Web Browser for S60
 Web Browser for S60 running on the Nokia E65, showing the Page Overview of the English Wikipedia main page. |
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| Developer(s) | Nokia |
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| Operating system | Symbian OS |
| Platform | S60 platform |
| License | BSD |
| Website | browser.nokia.com |
Nokia Browser for Symbian (formerly known as Web Browser for S60), is the default web browser for the S60 & Symbian mobile phone platform.[1] It was developed by Nokia. The browser is based on a port of Apple Inc.’s open source WebCore and JavaScriptCore frameworks which form the WebKit rendering engine that Apple uses in its Safari Web browser.[2][3]
Unlike some other mobile phone browsers which reformat pages to a suitable width for small mobile phone screens, Nokia's web browser allows the user to see a thumbnail image of the full web page which they call "mini maps" and allows users to zoom into the areas they want to read.[4] The initial version was lacking support for the Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) and Wireless Markup Language (WML); version 2 of the browser introduced support for these standards.[5] Hence the Nokia Services (WAP) browser was the default browser on initial device shipments of this platform.
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[edit] S60v2 Browser
Supports:
- It supports HTML.
- It supports WAP 2.0(xHTML).
- It supports cookies and JavaScript.
- Wide web pages can be formatted for mobile viewing.
- We can download more than one files.
Drawbacks:
- Multi-window browsing is not supported.
- It doesn't compress pages, which puts a greater strain on the phone's processor and bandwidth usage
[edit] S60v3 browser
Supports:
- HTML
- WAP 2.0(xHTML)
- Cookies and JavaScript
- Multi-window browsing
- Many files (up to 10) can be downloaded at once.
[edit] Nokia Browser 7.0
Nokia Browser 7.0 is supported on S60 5th Edition devices.
This version supports all of the features of prior to the Nokia Browser 7 releases, as well as the following additional features:
- Support for touch devices
- On-screen zoom controls
[edit] Nokia Browser 7.1
Nokia Browser 7.1 is supported on S60 3rd and 5th Edition devices.
New features:
- Based on WebKit 525
- Full support for Flash Lite 3.0 [6]
- Supports Kinetic scrolling[7]
- User-configurable shortcut keys and visual keymap
- Full-screen view [8]
Disadvantages:
- Copy paste support is poor. If you have a device with no Control-key or Pen-key, you can not copy paste in most web forms. With older Nokia models, like N95 or E90, this was not a problem, as N95 had a Pen-key and E90 had a Control-key. New N86 and N97 do not have such keys. However, E72, which was released in 11/2009, has a Control-key.
- some jQuery effects are not supported (fadeIn and slideDown)
[edit] Nokia Browser 7.2 (Symbian^3)
The Nokia Browser 7.2 is supported on Symbian^3 and S60 (3rd and 5th Edition) platform devices.
New features:[9]
- Support for Capacitive touch display
- Two finger touch support (pinch open and pinch close) - on capacitive touch devices only
- Support for Optical Finger Navigation
- Flash Lite 4.0 - On Symbian^3 devices only
- Flash Lite 3.1 - On Symbian^3, S60 5th Edition, and S60 3rd Edition (Feature Pack 2) devices
- Search Client Integration
[edit] Nokia Browser 7.3 (Symbian Anna)
Nokia Browser 7.3 is pre-installed on Symbian Anna devices (like the Nokia E6 and Nokia X7). Browser 7.3 is also available to Symbian^3 devices (Nokia C6-01, Nokia C7, Nokia E7, Nokia N8) as part of the upgrade from Symbian^3 to Symbian Anna. Some S60 3rd Edition and S60 5th Edition devices received the updated browser in the form of firmware updates. [10] This version brings a touch-optimized user interface in addition to better web standards support and improved performance.
New features include:
- HTML 5 support
- CSS 3 support:
- JavaScript 1.8 support
- Viewport meta tag support
- Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) support
- Flash Lite 4.0.3 support
- VGA screen support
- Multi-window browsing
- touch-optimized user interface:[11]
- Split-screen virtual keyboard support for live update of input fields
- Easy to access address bar at the top of the page with improved auto-complete
- Back button is always accessible
- Full screen and quick menu access button
[edit] Nokia Browser 7.4 (Symbian Belle)
Phones[12]: Nokia N8, Nokia E6, Nokia E7, Nokia C6-01, Nokia C7, Nokia X7, Nokia 603, Nokia 700, Nokia 701
According to[13] all above given information for the Nokia Browser v7.3 applies also for v7.4. Additionally, the user interface is changed in comparison to v7.3 as follows:
- Previous/next page, Bookmarks, Multi-window navigation, menu buttons at the bottom
- Direct access to RSS Web feeds from the menu
- Links can be shared via SMS, Email, or Bluetooth
Supported Multi-touch gestures:
- Pinch open and pinch close (unpinch) for zoom in/out (only for capacitive touch devices)
- Double tap at the top for page up
- Double tap at the bottom for page down
- Double tap in the middle for resizing
- Tap and hold (long press) on links opens a menu to copy the link or open a new window
- Tap and hold (long press) and subsequent pan to select text for cut-and-paste
[edit] History
Nokia announced the project in June 2005,[14] and made it available in November.[2] At the 2006 World Wide Web Conference, Nokia announced that it was releasing the source code for its port of WebKit back to the community.[15]
The version included on Nokia phones is named the Nokia Mini Map Browser, after the afore-mentioned "mini map" feature.[16]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Nokia Browser for Smartphones
- ^ a b Nokia PR (November 2, 2005). "Nokia introduces a new Web browser for S60 3rd Edition". press.nokia.com. http://press.nokia.com/2005/11/02/nokia-introduces-a-new-web-browser-for-s60-3rd-edition/. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
- ^ Nokia Developer - S60WebKit
- ^ Eugenia Loli-Queru (December 13, 2005). "An Overview of Nokia's KHTML/WebCore-based S60 Browser". OSNews. http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=12965. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
- ^ Eldar Murtazin (December 28, 2006). "Description Nokia Web Browser S60 (OSS Browser)". mobile-review.com. http://www.mobile-review.com/review/nokia-webbrowser-en.shtml. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
- ^ http://www.developer.nokia.com/Community/Discussion/showthread.php?174726-S60-Browser-7.1
- ^ http://techie-buzz.com/mobile-news/nokia-n97-mini-exclusive-review.html
- ^ http://www.developer.nokia.com/Resources/Library/Web/nokia-browsers/symbian-browsers/browser-version-specific-information.html
- ^ http://www.developer.nokia.com/Resources/Library/Web/nokia-browsers/symbian-browsers/browser-version-specific-information.html#GUID-033417BD-B6AD-40DD-9586-CA0ECA4936B9__GUID-C7FA4369-4FA8-41FB-A4C4-502CBC70384F
- ^ http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/13056_Many_S60_3rd_Edition_and_S60_5.php
- ^ http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/12782_Symbian_Anna-usability_focused.php All About Symbian - Symbian Anna roll out has started
- ^ http://europe.nokia.com/symbian-belle
- ^ http://www.developer.nokia.com/Resources/Library/Web/nokia-browsers/symbian-browsers/browser-version-specific-information.html
- ^ Nokia PR (June 13, 2005). "Nokia develops a new browser for Series 60 by using open source software". press.nokia.com. http://press.nokia.com/2005/06/13/nokia-develops-a-new-browser-for-series-60-by-using-open-source-software/. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
- ^ Nokia PR (May 24, 2006). "Nokia releases 'Web Browser for S60' engine code to open source community". press.nokia.com. http://www.nokia.com/A4136002?newsid=1052589. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
- ^ "Nokia Mini Map Browser". nokia.com. http://www.nokia.com/browser. Retrieved 2007-03-21.
[edit] External links
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- Nokia Browsers
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