S60 Browser Issues / S60 Browser Doesn’t Cut It
July 24, 2008
I wholeheartedly agree with Zach at Mobile9.com, on both of his posts:
- http://news.mobile9.com/s60apps/2008/07/24/s60-browser-issues-part-2/
- http://news.mobile9.com/s60apps/2008/07/23/the-s60-browser-just-doesnt-cut-it-anymore/
I have a Nokia N95 myself (an S60-based phone, such as that mentioned in the articles above) and love it to death, except - and this is a huge exception - for the web browser.
Granted, while the S60 browser is leaps and bounds above the browsers on other non-smartphones and Windows Mobile devices (Pocket Internet Explorer blows!), it comes nowhere close to the browser on the iPhone. It’s not just the lack of touch screen or having a smaller screen either.
I *can*, believe it or not, read non-mobile formatted websites on my N95. The core of the browser is actually very similar to the browser in the iPhone, and many iPhone-specific sites work quite well on the N95.
However, as you can see from these pictures (sourced from news.mobile9.com), the browser still has it’s large share of rendering issues:
Desktop Browser:
S60 Browser:
Nokia, Symbian, for any of you out there listening, the iPhone is *slaughtering* you in terms of browsing capability. I’ve seriously considered selling my N95 to get the iPhone 3G, but I’m still very disappointed in the iPhone OS in general (way too locked down, Apple style; no background applications, etc.)
Please, please, pretty please, work on an update for the S60 browser that fixes the rendering issues and the frequent crashes! Thank you in advance!
Vigeland Park (Sculpture Park)
July 24, 2008
Great site I found via Wikipedia about some wonderful sculptures in Oslo, Norway:
Many people say that Oslo but an ugly city. The port may be a strange mix of architectural styles and at first sight, not particularly, but if you look beyond your nose long, then there are indeed very beautiful currants in the pap to be found. Pak daarom de tram naar het westen van Oslo en probeer de toeristenbussen te omzeilen terwijl je het Vigeland Park inloopt. Pak therefore the tram to the west of Oslo and try to circumvent the tourist while the Vigeland Park inloopt.
Het Vigeland park is gewoon één van de mooiste parken van Europa. The Vigeland park is just one of the most beautiful parks of Europe. Een park dat zich door de beelden van Vigeland zonder meer met andere parken als Hyde Park (Londen), Regents Park (Londen), het Vondelpark (Amsterdam), het Maria Luisa park (Sevilla) en Parc Guelle (Barcelona) kan meten. A park that by the images of Vigeland well with other parks as Hyde Park (London), Regents Park (London), the Vondelpark (Amsterdam), the Maria Luisa park (Sevilla) and Parc Guell (Barcelona) can be measured. Het park bezit naast een fraaie layout welgeteld 192 sculpturen met daarin meer dan 600 figuren. The park owns next to a beautiful layout just 192 sculptures with more than 600 objects. Het thema leven en dood word in eindeloze cirkels neergezet in levensgrote beelden van baby’s, kinderen vrouwen, mannen, bejaarden en ook doden. The theme is life and death in endless circles in what life images of babies, children, women, men, elderly and even deaths.
Here’s the article, via Google Translator:
And the original article, in Dutch:
Also, here’s the Holy Taco article that made me look this up in the first place:
And, of course, a sculpture of a man throwing/kicking babies in the air:
Cool Browser Tricks: Safari 3.1x
July 24, 2008
Not that this is particularly hidden, but has anyone else found this yet? Cool stuff!
1) You can open a page you’re looking at in one of your alternative browsers (obviously, this screenshot was taken with Safari for Windows)
2) You can also change your User Agent on the fly to see how differently pages render under each User Agent. Nice!
Very helpful for testing/debugging! You can find the setting to turn on the Developer menu in the Preferences, here:
And of course, here’s the link to download Safari for Windows (or Mac):
Mirror’s Edge (EA Games)
July 24, 2008
Awesome article from Photojojo about Flickr tools. Some of these I’ve used personally in the past, but some (like SmartSetr) are welcome new additions that should save a lot of time and energy. Nice!
We loooove Flickr. We want to marry Flickr.
What’s funny about our infatuation, though, is that it involves quite a few other people.
No, no, not like that. We’re talking about the clever developers who have transformed Flickr into the dynamic and lovable photo site that it is. Their creamy vanilla tools and bavarian dark chocolate add-ons are the frosting on the Flickr (cup)cake.
While there are many, many Flickr mashups out there, we’ve scoured through hundreds to bring you our favorite useful and fun ones.
Without further ado…
Photojojo’s Fave Flickr Add-ons and Mashups
p.s. Did we miss one you like? Tell us about it!
![pdx [portland]](http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1046/3168818707_570cff7348_t.jpg "pdx [portland]")
