Nokia Ovi Browser application overview
Good afternoon, dear habrovchane! Today we will talk about the most massive mobile platform - S40 - and innovations that phone users and application developers will receive.
Modern Internet is full of "heavy" elements: on many pages you can find animated banners, complex scripts, large images or pop-up menus. All this is an unattainable level for a regular browser. To help S40 users, a special application was created - Nokia Ovi Browser, which will replace the old S40 Browser in all future devices of the company.
The new browser for the most massive mobile platform will allow phone owners to browse the web comfortably without spending too much traffic, and without straining the hardware in the phone: most of the data will be processed and converted by Nokia servers, and users will see the already processed version of the site, pure HTML. In the process of processing, almost all heavy content (scripts, multimedia) will be compressed, while the traffic savings will reach 90% compared with conventional mobile browsers.
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Despite the compression and processing, the pages will be displayed correctly, on the servers their contents are optimized for the device resolution. In the settings you can switch from viewing full pages to an alternative mode: all content will be shown in one column.
The main menu has everything you need: important sites, social networks, entertainment, news, information, travel, Nokia services. Pages are categorized, so users do not get lost in the abundance of links. The history is saved to the left of the menu, and favorite sites can be added to the right (bookmarks / favorites). Navigating the menu is done using the navigation keys or the touchscreen display (for S40 touch and type devices). Above there is an address bar and a quick search, they give hints on recently introduced and popular queries.
Now it's time to release, but the appearance of the full version of Ovi Browser is only the first improvement.
S40 capabilities will be expanded not only by the forces of the new browser, but also with special Web applications (Web Apps) suitable for a wide range of devices. They are easy to develop and convenient to use: games, clients for working with popular sites and social networks. This will require the creation of only one version of the application, suitable for any compatible phone.
Web Apps work through Ovi Browser and are also processed on the server, which allows you to apply nice looking effects and create equally convenient access to Internet services for high-end and low-end S40 devices. In fact, the application is created once, with the main focus on the design, and then the Nokia server will ensure the correct display of the content.
One of the most famous web apps is the mobile version of Wikipedia. With this application, you can quickly find the necessary articles and easily view images, and compression technology will help users not to spend extra money on the mobile Internet.
The development of Symbian S40 Web Apps is based on Web Tools , a software environment available for Windows, Ubuntu Linux 10.4 and Mac OS X 10.5 \ 10.6. The standard SDK for web applications includes several ready-made sample applications (for example, RSS reader).
Built on the well-known Eclipse and Aptana platforms, the development environment includes all the necessary tools that allow you to create mobile applications faster and easier, and then compile them and send them to the Ovi Store . The entire content of such applications is selected by the developer, which allows you to add third-party advertising APIs with support for geolocation and other personal data to display targeted advertising in web applications.
In the process of creating a detailed emulator available to developers, allowing you to check the functions without having at hand a mobile. For beginners there is detailed instructions and online support.
Let's hope that developers and users will help in the development of mobile Internet and web applications, and another billion mobile subscribers will use Internet access.
You can download Ovi Browser to your mobile in the Ovi Store .
The application is compatible with: Nokia 2700, 2730, 3120, 3600, 3710, 5130, 5220, 5300, 5310, 5330, 5610, 6280, 6300, 6303, 6500, 6600, 6700, 7210, 7310, 7900, c2-01, c3 -00, c3-01, x2-00, x2-01, x3-00, x3-01, x3-02.
Modern Internet is full of "heavy" elements: on many pages you can find animated banners, complex scripts, large images or pop-up menus. All this is an unattainable level for a regular browser. To help S40 users, a special application was created - Nokia Ovi Browser, which will replace the old S40 Browser in all future devices of the company.
The new browser for the most massive mobile platform will allow phone owners to browse the web comfortably without spending too much traffic, and without straining the hardware in the phone: most of the data will be processed and converted by Nokia servers, and users will see the already processed version of the site, pure HTML. In the process of processing, almost all heavy content (scripts, multimedia) will be compressed, while the traffic savings will reach 90% compared with conventional mobile browsers.
')
Despite the compression and processing, the pages will be displayed correctly, on the servers their contents are optimized for the device resolution. In the settings you can switch from viewing full pages to an alternative mode: all content will be shown in one column.
The main menu has everything you need: important sites, social networks, entertainment, news, information, travel, Nokia services. Pages are categorized, so users do not get lost in the abundance of links. The history is saved to the left of the menu, and favorite sites can be added to the right (bookmarks / favorites). Navigating the menu is done using the navigation keys or the touchscreen display (for S40 touch and type devices). Above there is an address bar and a quick search, they give hints on recently introduced and popular queries.
Now it's time to release, but the appearance of the full version of Ovi Browser is only the first improvement.
S40 capabilities will be expanded not only by the forces of the new browser, but also with special Web applications (Web Apps) suitable for a wide range of devices. They are easy to develop and convenient to use: games, clients for working with popular sites and social networks. This will require the creation of only one version of the application, suitable for any compatible phone.
Web Apps work through Ovi Browser and are also processed on the server, which allows you to apply nice looking effects and create equally convenient access to Internet services for high-end and low-end S40 devices. In fact, the application is created once, with the main focus on the design, and then the Nokia server will ensure the correct display of the content.
One of the most famous web apps is the mobile version of Wikipedia. With this application, you can quickly find the necessary articles and easily view images, and compression technology will help users not to spend extra money on the mobile Internet.
The development of Symbian S40 Web Apps is based on Web Tools , a software environment available for Windows, Ubuntu Linux 10.4 and Mac OS X 10.5 \ 10.6. The standard SDK for web applications includes several ready-made sample applications (for example, RSS reader).
Built on the well-known Eclipse and Aptana platforms, the development environment includes all the necessary tools that allow you to create mobile applications faster and easier, and then compile them and send them to the Ovi Store . The entire content of such applications is selected by the developer, which allows you to add third-party advertising APIs with support for geolocation and other personal data to display targeted advertising in web applications.
In the process of creating a detailed emulator available to developers, allowing you to check the functions without having at hand a mobile. For beginners there is detailed instructions and online support.
Let's hope that developers and users will help in the development of mobile Internet and web applications, and another billion mobile subscribers will use Internet access.
You can download Ovi Browser to your mobile in the Ovi Store .
The application is compatible with: Nokia 2700, 2730, 3120, 3600, 3710, 5130, 5220, 5300, 5310, 5330, 5610, 6280, 6300, 6303, 6500, 6600, 6700, 7210, 7310, 7900, c2-01, c3 -00, c3-01, x2-00, x2-01, x3-00, x3-01, x3-02.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/118367/
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