May 2012 Update

For Symbian Browser 8.2:

• Updated Introduction to Web development for Nokia devices

• Updated Standards support matrix for Nokia mobile browsers

• Updated Symbian browsers

• Updated Browser version-specific information

• Updated Browser core functionality

• Added Browser 8.2

• Symbian Browser 8.2 was also added to a few topics that list or apply to multiple versions of Symbian browsers, but those topics are not listed here because they are not significantly changed.

March 2012 Update

For Symbian Browser 7.4.2:

• Updated Introduction to Web development for Nokia devices

• Updated Standards support matrix for Nokia mobile browsers

• Updated Symbian browsers

• Updated Browser version-specific information

• Added Browser 7.4.2

• Symbian Browser 7.4.2 was also added to a few topics that list or apply to multiple versions of Symbian browsers, but those topics are not listed here because they are not significantly changed.

October 2011 Update

For Series 40 Web Apps:

• What's new in Series 40 web app versions (renamed topic)

• Overview

• How other proxy-based browsers deliver dynamic web pages (new topic)

• Best practices guide for Series 40 Web Apps

• Expanding List Example

• Map example

• RSS news feed example

• Geolocation API support (new topic)

• Image caching (new topic)

• Standards support

• widget object support and web app version

• Handling Series 40 phone variations and constraints

• Publishing Your Web App

For Nokia Browser for Series 40:

• Nokia Browser for Series 40

For MeeGo 1.2 Harmattan Browser 8.5:

• MeeGo browsers, Nokia Browser 8.5, and a large new Browser 8.5 topic set to which it links. Links to each topic in that set are not listed here.

Significantly changed existing topics not in that topic set are:

• Nokia browsers

• Standards support matrix for Nokia mobile browsers

• WebKit versions and sample devices for Nokia browsers

• Server-side detection of Nokia devices

For Symbian Browser 7.4:

• Introduction to Web development for Nokia devices

• Standards support matrix for Nokia mobile browsers

• Symbian browsers

• Browser version-specific information

• Browser 7.3

• Symbian Browser 7.4 was also added to a few topics that list or apply to multiple versions of Symbian browsers, but those topics are not listed here because they are not significantly changed.

For Symbian Web Runtime (WRT) 7.4:

• Symbian Web Runtime

• Symbian Web Runtime versions and device support

• Viewport meta tag support

June 2011 Update

• Cut WDL version number from WDL home page. The library publication date at the bottom of the WDL home page is now used for library versioning.

• Cut all change history content (this topic) prior to the May 2011 update.

• Cut topic 'Searching, navigating and printing the library' which is obsolete.

• Updated all text and links to the former Forum Nokia site to point to the rebranded and updated Nokia Developer site.

May 2011 Update

• Reorganized the WDL to make it easier to find information. Created two main sections: Nokia Browsers and Web Apps. Within Nokia Browsers, created sections for Common elements, Nokia Browser for Series 40, and Symbian Browsers. Within Web Apps, created sections on Series 40 Web Apps and Symbian Web Runtime.

• Added a new section about the Nokia Browser for Series 40

• Added a new section about Browser 7.2

• Added a new section about Browser 7.3 that contains the following new topics:

  • What's new in Browser 7.3

  • HTML 5 support

  • CSS 3 support

  • JavaScript 1.8 support

  • Viewport meta tag support

  • Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) support

  • Split-screen virtual keyboard support

  • VGA screen support

  • JavaScript compilation change for function declarations in conditional expressions

• Added a new section about Series 40 Web Apps that contains the following new topics:

  • Series 40 Web Apps

  • Overview

  • Expanding List Example

  • RSS news feed example

  • Map example

  • Web app version (renamed to What's new in Series 40 web app versions)

  • Developing Series 40 Web Apps

  • Best practices guide for Series 40 Web Apps

  • Standards support

  • About the phones

  • Creating interactive applications

  • (The User navigation topic previously listed here is cut.)

• Added a new Series 40 API Reference section that contains the following new topics:

  • Series 40 Web App Developer's Guide and API Reference

  • Events

  • Descriptions of MWL methods (topic set listed next)

  • addClass()

  • hide()

  • iterateClass()

  • loadURL()

  • removeClass()

  • scrollTo()

  • setGroupNext()

  • setGroupTarget()

  • setInputValue()

  • show()

  • stopTimer()

  • switchClass()

  • timer()

  • toggle()

  • toggleClass()

  • Animated transitions

  • About the widget object (renamed to widget object support and web app versions)

  • HTML tags supported

  • CSS properties and values supported

  • Testing and debugging

  • Using console logging to debug your web app

  • Running your Web app on a device

  • Publishing Your Web App

• Added information on Symbian Web Runtime (WRT) 7.3:

  • Added introductory topic Symbian Web Runtime that includes What's new in WRT 7.3

  • Updated topic Symbian Web Runtime versions and device support

  • Added topic on new Platform Services 1.0 API method getServicePermissions() for the JavaScript device object

  • Also see What's new in Browser 7.3 for some features that also apply to Symbian Web Runtime 7.3, especially topic JavaScript compilation change for function declarations in conditional expressions