Roadmap for UI
From Symbian Developer Community
Detailed Roadmap
Download the UI Roadmap as a PDF.
What's in Symbian^2 today?
For more detailed information on what's in Symbian today and what's coming in the future, take a look at the wikis and backlogs for the packages in the domain.
| Category | Feature | Package | |
| Video Outputs | Single or Multiple Displays | ||
| TV-out | |||
| Screen Resolution | nHD (640x360) | ||
| Graphics | Bitmap font | ||
| Vector font support | |||
| Advanced font effects | |||
| 2D and 3D graphics support | |||
| - EGL 1.4 | |||
| - OpenGL ES 1.1 | |||
| - OpenVG 1.1 | |||
| System GUI Frameworks | Flexible application and UI frameworks | ||
| Control and windowing environments | |||
| Home Screen MiniView | |||
| Input Methods | 12-digit keypad | ||
| Full and Half QWERTY | |||
| Virtual (on-screen) keyboards | |||
| Combined input (Keypad/Keyboard, Keyboard/Touch) | |||
| Handwriting support | |||
| Interaction Features | Single touch support | ||
| Clipboard support (Cut-Copy-Paste) | |||
| Homescreen widgets* | |||
| Kinetic (flick gesture-based) scrolling | |||
| Basic tactile feedback |
* Support for native, runtime and 3rd party widgets from the Homescreen
Symbian^3 Roadmap
| Feature | Target Objectives | Contributor |
| AVKON graphics acceleration | Performance | Nokia |
| Open GL ES 2.0 and OpenVG 1.1 APIs and backends | Performance | Nokia |
| Homescreen multiple views support | Enjoyability | Nokia |
| Soft keys embedded into dialogs | Usability | Nokia |
| Gesture support for tap, double-tap, long-tap, drag, and flick. Multi-touch support for pinch gesture | Usability and Enjoyability and Consistency | Nokia |
| Support for Adobe Flash(TM) Homescreen widgets—even full screen | Flexibility, Enjoyability and Consistency | Nokia |
Symbian Foundation has commissioned a new theme for the S^3 release of the platform. Following are mockups of the S^3 theme.
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| Idle | System Menu | List |
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| Calendar | Settings | Options |
The S^3 theme beta is available from the UI Resources package.
Symbian^4 Roadmap
| Feature | Target Objectives | Contributor |
| Qt replaces Avkon | Performance | Nokia |
| Orbit (UI controls & structure) | Usability, Enjoyability and Consistency | Nokia |
| Direct UI proposal (Redesigned applications) | Usability, Enjoyability and Consistency | Nokia |
Following are mockups of the S^4 user interface.
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| Home Screen | Home Screen (2nd page) | Applications Collection |
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| Photo Albums | Single Photo Album | Single Photo |
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