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  1. IE with native support for Silverlight

    Unfortunately you can not run silverlight in WP, when an IE will be available with native support for Silverlight?

    29 votes
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      2 comments  ·  Web Browsing  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
    • Multiling keyboard & full font support of Middle east(Afg, Pak, Iran, India...)

      We need to have Multiling keyboard like in iPhone and android devices, we also need to read and type (Pashto, Persian, Urdo, Arabic, Indian....) in Lumia devices, or provide a way so manually we can install these facilities.

      29 votes
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        2 comments  ·  Web Browsing  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
      • InPrivate Browsing

        Similar to the Desktop IE9 feature. Automatically delete cookies, history, cache with a timer set up by the user, say, 15/30/45/at shut down/ minutes.

        28 votes
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        • SWITCH IE ADDRESS BAR, FAVORITES, AND TABS BACK TO ORIGINAL LAYOUT!!!

          The original IE layout was perfectly fine. Now it is a lot more work and inconvenient to click to Favorities and Other Tabs. CHANGE BACK!

          26 votes
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          • internet explorer should support touch API

            IE on windows phone only support, mouse event, does not support the touch API. More html5 features.

            25 votes
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              3 comments  ·  Web Browsing  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
            • 24 votes
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              • Make pinning websites honor Windows 8 pinning metatags

                Windows Phone 8 should honor the misapplication-* metatags that Windows 8 uses to control the tile behavior for Pinned Sites. If I, as a web developer, are already sending that information down the pipe, then IEMobile should honor them instead of taking a screenshot or using Google Mobile hacks.

                23 votes
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                • Internet Explorer on windows phone 8 needs better functionality with drop down menus.

                  Internet Explorer on windows phone 8 needs better functionality with drop down menus. Currently many menus will only stay open by holding down on them then disappear when released. This is making it almost impossible to navigate some sites on my phone.

                  23 votes
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                  • support have a HTTPS mode for internet explorer

                    V. secure internet browsing can be provided with a 'secure mode' i.e. a mode where HTTPS is always on. This means that when one logs in to social networks via public wifi hotspots it would be ****** for hackers to steal information.

                    The mode can be provided in the settings of IE.

                    22 votes
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                    • Pin sites and show RSS updates

                      Ability to pin sites on the home screen and show a live tile with the site's RSS updates.

                      22 votes
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                      • Adult filters or password protected blocks to **** content on window 7 phone

                        Adult filters or password protected blocks to **** content on window 7 phone - not usable otherwise

                        21 votes
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                        • close IE 9 in a simpler way, instead of tapping back button all the way

                          Each time we want to close the internet explorer we need to tap back button all the way to the first page to exit

                          21 votes
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                          • proxy settings for IE

                            Please add proxy settings (HTTP and SOCKS) for Internet Explorer and authorization username/password as well. Because some Wi-Fi connections require proxy and authorization.

                            21 votes
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                            • There is no option for manually set ip address in nokia lumia.

                              I tried to connect a wifi connection, where particular ip addresses are working only, so the ip address should be set manually.
                              My phone is getting a random ip address automatically and that's why I am not able to connect with internet.

                              20 votes
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                              • Web browser that remembers user names/passwords

                                Every other browser on every other phone I've ever used offers to remember user names and passwords for a given website, and yet this highly toted IE9 browser doesn't have that feature. It needs it.

                                20 votes
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                                  0 comments  ·  Web Browsing  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
                                • I want you to fix the fault from which cache of a browser may not be deleted.

                                  I want you to fix the fault from which cache of a browser may not be deleted.

                                  \Windows\Profiles\guest\Temporary Internet Files\Content.IE5

                                  19 votes
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                                  • HTTP Live Streaming

                                    add support for HTTP Live Streaming!!! the golden standard today. Created by apple , supported by android, is becoming a standard. Wp7 users???

                                    19 votes
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                                    • Adaptive Streaming support for IE 10

                                      Lack of adaptive streaming support on your browser (HLS or Smooth Streaming) makes Windows Phone totally wortless compared to iPhone and Android for watching broadcasting sites !

                                      Don't you guys at Microsoft know the impact of not supporting this? Not been able to use BBC-Play or SVT-Play makes people not choose WP-phones in Britain and Sweden and other countries!

                                      19 votes
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                                      • I want, that Opera Mini was in Windows Phone 7.8

                                        Опера Мини нужна, если разработчики Wp 7.8 не собираются устанавливать ИЕ 10

                                        19 votes
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                                        • add firefox to your store

                                          We have the right to chose our browser and I think that firefox os the best now

                                          18 votes
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