The new Nokia Web Browser has a fundamental design philosophy ? to deliver a full, desktop-like, Web experience with a mobile browser, without the need for creating and maintaining separate Web sites for desktop units and mobile devices. First introduced with the S60 3rd Edition release, updated versions of the Nokia Web Browser are arriving with each platform release. The new browser will be delivered with all future S60 3rd Edition devices, ensuring that the user base will grow rapidly in the near future.
With the new browser readily available on their devices, users can access the same Web content they would on their desktops, checking the latest news, accessing Web mail, reading their favorite blogs, and checking updates by using RSS feeds. However, the mobile use context must address a number of technical obstacles affecting the browsing experience. The most important considerations are the limited screen size on the mobile device and the latency in the network connection.
While focusing on delivering a desktop-like experience, the Nokia Web Browser includes features specifically designed to help the mobile browsing context. For example, the Page Overview (or MiniMap) feature allows the user to quickly see a complete overview of the entire page. Latency issues are addressed with caching algorithms specifically tailored for mobile use.
The Nokia Web Browser is based on the WebCore and JavaScriptCore open source components, which are also used by Apple's Safari Internet browser. The open source components, such as the KHTML Rendering Engine, are covered by the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL). The KHTML engine is developed by the KDE project and is considered faster than the Gecko engine used in the Mozilla and Mozilla Firefox browsers, for example. The browser also includes Symbian components and Nokia proprietary components, such as the Browser Control API, Browser UI, and HTTP filters.
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