Tuesday, June 15, 2010

RIM BlackBerry browser speeds with patents

RIM would come to file several patents on methods of navigation of its smartphones BlackBerry OS. These patents would prioritize the elements of web page loading. It is foreseen that the BlackBerry loads and displays the main content of a web page before loading the CSS files and Javascript.

RIM thus improve the navigation of its smartphones, while professionals - and the general public, especially with templates and Storm Curve - using more and more everyday web on the move. The problem is familiar to users, who have seen the page load blocked last kilobyte, preventing it from being displayed. RIM could thus enable its users to view the main text of the page without the style or the dynamic effects, the latter being contained in CSS or JavaScript files often heavier than the HTML page.

This news could be a first step towards browser based on Webkit expected in the year, and should in any case not to harm the image of the BlackBerry, including navigation remains a weak point.

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