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Microsoft terminates Deepfish browser next week but Opera Mini still doing well September 26, 2008 [General] | By Edward J. R. Deepfish was (a closed-beta) experiment of Microsoft, which, exactly like it is in Opera Mini, used a proxy servers to fetch content and thin client (kind-of-browser) was rendering this content in Windows Mobile phones. Unlike Opera Mini that is doing very well, and is available for all Java-powered phones (also those powered by Windows Mobile that have Java on board), Microsoft's Deepfish will be operational only by the end of this month, i.e. next month proxies will be closed and existing users will be disconnected: Mobile browsing is now advancing to the point where mobile devices rival the desktop—which is what we wanted to see. User experience advances such as usable touch and intuitive zooming interfaces weren't widely available at the time. Deepfish helped drive that innovation. And now that the marketplace has caught up to where we thought it needed to go and continues to advance. For our dedicated users still using the technical preview to this day, we are sorry to announce we will be retiring the proxy service on September 31, 2008. The Deepfish client will no longer function after that date as a result. To learn more, visit original source of this story about Deepfish. Note: it is an old story, but we are few days away from the termination of service, so it is newsworthy. In meantime Windows Mobile users still are waiting for new Internet Explorer for Windows Mobile - with desktop-class rendering, Flash and Silverlight - despite promises in March 2008 that it will be available "in 6 months" it is not available today.  Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later)
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