Having multiple 'tabs' open in a browser is something we take for granted on a desktop computer. And it's not unknown on other handhelds. But Nokia has traditionally tried to discourage people from using multiple browser windows on S60 phones. Is this justified and what's the easiest way to create and use extra windows in Web?
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This does seem relevant as more S60 handsets have generous amounts of RAM.
Even the ultra-cheap 5320 has 85 megabytes of free RAM, which is almost three times as much as the N95.
you could have linked to existing posts 😉
http://www.google.com/search?q=s60+new+tab
@unregistered. Oh sure, I'm not reinventing anything here, but I felt that spelling things out for new users (a lot of whom get drawn to AAS through search engines) would be a good idea. Make sure they realise what's possible, at least. And I do feel my write-up is somewhat clearer to follow than other blog posts out there.
For those with a newer Nseries device though, using the multimedia menu IS also a practical option.
Well, I'm an old user, but something so simple never occured to me.
Brilliant, Steve!!!
It may be worth mentioning that the 'new tab' page can also be saved instead of just bookmarked. Just in case the page is not available at some point.
Hi Steve,
Great tip, however I can't get it to work on my e65. I've saved the page as a bookmark, however when I open up a page and then goto bookmars and select the bookmark and click on the link, nothing happens and pressing 5 and then slecting left or right on d pad doesn't do anything. Also there is no options window menu. Any help gratefully recieved.
Cheers
Pete
Top work Steve. Something apparently so obvious but clearly many of us never thought of it!
Sure, people *could* type "S60 new tab" into Google. But I'll bet because it isn't offered as an option, many users who read this site would not have thought it possible so wouldn't have bothered looking it up.
I'm even more embarrassed as I'd noticed it occurs from time to time on certain webpages but never thought about making it happen on purpose 😊
/Memo to self: must remember my phone is a browser and not just a phone/camera/beertrick machine
Make the page link to about:blank instead of newpage.html, for a totally clean slate
This is a good tip - thanks for sharing!
What a sneaky way of generating more website hits.
Go to the top of the search engine listings!
You are the Steve!
Max of 5 such windows can be opened on the E90.
If you put links in a txt file and store it on your phone then when you klick on such a link from the txt file that page will open in a new window keeping any already opened web pages intact.
To make it even nicer I have Tracker installed which allows me to make a key shortcut to that txt file which is ctrl+n in my case. So... whenever I'm surfing and need a new window I just hit Ctrl+n and open the first link (Google in my case) which gives me a new window.
/Zmurphen
Great tip, Steve. Though for closing the window, there's no need to walk through the menus - the C-key does it (at least in this E65).
>> 7. To close a window, when on the 'Switch window' selection screen, use 'Options|Close'.
Closing the active window is even faster by just pressing the C-Button.
i have experienced a new look for nokia web page . Pretty handy now thanks
There's an alternative method of creating new tabs which only requires opening a bookmark, i.e. it doesn't require the extra steps of clicking on a link and going "back" in the previous tab to resume browsing. It involves copying an HTML file to your phone memory (to thwart the S60 popup blocker).
Open notepad and copy the following code into it:
<html>
<head>
<title>New Window</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
function newwindow() {
window.open("about:blank"😉;
history.go(-1);
}
</script>
</head><body onload="newwindow();">
</body>
</html>
Save it as "newwindow.htm", and copy this file to your phone memory or memory card, but note down the full file path. Then, fire up the S60 browser, create a new bookmark (called "New Tab" or similar), then in the "Address" box, type "file:///" followed by the file path you just noted down. It should look similar to this: file:///E:/newwindow.htm
Voila -- one-step new tab creation!