EMG Technology is suing Apple over an alleged patent infringement in its mobile version of Safari.
EMG is seeking an unspecified amount in damages, claiming the “simplified interface of reformatted mobile content to provide optimum viewing and navigation with single touches on a small screen” as a reason for the suit.
Patent 7,441,196 was issued in October this year, after being filled back in November 1999. The patent covers the resizing of content and data on mobile screens, along with navigation and scrolling methods.
EMG has not offered Apple the chance to licence the technology and currently has no plans to go after other smartphone makers.
Apple will not comment on the matter.
Safari
Apple Safari, iPhone, Mobile Browsing, Safari
It looks like we won’t see a browser war for the iPhone just yet, with Apple refusing to let Opera Mini be released for the iPhone.
Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner, Opera’s co-founder and chief executive said that “Opera’s engineers have developed a version of Opera Mini that can run on an Apple iPhone, but Apple won’t let the company release it because it competes with Apple’s own Safari browser.”
Opera Mini is currently available for free for many other phones available today.
Opera
Apple Safari, iPhone, Opera, Opera Mini
WebKit passing Acid3
The WebKit development team has just passed another huge milestone. The WebKit browser engine used in Apple’s Safari and Google’s Chrome now fully passes the Acid3 test.
The Acid3 test checks how well browsers comply with the latest standards, in particular JavaScript and the Document Object Model (DOM).
Maciej Stachowiak of the WebKit team attributes this feat to “recent speedups in JavaScript, DOM and rendering.”
Unfortunately, it will be a few months before we see this in Safari and Chrome, but while you wait you can download a nightly build of WebKit and test this for yourself.
Chrome, Safari
Acid3, Apple Safari, Chrome, Google Chrome, JavaScript, Safari, WebKit
