Windows Phone: possible to open URLs with :port?

Question

I am trying to open a node.js application on my Nokia Lumia 820 (WP8). When I enter the address in the browser (mydomain.net:8088) I get an error:

"Internet Explorer Mobile doesn't support this type of address and can't display this page".

Is there a workaround or something to get WP8 opening that URL?! I don't really want to use a reverse proxy since I'm trying to test a websocket application running on that port.

Answer 1

(As suggested by Luke Puplett, here is my answer)

My assumption is that you simply forgot to specify the protocol. So instead of typing

mydomain.net:8088

I would recommend to try using

http://mydomain.net:8088

So that the browser knows how to interpret the : before the "8088" (i.e. as a port separator, not as a protocol separator).