Matt Croydon::Postneo

Day: August 9, 2005

Browser Options for the Nokia 770
It looks like users will have several browser options to choose from when the Nokia 770 drops.
- The 770 ships with Opera.
- Antonio Gomes at INdT has released Manaos, a port of Minimo to the Maemo platform. He has also posted a few screenshots. This is new and exciting news. See this maemo-developers post for more information.
- GPE-Minibrowser has been ported to Maemo. GPE-Minibrowser looks lightweight but very useful.
- GTK+ WebCore is said to build on the Maemo platform. It sounds like INdT is working on a browser abstraction that would allow a browser to choose between a Geko or KHTML-based rendering.
Since web browsing is one of the core uses of the 770 it’s great to have so many varied options even before the device is available. While I expect the bundled Opera browser to be top notch, I have a lot of respect for both Gecko and KHTML, the little rendering engine that could. It’s really amazing to have so many options.
8/9/2005
Orb Networks API

PocketPC Thoughts points out that Orb Networks has released an Add-Ons API. They don’t seem to be promoting it on their site as far as I can tell, but it’s out there. The API itself is documented and there is an example Add-On available for download. You might also want to look at their developer forum. For now it’s a C++ on Windows thing, but the documentation does make reference to Linux and Mac versions in the works.

8/9/2005
Dude, Where’s My Freehand?

I failed to notice this the other day, but aparently Macromedia has ditched Freehand in Macromedia Studio 8. It’s still a standalone product (for now), but start getting used to other tools.

8/9/2005
Welcome Home

“…and Discovery is home.”

Welcome back to Earth, STS-114.

I can just feel the releif at Nasa as Discovery touches down.

8/9/2005