Iris Browser is a discontinued

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for

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and

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(PDAs) developed by the Torch Mobile company. The first version was released in 2008. It was one of the first mobile browsers to score a perfect 100 on the

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test. RIM acquired Torch Mobile in 2009 and discontinued Iris.

Features

Iris is based on the

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rendering engine with the SquirrelFish Extreme JavaScript engine,

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plug-in

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, and

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1.5. It has

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and CSS support and supports SVG,

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, and

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. It supports a customizable interface and

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control, pop-up blockers, and

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1.x mobile profile support. It has advanced security features, advanced mobile key navigation,

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cache optimized for low disk usage, History Auto-Complete, and SSL and authenticated proxy support. It also features bookmarks, which can be customized by the carrier, tabs, and customizable about pages.

Performance

According to independent testing, Iris 1.1.5 loads pages more slowly than its closest competitor,

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. The UI was greatly enhanced all the way up until 1.1.9 which was released on July 6, 2009. According to testing done by Torch Mobile, Iris 1.1.2 outperformed Access NetFront 3.5 and

9.5 in the

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JavaScript benchmark.

References

BlackBerry Limited Discontinued mobile web browsers Pocket PC software Software based on WebKit {{Mobile-software-stub