Using javascript on old nokia like n70

[thomaschadenga]

Hello, how javascript compatible are old nokias? I woud like to develop a live chat using javascript but it doesnt load on the nokia n70. any ideas? thanks

[petrib]

The N70 web browser ( probably named "Services" at the time ) supports JavaScript, but probably not as well as the newer devices. Also, as it doesn't support any sort of web-runtime (WRT) widgets, you can't write "standalone" apps; only use the browser to connect to web pages that also include JavaScript functionality.

If my memory serves me right, on the phone's browser settings, you enable/disable JavaScript via the "ECMAscript" setting ( a version of JavaScript was standardized by ECMA, http://www.ecma-international.org/ ).

[thomaschadenga]

Hi Petrib,
I also tried it on the nokia 2630 and it gave me the same result. The chat is supposed to be web-based, so I thought maybe the browser does not support js! i have been workin on this for weeks now. and non of the javascript shows.

[petrib]

If it is Java (JSE, J2SE) applet based, and not JavaScript, then it won't work. If it is really JavaScript based, and still won't work if you have JavaScript/ECMAscript enabled in the browser, then it is using functions/constructs that the browser on those phones does not support, or they have bugs that prevent them from working.