The World's Browsing Standard
NetFront Browser v3.4 is the latest version of ACCESS' advanced, versatile, and powerful NetFront Internet browser. Specifically designed and optimized to deliver high performance in resource-constrained environments, NetFront supports almost any OS and CPU and offers low power consumption, easy customization, and a broad range of plug-ins.
For complete information on NetFront Browser v3.4 download the PDF brochure.
NetFront Browser v3.4 (PDF: 531 KB)
The NetFront Advantage
Optimized for Mobile and Beyond-PC Devices
NetFront was designed from day one to function as an embedded browser solution, not as a scaled down version of a desktop browser, yet it still provides end-users with a rich and seamless desktop-like mobile Internet browsing experience. NetFront supports a broad feature-set with a compact code size that is ideally suited for the mobile and beyond-PC market. NetFront supports almost any OS and CPU and offers low power consumption, easy customization, and a broad range of plug-ins.
Key Benefits
- For End-Users
Provides a fast and seamless, full-Internet browsing experience for mobile and beyond-PC devices
- For Device Manufacturers
Provides a modular architecture, easy integration, extensibility, compact footprint, and a reliable and proven solution on all major platforms and operating systems
- For Mobile Operators
Provides an extensive and fully customizable data services platform and consistent end-user experience across multiple device types
NetFront Browser v3.4 Key New Features
- Ajax support
- New RSS viewer libraries
- SMIL 2.1 support
- SVG 1.2 + microDOM support
- NetFront™ Document Viewer
Ajax Support
NetFront Browser v3.4 provides seamless support for Ajax (Asynchronous JavaScript and XML) a Web development technique using XHTML and CSS that enables the creation of highly efficient interactive Web applications. Ajax shifts a significant amount of application logic to the end-user's device, which means that Web pages do not have to reload entirely upon each end-user interaction. Ajax dynamically increases a Web page's interactivity, speed, and usability.
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NetFront Document Viewer
NetFront Document Viewer is an advanced software solution that enables full viewing of Microsoft® Office documents including Word, Excel®, and PowerPoint® on mobile devices. NetFront Document Viewer supports documents created with versions of Microsoft® Office 97 and newer and includes user-selectable document zooming and rotation features. NetFront Document Viewer is available as an optional plug-in for NetFront Browser v3.4.
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NetFront Browser Advanced Applications
New libraries and interfaces facilitate the integration of the NetFront browser engine with any kind of application that needs advanced rendering capabilities. New browser application highlights include support for Visual Bookmarks-a stunning graphical experience to manage favorite Web pages and PagePilot a pan & zoom navigation tool for the desktop-like presentation of Web pages on mobile devices with limited screen size. The new active home page framework provides access to browser functionality from within a Web page.
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NetFront Browser v3.4 Architecture
Plug-In and Extension Modules
NetFront SMIL Player & SVG Viewer
SMIL and SVG modules can be implemented as plug-ins or as stand-alone players for advanced 3G push services with rich multimedia content.
JV-Lite™ 2
JV-Lite 2 is a SUN Microsystems™ authorized Java™ execution environment for embedded applications. JV-Lite 2 class libraries are optimized for embedded and provide the best balance of performance, footprint, and portability.
NetFront Document Viewer
NetFront Document Viewer enables full viewing of Microsoft Office documents including Word, Excel®, and PowerPoint® on mobile handsets.
Flash®, Flash Lite (Adobe®)
NetFront Browser provides a ready-to-use interface to integrate Adobe Flash player supporting Flash content embedded within a Web page.
Adobe® Reader® LE (Adobe)
Adobe Reader LE was jointly developed by Adobe and ACCESS to bring PDF technology to beyond-PC devices. NetFront Browser with Adobe Reader LE enables the seamless display of PDF files.
Embedded ViaVoice® (IBM®)
Embedded ViaVoice is a voice recognition engine that translates VoiceXML and supports voice recognition and text-to-speech services. In combination with NetFront Browser it enables hands free operation for any kind of Web service.
Mascot Capsule (HI)
Mascot Capsule is a 3D rendering engine that supports the display of visually rich 3D games or other 3D content on mobile devices.
Demo Downloads
Available demos include:
NetFront Browser v3.4 Specifications
New in NetFront Browser v3.4
- Ajax support
- New RSS viewer libraries
- SMIL 2.1 support
- SVG 1.2 + microDOM support
- NetFront Document Viewer
- NetFront Component libraries for integrating NetFront as a module or widget
Supported Standards
NetFront Browser v3.4 is compliant with the OMA Browsing 2.2 specification
Markup
- HTML4.01, XHTML1.1 including Mobile Profile WML 1.3, SMIL 2.1
Stylesheets
Advanced Scripting
- ECMA Script 262 3rd Edition (Equivalent to JavaScript 1.5)
- ECMA Script Mobile Profile
- DOM, Level 1+2, and Dynamic HTML
Graphics/Multimedia
- Graphic Formats: GIF, Animated GIF, JPEG, Progressive JPEG, PNG, MNG, BMP, WBMP.
- SVG Tiny 1.2 + microDOM
Protocols
- HTTP 1.1
- HTTP Cookies
- WAP
- IPv4/IPv6 Dual TCP/IP Protocol Stacks
Security
- SSL3/TLS1.0
- SSL Root Certificates: VeriSign, Entrust, Thawte, Baltimore
- SSL Client Authentication: PKCS #7, #10, #12 and #11 (Using IC cards)
- OMA DRM (Forward Lock/Combined Delivery)
Character Encoding
- Unicode (UTF 8, UTF 16) and legacy encodings (e.g. ISO 8859-1, Windows-1251, Shift-JIS, Big 5)
Main Features
- Multiple rendering modes including Smart-Fit Rendering™ and Rapid-Render™
- Direct URL Input, Bookmarks, History
- Page Memo
- Tabbed Multi-Window support
- Continuously adjustable Zooming
- Word Wrap, Line boundary character check
- Search and Find within pages
- Software Keyboard
- Vertical/Horizontal Scroll and Drag Scroll
- Caching
- Offline Browsing and Page/Image Saving
- Streaming Download
- Direct Connect (Secure monitoring and control of devices from the browser)
- Intelligent Frame Handling (Select and zoom individual frames)
- Intelligent Pop-Up Blocker
- RSS/Atomfeed Support
- Integrated Internet Search
- International Domain Name Support
- Web Data and Password Manager (Automatically complete text input)
Memory Requirements
- ROM: 1MB-2MB (Kernel +SLIM)
- RAM: Depending on complexity of content viewed (2MB-8MB)
Supported Operating Systems
- Symbian OS (Series 60 and UIQ)
- Garnet™ OS
- BREW®
- REX OS
- Linux (MontaVista® Graphics, QtEmbedded, Qtopia, GTK+, and others)
- Microsoft® Windows CE
- Microsoft® Windows Mobile® (Pocket PC/Smartphone)
- OSE
- QNX
- VxWorks
- ITRON
- Others (OS-9, pSOS, Nucleus, etc.)
Supported CPUs
- ARM™
- XScale™
- StrongARM
- PowerPC®
- MIPS
- SuperH and others
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