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Alfonso de la Osa
Alfonso de la Osa

Reputation: 1574

results for windows phone 7 IE compatibility test

what's the result for windows phone 7 IE compatibility test?

Answers should be specific with reference to what works and what doesn't.

Quirksmode says nothing.

EDIT: The test should consider css 2 & 3, DOM core, DOM HTML, DOM events, CSS Object model view, like in this site: http://www.quirksmode.org/compatibility.html

MORE: in the official blog there is nothing since may Link

MORE: the developers vm performs really bad in the acid tests http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/RWVdCcbyRE1CRp5Eqn88YA?feat=directlink 5/100 on acid test 3

Upvotes: 3

Views: 422

Answers (2)

Matt Lacey
Matt Lacey

Reputation: 65586

The browser in Windows Phone 7 is currently a stripped down version of the rendering engine from IE7 on the desktop and the javascript engine from IE8.

As you've seen in the ACID tests you linked to the browser scores very low in these.

If you are creating a web page/site that is specifically targetting the browser in WP7, my recommendation would be to keep the layout very simple. Imagine you're targetting an older feeature phone, rather than a smart phone.

It has been strongly hinted that a new browser will be released (OTA) to WP7 phones (hopefully early) in the new year. This newer browser will be based on IE9. Hopefully this will provide many missing features and have much greater handling for CSS.

For reference, PPK also has a mobile compatibility table at http://www.quirksmode.org/m/table.html. Again this still doesn't include WP7 and I wouldn;t have expected it to until it gains some marketshare.

Upvotes: 3

Lukasz Madon
Lukasz Madon

Reputation: 15004

The WP7 browser is hmm let's say 7.6 IE browser. It is based on 7 but have some stuff from 8. I saw a movie with a review of IE on a device (cannot find the link). The autor said that compatibilty is very good (well it is based on IE 7).

I find WP7 browser pretty fast and didn't see any unusual behavior. (espacially in rendering)

Upvotes: 1

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