Windows ce 6.0 browsers
Consequently, the user is redirected to the Windows Live Mobile site.
#Windows ce 6.0 browsers Pc#
Windows Live Mail automatically assumes that when a "Windows CE" string is detected in the user agent, that a Pocket PC device, enlisting all the standardised Pocket PC platform technologies is making a request. In the case of Windows Live Mail, Microsoft have chosen to ignore the generic nature of the Windows CE name in favour of targeting a small part of the Windows CE lineage - the Pocket PC. Users experience the majority of problems through what can be categorised as Negative Filtering, where-by the web server is instructed to do something different in instances where it detects "Windows CE" as part of the UA. However, as Windows NT (meaning Windows NT 4.0) is now depreciated as a platform, the usefulness of this is equally called into question. Microsoft, added the Windows NT string for postive-filtering purposes, assuming (correctly) that the majority of web developers would be unaware of, or, uninterested in Windows CE. Under the Mozilla User Agent (UA) standard, the HPC2000 UA is technically invalid, as it identifies two distinct operating systems as being present in the same request. Mozilla/4.0 (compatible MSIE 4.01 Windows NT Windows CE) Using the example of a HPC2000 device, when a connection is made to the Windows Live Mail server, the Microsoft web service analyses the User Agent transmitted by the HPC as shown below. One such example being Microsoft's Windows Live Mail (formerly Hotmail). There are, however, some web sites which already make a programmatic definition over what content should be transmitted to certain types of device.
In the case above, a programmatic choice is made which will allow us to dynamically adjust content in the future based upon whether you are using a H/PC or a full-scale computer system. For example, although no obvious changes have been introduced to the client browser, when viewing HPC:Factor on a Windows CE device, or on a PC/Mac, the HPC:Factor servers make a differentiated decision over what content to broadcast to the client based upon the reported web browser and operating system is being used. The user agent string can be used as way to control dynamic content being delivered through a web site.
#Windows ce 6.0 browsers how to#
This article discusses how to adjust the version number and operating system information on later Handheld PC and Windows CE core devices to facilitate the correct communication between the Handheld PC and some web services. While these variables are not exclusively the only pieces of information being broadcast by the Handheld PC, they often cause users problems due to the legacy nature of their version numbering.
The user agent, as well as identifying the specific web browser being used, also identifies the browser version and the operating system which is requesting data from the server.
#Windows ce 6.0 browsers update#
How to update the Pocket Internet Explorer / Internet Explorer CE User Agent CESD-S-0122 Applies To:Įvery website you access on your Handheld PC identifies the web browser that you are using through a standardised HTTP header known as the User Agent.