with my Mac, and was pissed to see that they (for no good reason at all) made everything so that mac users could not install their software. LAME. I had to install palm desktop on my seldom-used pc, just so i could get at the .prc from their damned installer

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Registered: Nov 2000
Location: New York City
Posts: 76

I'm a bit puzzled by the enthusiasm. BrowseIt is nice, and it's images are stunning, but I find it rather slower than Blazer. Blazer downloads text before images, and it renders the pages as it goes, so you can usually get to the pertinent information before the entire page downloads. BrowseIt however won't display anything at all until the entire page, images and all, downloads, which can be a very long wait. It also seem to take it a bit longer to connect to the server. So, unless I really want to look at pretty pictures, and am willing to wait for them, I'll stick to Blazer. Am I missing something? I'll keep it for a while and play with it some more.

Registered: Dec 2000
Location: East Coast, USA
Posts: 134

argh, there web site is rather, err hard to navigate or go anywhere. i couldn't access the dl page after signing up twice, it kept looping me around. would someone please send me the neccessary files and prc to install this. it would be greatly appreciated. thanks a lot.

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Registered: Dec 1999
Location: Kuala Lumpur
Posts: 247

Truth is, speed isn't as important to me as 16-bit colour support. I just want a browser that can display images just like I see it on the PC, which Browse-it does.

Also, while Blazer is fast, it doesn't support SSL (Secure Socket Layer) encryption, which Browse-it does. With Browse-it, I have succesfully accessed my Hotmail account as well as purchased stuff from Amazon.

As far as speed goes, I thought Browse-it was pretty reasonable -- definitely faster than browsing with AvantGo but of course, not as fast as Blazer.

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I used to think Blazer was fastest... But I am beginning to think Browse-it is actually quicker overall, especially on graphic intense pages.. Just going by the activity on my Minstrel S modem.. I haven't officially timed it, but things like this discussion area seems to load up a lot quicker on Browse-it than Blazer.. Blazer seems to suffer from frequent time-outs.. Yes, Blazer loads the text faster, which does let you more quickly navigate to a specific page, but if you just let them both load a completed webpage graphics and all, Browse-it does indeed seem faster.

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Registered: Dec 1999
Location: Kuala Lumpur
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Yes, I've noticed that too - for complete loading of both text and graphics, I get the feeling that Browse-it is faster.

The only problem is that Browse-it doesn't reformat the text and graphics into the smaller Palm screen as well as AvantGo does -- I still sometimes have to scroll a little to the right and left.

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Registered: Sep 1999
Location: Seattle, WA, USA
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Originally posted by dick-richardson

E-mail's away. Am I correct in assuming that the "snap-shot" service doesn't work with Mac either? How would one get the html's onto browse-it if it doesn't?

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Registered: Dec 1999
Location: Kuala Lumpur
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Snapshot is what the people at PumaTech call the offline browsing feature in Browse-it. It serves the exact same function as AvantGo and can even sync the very same channels. What dick-richardson is talking about is the PC client that you have to install, just like AvantGo's MobileLink on the PC.

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Originally posted by Tan Kit Hoong
Snapshot is what the people at PumaTech call the offline browsing feature in Browse-it. It serves the exact same function as AvantGo and can even sync the very same channels. What dick-richardson is talking about is the PC client that you have to install, just like AvantGo's MobileLink on the PC.

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Originally posted by Tan Kit Hoong
Yes, I've noticed that too - for complete loading of both text and graphics, I get the feeling that Browse-it is faster.

The only problem is that Browse-it doesn't reformat the text and graphics into the smaller Palm screen as well as AvantGo does -- I still sometimes have to scroll a little to the right and left.

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Registered: Oct 2000
Location: Aberdeen, SD
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Originally posted by Vertigo
Oh, in that case, I would say no.

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Registered: Jan 2001
Location: Phoenix Arizona
Posts: 74

Well, I've had a couple of days to work with Browse-It and Blaser. I'm posting from a dial-in with my ThinModem. It's been a royal pain to get set up to do a post on Browse-It -- I've had a lot of problems with the system accepting a log-in, and now, I'm also experiencing the same problem that I have with Documents to Go -- very slow typing.
Browser to brower, even with the typing issues and message format problems, Browse-it does seem to bee faster, and more importantly, easier to use. Why? The main reason that ai find is that I don't have to continually guess on the moving download k. clock on the blazer,
but, am really really pleased with the %%% of loaded document / page bar at the bottom of Browse-It. Of course, with this length of message, typing with my Stowaway is so slow I cannot handle it.

Other comments???
dave

Registered: Dec 2000
Location:
Posts: 28

Typing with Browse-it?

David,

How do you manage to type while using Browse-it? What is your PDA configuration?

I had resigned myself to browsing or typing - not both. Transition between these
states is arduous and uncertain. What is your secret?

David St Lawrence

Registered: Aug 2000
Location: Glen Burnie, Maryland
Posts: 205

Re: Typing with Browse-it?

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David,

How do you manage to type while using Browse-it? What is your PDA configuration?

I had resigned myself to browsing or typing - not both. Transition between these
states is arduous and uncertain. What is your secret?

David St Lawrence

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Registered: Jan 2001
Location: Phoenix Arizona
Posts: 74

Hi,
Maybe I made this more complicated than it seems. I've got a Prism and a stowaway keyboard. I plug the Prism into the stowaway, turn the Prism on, plug in my Thinmodem and dial-in. Then, if I'm inputting a url or sending an e-mail or a message I use the keyboard.

I guess a workaround would be to type a message in the memo pad, copy and then paste into the post...
dave