The first version in 2002 was lacking support for theWireless Application Protocol (WAP) andWireless Markup Language (WML) and Adobe Flash Lite. s60 version 2 introduced support for WAP and WML.[4] Hence the Nokia Services (WAP) browser was the default browser on initial device shipments of this platform.
Nokia announced porting WebKit to the S60 Browser in June 2005,[5] and made it available in November.[2] At the 2006World Wide Web Conference, Nokia announced that it was releasing the source code for its port of WebKit back to the community.[6]
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)
Nokia Browser 7.3 is pre-installed on Symbian Anna devices (like theNokia E6 andNokia 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.[11] This version brings a touch-optimized user interface in addition to better web standards support and improved performance.
Nokia Browser 7.4 is pre-installed on Nokia Belle devices (Nokia 600,Nokia 603,Nokia 700,Nokia 701). Browser 7.4 is also available to Symbian^3/Anna devices as part of the upgrade from Symbian Anna to Nokia Belle.[13]
Browser 7.4 added support for the following features:[14]
HTML5 Audio/Video APIs and UI
HTML5 Geolocation APIs and UI
URL hash tag navigation (back/forward) within a web page without page reloads
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
^"Nokia Browser 7.2".Browser version-specific information.Nokia Developer. 2 November 2011. Archived fromthe original on 13 February 2012. Retrieved28 February 2012.
