NetFront™ Browser SDK

Trial Version Now Available!

NetFront Browser v3.4 SDK for WAVE
compatibility: Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional; Microsoft Windows XP Professional

Note: This trial version is distributed to demonstrate the functions of NetFront SDK. The version includes only the emulator, so you cannot use it to develop appliances such as mobile phone and PDA.

A Porting and Development Kit for NetFront Browser,
the World's Browsing Standard

NetFront™ Browser SDK is a porting and development kit for NetFront™ Browser, the world’s leading Internet browser for embedded devices. NetFront Browser SDK includes pre-packaged sample code, browser core binary, and documentation, so porting, customization, and testing of NetFront Browser to target devices is quick and easy.

NetFront Browser is the most advanced, versatile and powerful full Internet browser for beyond-PC devices. Specifically designed and optimized to deliver high performance in resource-constrained environments, NetFront Browser supports almost any OS and CPU, and offers low power consumption, easy customization, and a broad range of plug-ins.

These reasons and more are why the NetFront Browser is the most popular choice for manufacturers and operators. In fact, NetFront(™) products, including the NetFront Browser as an embedded Internet browser, have shipped in over 590 million devices (as of May 31, 2008) throughout the world, including mobile phones, digital TVs, set-top boxes, mobile handhelds, game consoles, automobile navigation systems and many other types of products.

The Advantage | NetFront Browser SDK

590 Million and Counting…
As a testimony to its popularity, NetFront products, including the NetFront Browser, have shipped in over 590 million devices (as of May 31, 2008) throughout the world, including mobile phones, digital TVs, set-top boxes, mobile handhelds, game consoles, automobile navigation systems and many other types of products. Chances are one or more products you use on a daily basis incorporates NetFront™ technology. This success exemplifies ACCESS’ commitment to bring the Internet to beyond-PC devices and while its heritage began with mobile phones, ACCESS continues to advance NetFront products, and as more products with in the home become connected, ACCESS and "NetFront" will be there.

HTML+DirectConnect, an Optimal UI Development Solution for Information Appliances
The HTML browser is attracting attention not only as a tool to access the Internet, but also for building the UI on a device. NetFront Browser SDK includes DirectConnect, a technology that enables device monitoring and control from with in the browser, enabling developers to present device control screens in HTML (using simple HTML authoring tools) resulting in shorter development cycles.

Provides the Functions Necessary for the Development of DTVs, STBs, and more.

• Supports half HD plus NTSC/PAL screen sizes
• Supports remote control
• Includes Flicker reduction technology
• Offers sample UIs optimal for DTVs and STBs
• Supports the NetTV 2.0 specification*
• Supports 4th MEDIA broadband video delivery service*

*A separate contract with Plala Networks Inc. is required.
These services target the Japanese market.

• Supports the new interactive television portal AcTVila*

*A separate contract with Actvila Corporation is required.
Please refer to the following URL for details:
http://actvila.jp/. These services target the Japanese market.

Flexible Porting and Customization

• The UI can be customized with the included UI editor.
  - The SDK package includes sample UIs (with source code) that offer standard browser functions, which can be customized with the UI editor.
• Sample Peer for Linux®
  - Provides a sample WAVE Peer for various graphic middleware
  
  

Powerful and Functional Browsing

• Tab Browsing
  - Multiple Web pages can be selected and displayed with tabs.
• Smart-Fit Rendering™/Just-Fit Rendering
  - Intelligently renders Web pages to fit the narrow screen widths of mobile devices, eliminating the need for horizontal scrolling.
• Rapid-Render™
  - Accelerates browsing by incrementally rendering web pages during download.
• Supports a variety of plug-ins including
  Adobe® Flash™ Lite and Adobe Reader® LE (optional)
• Supports the latest HTML standard specifications
• Supports various SSL root certificates
  - VeriSign
  - Entrust
  - Thawte
  - CyberTrust
  - GlobalSign
  - Go Daddy
  - RSA
  - SECOM Trust Systems
  - Comodo
  
• Includes sample data for various fonts
  - Bit-mapped fonts by Nippon Electric Co., Ltd. FontAvenue
  - Scalable fonts by Monotype Imaging iType2.4
  - Scalable fonts by LIM Corporation MobileType
  
  

Module Diagram | NetFront Browser SDK

NetFront Browser SDK is constructed around NetFront Browser engine that analyzes and displays content. In order to operate NetFront Browser as an application, a UI must be constructed for the browser and the hardware-dependent layers must be ported. NetFront Browser SDK also provides application programming interfaces (APIs) for NetFront Browser in the form of libraries for those requiring porting and implementation for each specific target systems.

Examples of UI Construction

Tab Browsing

• WAVE (Window-based Abstract Virtual Environment)
  WAVE is ACCESS' unique simple window manager that is optimized for embedded systems with limited hardware resources.
• WAVE Peer
  WAVE Peer is a module that provides a drawing function and an event function, depending on the target system. If WAVE is used for the Window System, WAVE Peer also needs to be ported.
• WAVE Peer API
  WAVE Peer API is an interface to execute the drawing and event process, depending on the target system. The WAVE Peer API is called by WAVE. If WAVE is used for the Window System, WAVE Peer API needs to be ported.

• SLIM (Suite of Lightweight Internet Modules)
  SLIM libraries provide basic functionalities which are used by other modules, such as memory management, character manipulation, image decoding, and so on.
• SLIM Peer
  SLIM Peer is a module providing file management, timer control, TCP/IP communications, etc., depending upon the target system. SLIM Peer may need to be ported depending on the target system.
• SLIM Peer API
  SLIM Peer API is an interface for the NetFront Browser to execute processes depending on the target system. The SLIM Peer API is called by the NetFront Browser. SLIM Peer API may need to beported depending on the target system.

• AWS (Abstract Window System)
  AWS is an abstract Window System assumed to realize specific browser functions. AWS is implemented by WAVE or other Window Systems.
• AWS API
  AWS API is an interface that executes a drawing process by using AWS. AWS API is called by the NetFront Browser (Engine). If WAVE is not used for the Window System, AWS API needs to be ported to an existing Window System.

• PWS (Plate Window System)
  PWS is a new windowing system that enhances web browsing via support for AJAX and by improving the display of applications.
• PWS API
  PWS API is an interface that executes a drawing process by using PWS. If WAVE is not used for the Window System, PWS API needs to be ported to an existing Window System.
  
  
• Plug-Ins
  NetFront Browser supports Netscape-compatible plug-in interfaces.
  
  

Specification | NetFront Browser SDK

[Overview of Specifications]

• AJAX support
• Virtual Pointer
• Visual Bookmarks
• Linking with search engine sites and translation sites
• Supports RSS/Atom feed (The Reader application needs to be developed.)

AJAX Support	Visual Bookmarks

• HTML 4.01, XHTML 1.1, XHTML Basic
• DOM1, DOM2
• CSS 1.0, CSS 2.0
• ECMAScript (ECMA-262 3rd Edition)
• XMLHttpRequest
• HTTP 0.9/1.0/1.1
• SSL 2.0, SSL 3.0, TLS 1.0
• http:, https:, file:
• GIF87a, GIF89a, Animated GIF, JPEG, Progressive JPEG, PNG, MNG, BMP
• Cookies (Expires, Path, Domain, Name, Secure)
• US-ASCII, Shift JIS, EUC-JP, UTF-8/16, ISO-2022-JP, EUC-KR, ISO-8859-1, GB2312, Big5
• Graphic 24-bit RGB color
  
  

• NetFront Browser engine modules
• NetFront Browser application modules
• NetFront Browser standard UI source programs
• ACCESS™ SSL modules
• ACCESS™ encryption modules
• WAVE window manager modules
• WAVE software keyboard application
• UI editor
• AVE™-TCP v6.1 kernel library modules
• AVE-TCP v6.1 configuration section source programs
• Software keyboard supporting predictive conversion (binary)
• Multilingual AdvancedWnn by OMRON SOFTWARE kana-kanji conversion modules (sample binary)
• Bit-mapped fonts by Nippon Electric Co., Ltd.
  "FontAvenue" sample data
• "iType2.4" scalable font sample data by Monotype Imaging
• "Mobile Type" scalable font sample data by LIM Corporation

Only for the Win32 Environment

• Sample source program of NetFront Browser Win32 Peer
• Sample source program of environment-dependent parts for Windows
• The NetFront Browser simulator, "Frontbed" for Win32

Reference Implementation Peer Section Sample Source Program

• For the Linux SDL Environment
• For the Linux GTK+ Environment
• For the Sigma Designs Inc. Envision8634 environment
  
  

The Win32 Environment

• Development Environment
  - Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 6
• OS
  - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
  - Microsoft Windows XP Professional

The Linux SDL Environment

• Development Environment
  - Compiler/linker: gcc 3.2.2-5
  - Make tool: make 3.79.1-17
• OS
  - Red Hat Linux 9.0
  - Ubuntu 6.10
• CPU
  - x86 series

The Linux GTK+ Environment

• Development Environment
  - Compiler/linker: gcc 3.2.2-5
  - Make tool: make 3.79.1-17
• OS
  - Red Hat Linux 9.0
  - Ubuntu 6.10
• CPU
  - x86 series

The Envision8634 Environment

• Development Environment
  - Compiler/linker: SMP8634 SDK version 2.7.127.0 (by Sigma Designs, Inc.)
  - Make tool: GNU Make 3.80 (provided with Fedora Core 5)
  - Storage NFS Server for Envision8634 (provided with Fedora Core 5)
• OS
  - CLinux
• CPU
  - SMP8634

*Other platforms are supported individually by recompilation.
Please contact our sales department or our distributor for details.

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