Windows Mobile 6 – Internet Explorer Mobile modes

Since IE6 comes as 6.1.4 or higher, Internet Explorer Mobile can work in IE6 or the older PIE mode.

IE6 means Internet Explorer 6 desktop compatible mode. Which works more or less with known and unknown restrictions. The biggest advantage is that Internet Explorer (IEM) >=6.1.4 supports keyboard event DOM of javascript.

For some web sites you may downgrade to PIE (Pocket Internet Explorer) mode. You will get scroll bars and a standard menu bar and no on-screen zoom option.

To switch to PIE mode in Windows Mobile 6 or Windows Embedded Handheld 6.5 you need to set the following registry key:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Security\Internet Explorer]
MSHTML=0
; 0=PIE mode
; 1=IE6 mode

To control the PIE view mode directly, you can use the following registry key:

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main]
"MakeFit"=dword:00000002
; tested in PIE mode
; 2=OneColumn
; 1=FitToScreen
; 0=Desktop
IE6 automatic mode

IE6 automatic mode

IE6 mobile view

IE6 mobile view

 

IE6 desktop view

IE6 desktop view

 

PIE desktop view

PIE desktop view

 

PIE Fit To Screen view

PIE Fit To Screen view

 

PIE One Column view

PIE One Column view