NetFront (NF for short), the alternative Web browser for the Pocket PC, is
constantly evolving. It was in last summer that the last, 3.3 version has
been released and, now, the first Technical Preview (TP for short) of the
forthcoming, 3.4 version is out, with a lot of advertised new features; for
example, AJAX support. No wonder I was more than eager to (thoroughly -
after all, I'm also a HTTP / programming / AJAX megahacker / pro!) test it.
Let's take a look at how it compares to the previous version!


(Note that this is NOT a beginner's introduction to what NetFront is. Play
some hours with it to discover it OR make sure you read my previous Web
browsing-related articles to get a picture how previous versions compared to
other Web browsers on the Pocket PC and what niceties and secrets it has.)

Availability

The download page is here; the product homepage here. Note that the list of
restrictions has a mistake: "User Agent cannot be edited" is, fortunately,
not true.

Also keep in mind that this version can only be used in January; this,
fortunately, also means there will be a new TP version before the end of
this month.

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Two important notes: coexistence with NF 3.3 and WM5 only!

As with the 3.3 Technical Previews some 1-1.5 years ago, the new, 3.4 TP's
can safely co-exist with 3.3. That is, if you already have 3.3 on your
device, you can still safely install the 3.4 TP version(s) on the same
Pocket PC. They are completely independent of each other.

Furthermore, the current version is WM5 only. Sorry.

"Hacking"

1.. Unfortunately, it's not possible to hack the commercial 3.3 Java /
Flash / SVG plug-ins into the 3.4 TP version. That is, for example, it's not
worth trying to create a registry import file to create the above-listed
registry values in the registry.
2.. The same stands for the User-Agents defined under
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\ ACCESS\NetFront34\UADataX - even if you import
the UAData2. UAData7 subkeys, they won't work.
3.. There aren't files to hack (by, for example, copying binary config
files from 3.3) either
All in all, it's not possible to hack the TP version to have the same
functionality as the commercial one - don't even try it.

Changes from version 3.3

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Werner "Menneisyys" Ruotsalainen - Microsoft MVP - Windows - Mobile Devices
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