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NetFront Browser
Developer(s)ACCESS Co., Ltd.
Initial release1995 (1995)[1]
Stable release
4.2 / September 1, 2011; 13 years ago (2011-09-01)
EngineNetFront, WebKit (some versions)
Operating systemLinux (ACCESS Linux Platform, Android, Qtopia, GTK+, etc.), Symbian OS (S60 and UIQ), Garnet OS, REX OS (BREW), Windows CE, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita, VxWorks, Nucleus, ITRON, OS-9, OSE, Nintendo 3DS[2] and Others
TypeMobile browser
LicenseProprietary
WebsiteNetFront Browser
The web browser of PSP is based on NetFront.

NetFront Browser is a mobile browser for embedded devices, developed by Access Co. Ltd. of Japan, and was designed to function as an embedded browser.[3]

Mainly deployed on mobile phones, NetFront Browser is available for multiple platforms and has been deployed in Multifunction Printers (MFP), digital TVs, set-top boxes (STB), PDAs, web phones, game consoles, e-mail terminals, automobile telematics systems and other device types.

The browser converts tables in a Web page into a vertical display, eliminating the need to scroll horizontally. This allows the user to zoom in and out on Web pages from 25% to 100%, and can select or scroll anywhere on a page with the stylus on Pocket PC devices. The software can open up to five windows and the user can tab to any one of them.

Access has also released NetFront Life Browser for smartphones and NetFront Browser NX for other embedded devices such as tablets and set-top boxes. Both these browsers are based on WebKit and run on most mobile operating systems including Linux, Android, Unix, and Windows CE. The Nintendo 3DS internet browser also uses the WebKit-based NetFront Browser NX according to the documentation included with the browser.[4][5] The PlayStation 3 internet web browser received a major upgrade with firmware version 4.10, and has switched to the WebKit rendering engine, adding some HTML5 support and improved JavaScript speeds.[6][7]

Compact NetFront

The latest version of NetFront Browser supports:

  • HTML 4.01 and some part of HTML5
  • Ajax
  • Document Viewer for PDF and Microsoft Office documents
  • Atom and RSS feeds
  • SMIL 2.1
  • SVG 1.2 + Micro DOM

References

  1. ^ "ACCESS to Provide Free NetFront v3.0 Evaluation Copy For PocketPC". ACCESS Co., Ltd. February 20, 2002. Retrieved June 14, 2010.
  2. ^ http://www.negativeworld.org/article.php?id=4726&pagenumber=1
  3. ^ http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=8322 NetFront: The Fast GTK+ Browser you Never Knew Existed
  4. ^ http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/Access-Netfront-Browser-NX/ WebKit-based version of NetFront browser aims at IPTVs, STBs
  5. ^ http://www.access-company.com/products/internet_appliances/netfrontbrowsernx.html NetFront Browser NX for Internet Appliances
  6. ^ https://products.sel.sony.com/opensource/source_webkit.shtml?CSRT=17421217612889964254
  7. ^ "PS3 System Software Update (v4.11)". Retrieved February 15, 2012.
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