Genie 7110 manual Differences between Browser Types in Same Class

Differences between Browser Types in Same Class

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Genie strongly recommends that developers provide content that is tailored for the Openwave, Nokia and Mitsubishi browsers as detailed in the information above. The recommendation may become mandatory in time for content to be considered for the Genie Portal.

Genie understands that some developers may wish to take further advantage of the particular features offered by certain browsers. This is acceptable provided that all phones in that class are supported to at least the level defined above. It is not acceptable, for example to deliver content that is tailored for the features of a Nokia 6210 but which is very difficult to use on a Nokia 7110.

The following tables show observed differences between two Nokia variants and two Mitsubishi variants. These have been identified by observation only – if you use them you should check on real handsets that the behaviour is what you expect.

Table B-1. Nokia browser types

		Nokia 6210, 6250 and 7110 with version
Behaviour	Nokia 7110 (browser version 4.xx)	5.00 or greater
Differentiation	HTTP_USER_AGENT string contains
	Nokia7110/1.0 (04
Layout tags	All text is left aligned and wraps	Text may also be centre and right aligned.
		<p mode="nowrap"> can have an effect, but
		it is recommended that this is NOT used as
		reading the text can be difficult

Tables	Every cell on a table is laid out on a line of
	its own. It is recommended that tables
	NOT be used

Tables are formatted acceptably by the browser

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