Video: YouTube in Browser on MeeGo-Harmattan Nokia N950
So, one of the things the current browser on the MeeGo-Harmattan will not do is flash. You can get it via FireFox/Fennec I guess. But how would videos work, such as those on YouTube?
Well, the video player from the phone could open it up, like on many platforms now. I wonder how it works on HTML5 embedded videos.
It would be interesting to know if this would work via Embed flash. Would it know to open it this way or just have blank spaces?
Video by dhruvbhutani
Thanks Adnan for the tip!
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This makes the symbian browser seem from the 80s. Release the darn thing already
What’s the resolution on those videos? Now please tell me its well above 240p or I will have to continue thinking the N9 browser is a step back from MicroB.
Hey… thats my video over there
You can click the HQ button when on the youtube site on the N950 browser and shift to HQ mode. I think that takes it to 480p which is plenty enough for a cellphone.
Actually, its too much for a smartphone. 360p is more like it.
cant it be 720 p, like u can do it on android ?
n9 os is ready in my eyes.
release it now!
ditto
The most thing I want in a phone is good browser with flash support. N900 was a killer in its old days. I wonder why they put off flash support in N9 stock browser.
because Nokia don’t want to pay for flash.
Elop decision!
elop wants nokia’s meego to be like iOS which is gay
Flash in antiquated.. time to move ahead. HTML5 is the future.
but even nokia still uses flash on their websites. so i wouldn’t say it’s that antiquated. before nokia stops supporting flash on smartphones, they should first stop using it on their own websites!
Funny you say that when the video on this page is in Flash. HTML5 may be the future, but Flash is NOW and is the standard. Having the ability to watch Flash embedded videos and view Flash sites on mobile should not be dismissed.
I’m watching the embeded videos on my iPad in Html5. It only appears as flash to you since you’re on a different browser.
I’m glad the N9 is following the iOS example and then kicking their ass in performance benchmarks while doing it.
+100
when you need flash, you are able to install an alternative browser.
the normal user does’nt need flash and doesn’t want to install a browser.
Flash is still a possibility with fennec…
See this thread for their reasons for keeping flash in fennec, & making the integrated webkit2 browser html5 only
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=1050222#post1050222
Because Flash is shitty and even more on mobile devices. It ruins the user experience and battery life. I hate it with passion. Its only good use is for defacto-standardized video playback, and HTML5 is replacing that soon enough. There’s no reason for Flash to exist. You can use Fennec though, if you like Flash.
You cant just install fennec and then ‘hey presto’ flash.
Nokia needs to license the signed binary from Adobe 1st
It’s a possibility, but still a WIP
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=1050222#post1050222
Looks nice, however why don’t these reviewers ever show stuff like rewinding when they play videos. Does MeeGo have scrubbing feature like iOS? That really helps when rewinding.
Also the player lacked FF and RW buttons and a HD/SD switch button.
Still it’s quite a step up from Symbian.
There is a HQ switch under the video. The video player has bugs f.e you can see that the video timecode is shown at 30 min for every video. But this is early code so yea…
let me know what you want to see and i’ll put up a video. This wasn’t even a “review” video.. a friend asked me on Twitter and i made this.
Hi what’s up? A couple of things to ask you are:
1. Does it have the face down silent feature like N900 ie you silent a call by facing the phone screen down. This has saved me several times in meetings.
2. Can you sync the calendar with outlook or Gcal, make changes to one calendar entry on the outlook and resync the phone. Does this create multiple entries of the same event?
3. Please check if the phone shares it’s location with other devices while in tethering mode.
4. Does the alarm clock work even when the phone is off? This was a feature i accidentally discovered on my N900?
That’s it for now. Thanks in advance.
i want to know if there is multi touch support in the keyboard ? like on the iphone
As far as I know,
Nokia has not yet done this to it’s keyboard!
They are very happy with non multitouch keyboard
if you’re referring to swype yes that’s implemented for the keyb.
Video of Swype…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOI5g129rtM&feature=player_embedded
Some better examples of multi-touch + keyb (not just Swype) were posted in the “N9: it’s finally here” thread @ talk.maemo.org IIRC
multi touch keyboard is useless …….everybody types simultaneously so there is no point since it’s natural to hit one key at a time and that’s why nokia made their keyoboard with no multi touch cause it doens’t make sense force someone to do something unnatural
But it does support it, IIRC.
See my post above…
Stuff like swype is certainly very useful.
actually, multitouch on an OSK is crucial, since you usually allow a finger to linger before htting the next key at fast typing speeds.Its a help, believe me.
Agreed.
Multitouch keyboard is ESSENTIAL. That’s why we can always type blazing fast on old real T9 as you can type so fast one thumb might still be on one key whilst another is pressed. Same with real QWERTY.
If you don’t have multitouch, such speed typing prevents a new character being recognized.
It’s an odd hindrance on Nokia keyboards.
This is less of a need if the input method is swype.
For what it’s worth, n950 has multitouch on vkbd, so the same should apply on n9. Just tried it by pressing one key, holding it and pressing another.
That’s what I kept telling people, it does IIRC.
Thanks for confirming…
WTF??? Of course you press the next key when the previous is still pressed when typing fast with two fingers. No multitouch causes lots of mistyping.
You’re prolly more likely to get a clearer answer to all of those things in the meego/mameo forums.
N950 devs aren’t running the latest OS build used by the N9.
(1) I vaguely recall this being a yes
(2) I believe there’s various forms of outlook/exchange/gcal compatibility.
Not my area of interest, but I recall it being answered in one of the large meego threads.
(3) no idea on this
(4) I think this was highlighted at the Nokia connections event in Singapore on 21/06. Maybe watch the vid?
Can you show skype sms, skype im and skypeout on n950?
And xterminal, file manager, etc.
Don’t think there is a file manager, could be wrong though.
Think there’s plans to have one added though.
Via 3rd parties or something…
Can you show us scrubbing please?
u dickhead. can you see that the video as played on the intergrated BROWSER. If the mobile version of Youtube (m.youtube.com) doesn’t support scrubbing, how the motherfucking hell can you expect to see it in action. Shitty iOS has scrubbing gesture only because of its intergrated Youtube APP, not its BROWSER (ie shitty Safari). If a delicate Youtube APP (based on Qt) is created, then motherfucking iFan like you can go to hell with your lame Youtube APP for good
iOS has scrubbing everywhere.
Consistency is one of iOS’ most powerful features, something Nokia has never heard of.
he does have a fair point cod3rror
I guess finding useful, reliable infoarmotin on the internet isn’t hopeless after all.
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The OS builds on all these n950 vids are actually quite ancient.
Nokia’s not giving them access to the most bleeding edge ones.
It’s not necessary for the dev work they’re supposed to be doing.
You DO love Nokia (fanboy), don’t you? You just act like a troll in every post to keep yourself entertained.
how come its having an engadget app?
You can add bookmarks to application list in N9 to make “apps”.
I think it’s a bookmark.
Lol Epic Boxxy video
- Quite like the transition from portrait to landscape.
N9? yeak no thanks…that’s mobile view on youtube and not the desktop…and that’s not on browser but other apps dedicated only to youtube!
I’ll keep my Symbian…i don’t want that N9 plastic sh*t!
Wot?
The browser has functionality whereby you can turn sites into “apps”.
But you’re not obligated to use it…
The browser is better than anything on symbian.
Symbian Anna may be comparable, but the N9 will be updated for longer.
You are a madman if you prefer Symbian over N9. Sent from my E7.
So glad the n9 has the wow ui, i cant wait to see more meego phone from other manufacturers
i dont mind a high end phone without camera! As long as it is meego plus wow ui
plus active community!
This is fine to see but irrelevant at the same time being that this is shown on a phone that won’t be release to the public. I agree with some about going with HTML 5 instead of flash. I personally think HTML 5 is so much better and great on the battery.
It’s also not representative of how featureful or stable harmattan is internally atm.
Dev’s were given a fairly old build…
As it’s not necessary to have the latest/greatest build, for the work they’re meant to be doing on the n950′s.