How To: S60 Multiple Tabs Web Browsing Using Nokia’s Ovi Multimedia Menu
I discovered while playing with the multimedia menu on the Nokia N95 8GB that it opens links as new tabs on the web browser. Combine that with the S60 Browser Shortcuts Key #5 to switch between the tabs very quickly, and now you have easy tabbed-browsing! This tip should also work with other Nseries phones featuring the new multimedia menu; the Nokia N81 and Nokia N82.
Intro
There is no documented button or option that lets us open new windows or tabs on the S60 browser. However, the internet tile of the multimedia menu lists your bookmarks and opens the link as a new tab instead of changing the main window.
Setup
Arrange the tiles on the multimedia menu so that the Internet tile is the first tile that shows up after pressing the button. This is not required, but it makes it a lot quicker.
That’s basically it. If you want to open a new tab, just press the multimedia button. As I mentioned in my S60 Browser Shortcut Key Guide, #5 lists all open windows. Just scroll left/right to switch between windows. The top of the page tells you how many windows are currently open.
Tabbed Browsing on S60
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J0GEE on 21 April 2008:
just one thing, your rss feeds are not working. it never refreshes on my n95 8gb. all other feeds i have are not a problem just the nokia blog’s dont work. cheers.
Ricky on 21 April 2008:
Wow, nice find, Mark. I’ve also noticed that in most cases, clicking the ‘read more’ link from Google Reader will open in a new tab, as well.
WOM World / Nokia » Blog Archive » Tabbed browsing on your S60 on 21 April 2008:
[...] Guim from The Nokia Blog brings us news of a discovery when idly thumbing through the multimedia menu on his N95 [...]
Mark Guim on 21 April 2008:
@Jogee thanks for the heads up. i’ll look into it. @ricky thanks. the method is almost as cool as the iphone’s multiple windows browsing.
NZtechfreak on 21 April 2008:
Wow, this is great – thanks for that! Tabbed browsing here I come!
Browsing in tabs made easy (thanks The Nokia Blog!) - Nokia N95Users on 21 April 2008:
[...] in tabs made easy (thanks The Nokia Blog!) Just saw this Basically just make the internet tab the first tab in your multimedia menu (not sure if this works [...]
» Tips to open Multiple Tabs Web Browsing on S60 Nokia Fanboy: All About Nokia on 22 April 2008:
[...] Source [...]
New Multimedia Menu Good For Something on 23 April 2008:
[...] over at the Nokia Blog has finally found a neat little trick that offers some usefulness to the new Multimedia menu found [...]
Reflections - N95 8GB: Complete Rundown « The Symbian Blog on 24 April 2008:
[...] way for the new one, which I must say I’m not too fond of. That being said, Mark over at the Nokia Blog has found that it is at least useful for multitasking in the web [...]
mike from the n82 blog on 28 April 2008:
great article! just wondering why you titled it Nokia’s “ovi” Multimedia Menu.
Mark Guim on 28 April 2008:
This multimedia menu was announced with Ovi.
mike from the n82 blog on 28 April 2008:
i see. thanks for the answer mark, and the great tip.
jenny on 4 May 2008:
hi. tnx so much for this wonderful tip!
phoenix_blogger on 12 April 2009:
great tip. thanks for sharing
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