The new web browser for the S60 is based on the WebCore and JavaScriptCore components of Apple’s Safari Web Kit that Apple uses in its Safari browser. For anyone curious as to how the new Nokia browser works, Nokia have just released the latest source code for Webcore and JavaScript under LGPL. Even if you don’t particularly want to learn about the browser, the frequent preprocessor macros give plenty of insight how to port large libraries of c code to Symbian.

I had a go at compiling the source. Memory related header files, presumably from the ‘Low Memory Manager’ in the above diagram, are missing. Under LGPL, I thought you had to supply everything to enable a rebuild? Anyway, Nokia say "stay tuned for future developments that will enable easy participation and contribution by developers to the Web Browser for S60".

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