Randall Parker wrote: > Can one use an Android phone to access basically local (think intranet > for example) web servers to view pages?
Yes. > I ask this question because some cell phones with some phone network > appear to use a special server to funnel cell phone requests thru and > that the server offloads from the browser part of what a browser > normally does. I get the impression that the Opera mobile browser > works this way. There is no special server in Android. > I want to talk to local devices that serve web pages and connect > directly to them from phones. Does the Chrome browser in Android have > the full functionality that Chrome has on a PC? Can it parse HTML, do > XMLHttpRequest, and otherwise act like a modern browser? Yes to all, but it's not exactly Chrome as far as I know, just a WebKit engine with a skin around it. The Android browser (in 1.1 at least) doesn't have the V8 JavaScript engine, or one process per tab (or window). --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
