Nokia has released the source code for S60 WebKit, the engine for its Web Browser for S60, based on WebCore and JavaScriptCore components of Apple's Safari browser.
This will, "enable reduced fragmentation in the next generation of mobile browsers, simplifying content development for the mobile web and accelerating adoption of mobile browsing by millions of smartphone users worldwide," it says.
The code falls under the terms of the open source BSD License and will be made available to open source developers through the WebKit Open Source Project.
"Nokia's open sourcing of the engine to its high-performance S60 mobile browser, which replicates on handheld devices the true web-page rendering of complete desktop browsers, marks the start of a collaborative open source effort that will enable smartphone users industry-wide to push beyond the millions of mobile-friendly pages currently on the web and begin to experience full web browsing of the estimated 25 billion pages on the Internet today," it says.
The company's Web Browser for S60 enables full mobile browsing of complete web pages as they are online, "leveraging compatibility with AJAX technologies and support for dynamic HTML and scripting language," it says.
The release will come with Nokia's, "active participation with the open source community in developing further enhancements to the browser, sharing changes to the core browser engine as they are made in real time," it promises.
Nokia says key features of the code include:
Memory manager, designed specifically to handle out-of-memory situations;
Mouse Pointer, delivering a desktop-like navigation experience;
Frames rendered as tables;
Full support for "Text Search" capabilities;
Reference UI, a reference implementation of standard browser user-interface features;
Full mobility support for dynamic HTML and the scripting language that enables it; and,
Preservation on mobile screens of original designer-intended web page layouts, with text custom-fitted to the mobile display width.
The first Nokia devices to include the Web browser for S60 will be ESeries (E60, E61 and E70) and NSeries devices (N71, N73, N80, N91, N92 and N93), as well as the Nokia 3250 Phone. Shipment of select models has already begun and others will come available throughout the remainder of the second quarter.
More information about Web Browser for S60 can be found here. Developers wanting to know more about available tools can go here.
Also See: Nokia - Nokia releases 'Web Browser for S60' engine code to open source community, May 24, 2006
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