Skyfire BlackBerry browser back in business

Alpha testers of Skyfire’s latest update to the BlackBerry version of the Skyfire browser will be pleased to know that after the little snafu a week or so ago that the alpha is back up and running with the latest alpha 3.5 — 1.0.0.12799. Even before this update, Skyfire was single handedly the best BlackBerry browser out there…even in alpha! Yet with the new update comes even more mouth watering features that will surely sweeten the pot. The new goods include:

• Inline Text Entry

• Click-to-call

• Default Browser setting (finally!)

• File downloads similar to native BB Browser

• More improved scrolling

• Reduced checkerboard instances

• Alpha limit — automatically limits the amount of users who can connect to the alpha server to prevent a meltdown like last time

A few issues worth noting revolve around the new inline text entry fields, cookie clearing (as in it doesn’t really clear), and timeouts when downloading large files. Though such things are of course common in alphas.

All in all it is a rock solid update with the option to set Skyfire as the native browser and download files within Skyfire as the two biggest selling points. How about you? If you’re an alpha tester, what is your favorite addition with the latest release? For the rest of us, what would you still like to see from Skyfire in the coming alphas and betas? Sound off below.

Source: BGR

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