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WAP Service Developer’s Guide for Nokia 9200 Communicator Series FORUM NOKIA Version 1.0; March 03, 2003 Browsing[...]

Forum.Nokia.com Contents 1 Introduc tion ................................................................................................................... ...................................... 5 2 Introduction to the User Int erface of Nokia 9 200 Comm unicator Se r ies ........................................... 6 2.1 WAP Browser Tech nical Fea[...]

Forum.Nokia.com 4.2 Validate Yo ur WML .............................................................................................................. ......................... 22 4.3 Site Orga nization .............................................................................................................. ........................... 22 4.3.1 [...]

Forum.Nokia.com Change History 03 March 2003 V1.0 Initial document relea se. WAP Service Developer’s Guide for Nokia 92 00 Communicator Seri es 3[...]

Forum.Nokia.com Disclaimer The information in this document is provided ”as is,” with no warranties whatsoever, including any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a ny particular purpose , or any warranty otherwise ar ising out of any proposal, specification, or sample. Furthermore, information provided i n this document is preliminary, and[...]

Forum.Nokia.com WAP Service Developer’s Guide for Nokia 9200 Communicator Series Version 1.0; March 03, 2003 1 Introduction This WAP Service Develop er's Guide for Nokia 9 200 Communicator Series provides information and practical examples for developers who want to devel op WAP services for Nokia 920 0 Communicator Series devices. This docu[...]

Forum.Nokia.com 2 Introduction to the User Interface of Nokia 9200 Communicator Series Figure 1: Communicator i nterface, WML browser display. This section gives a short o verview of the user interface of Nokia 9200 Communicator Series. Nokia 9200 Communicator Series is a device wit h both a communic ator interface and a phone interfac e. The WAP s[...]

Forum.Nokia.com • The width of th e indicator area. The width of the wi de indicator are a is 92 pixels and the width of the narrow indic ator area, which is displ ayed with the WAP browser, is 32 pixels. A space is reserved for d ifferent kinds of info rmation, such as inbox and outbox, clock and profile. • The width of th e indicator area. Th[...]

Forum.Nokia.com the focus is automatically set on that same anchor. The same applies to the options list. The browser also remembers whether t he focus was on the card o r on the options list if th e user initiates a task that causes another card to be loaded. Once the ne w card has been displ ayed, the focus is set on the card area if it had focus[...]

Forum.Nokia.com 3 Nokia 9210 Communicator User Interface Elements of WML 3 Nokia 9210 Communicator User Interface Elements of WML This chapter describes ho w to use WML in desi gning serv ices aimed at Nokia 9200 Communicator Series. It gives an overview of the graphical us er interface elements and th eir WML capabilities supported by the browser.[...]

Forum.Nokia.com 3.2 Formatting Elements The table below contains all text layout-formatting ele ments. These are described in more details in this chapter later o n. Element Formatting em Italics font of color red Strong Bold, italics font of color green b Bold font I Italics font U Underlined font Big Font size is set to big Small Font size is set[...]

Forum.Nokia.com /i> </u></small><br/> <em>emphasis,<i>italic,</i><u>underline,</u></em> <br/> <strong>strong,<I>italic,</i><u>underline,</u> </strong><br/> </p> <do type="prev"> <prev/> </do> </card> </[...]

Forum.Nokia.com break is inserted before and after each table. Th e table may also contain images and links, which are focused from left to right and from top to bottom order. The maximum nu mber of columns in a table is 30. All cell contents of t ables over 30 columns are rendered in the l ast column of the table. <wml> <card id="car[...]

Forum.Nokia.com 3.4 Images, Links, and Timers 3.4.1 Img – Images Figure 6: Different types of imag es. In addition to WBMP image format Nokia 9210 Co mmunicator suppo rts all the most commonly know image formats. Note: some WAP Ga teways may not support all these con tent types. Nokia WAP Gateway products su pport all these conte nt types listed [...]

Forum.Nokia.com <p> Format:GIF <img src="games.gif" alt="Games"/> JPEG<img src="ClubN.jpg" alt="ClubNokia"/> <br/> Stretched JPEG:<img src="N6210.jpg" alt="Nokia 6210 - Streched!" width="150"/> </p> <do type="prev"> <prev/>[...]

Forum.Nokia.com </p> <p align="right"> <table columns="2" title="Weather Forecast"> <tr> <td>Monday 6/7</td> <td><a title="See more about the weather..." href="#rain"> <img src="rainy.gif" alt="rainy" width="30"/><[...]

Forum.Nokia.com Figure 8: Do elements in an option s list. The options list is focused. Each WML deck can have a template el ement. The template contains do elements that are to be displayed on each card of the deck. A card’s do eleme nts can either override or hide the template’s do elements. Hidden do eleme nts will not be shown. The order of[...]

Forum.Nokia.com <select name="country" multiple="true"> <option value="-">-</option> <option value="Australia">Australia</option> <option value="Canada" size="25">Canada</option> <option value="Denmark">Denmark</option> <op[...]

Forum.Nokia.com 3.6 WML Input Processing 3.6.1 Input elements Figure 9: Input element – focus is in the input box with numeric format . An input element specifies a text entry ob ject for data input. It is shown as an input box in a card. The text entered in the input element can be dete rmined by the format attribute. The format string specifies[...]

Forum.Nokia.com </p> <p> Input your birthday:<br/> </p> <p align="right"> <small>Date of birth:</small> <input name="birth" type="text" title="dd/mm/yyyy" format= "NN/NN/4N" emptyok="false" maxlength="14 size="25"/><br/>[...]

Forum.Nokia.com Optgroup on a deeper level is ignored and its options are handled as if they were under the firs t level optgroup (that is, intended as one level). Figure 11: Multiple-selection list. <wml> <card id="phones" title="Information Request"> <p align="left"> Choose your age from the list:&l[...]

Forum.Nokia.com </card> </wml> Example 7: Selection lists. 3.7 Titles and Labels 3.7.1 Titles A title bar is divide d in two parts, on the left is the card title and on the right is space for element titles, which are shown only when the element is focus ed. The card title is displayed con tinuously and if there is no card title, the ac[...]

Forum.Nokia.com 4 General Usability Issues – Guidelines for Design 4.1 WML History Navigation Due to the differences in the processin g of the history between WAP and WEB, only the history processing described i n the WML specifications is fo llow ed. This means that the service p rovider has to take care of the navigation as a whole. 4.2 Validat[...]

Forum.Nokia.com 4.3.6 Use of do elements Always use descriptive and short labels for all do elements. Favor local do elements instead of anchored links that are totally out of co ntext. Always include the prev element in each card to enable backward navigation. 4.4 Pictures, Tables, and Color 4.4.1 Avoid Useless Images Downloading images takes time[...]

Forum.Nokia.com Proportional fonts are used in head er te xts, and if the heade r text is too long, it is automati cally truncated. Truncation is usually bette r than abbrev iation, because the user might b e confused by unfamiliar abbreviat ions that are difficult to underst and. 4.6 Perform Usability Test It is always good to perform a usab ility[...]

Forum.Nokia.com 5 Terms and Abbreviations Term or Abbreviation Description Card A single WML unit of navi gation and user interface. Deck A collection of WML cards th at is the smallest downloadable unit. A single car d in a deck cannot be downloaded; the entire deck must be downloaded. Service developers shoul d be aware of this, and not creat e l[...]

Forum.Nokia.com Word wrapping Formatting rule for text appear ance. WML Wireless Mark up Language. Markup language based on Extensible Markup L anguage (XML), w hich is int ended for use in specifying cont ent and user interface for narrowband devices, including cellular phones and pagers. WSP Wireless Session Protocol. A layer of WAP stack, which [...]

Forum.Nokia.com 6 References • User's guide for Nokia 9200 Communicator Series devices, http://www.nokia.com • Nokia Mobile Internet Toolk it, http://www.forum.nokia.com • Nokia 9200 Communicator Series SDK for Symbian OS ( including an emulator ), http://www.forum.nokia.com • Wireless application protocol specificatio ns, http://www.o[...]

Forum.Nokia.com 7 Appendix A. Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) 7.1 Introduction The Wireless Applicatio n Protocol (WAP) is a set of protocols that allow the development of applications and services for use w ith mobile phones and othe r mobile devices. The WAP Forum maintains these protocols and their re lated standa rds and spec ifications. Th[...]

Forum.Nokia.com • Wireless Markup L anguage (WML) - a lightweight pres entation langu age, similar to HyperText Markup Language (HTML) bu t optimised for use w ith mobile terminals. • Wireless Markup Language Script (WMLS) - a lightw eight script language, similar to Java Script TM . • Wireless Telephony Application / Interface (WTA / WT AI) [...]

Forum.Nokia.com WAP Service Developer’s Guide for Nokia 92 00 Communicator Seri es 30 Wireless Netw ork WA P Proxy WT A Server Binar y Binary WML HTML Filte r WML WML HTML Web Server Figure 13: Elements related to mobile browsing. Web server The Web server stores the appl ications written in WM L. Alternatively, exist ing HTML applicati ons can b[...]

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