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.


Idle	System Menu	List


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