Browser: Internet, Hotspot, (your telco)

• Internet -> uses both Data and Wifi networks, with Wifi having priority.

• Hotspot -> uses Wifi network only.

• (your telco) -> uses your data network only.

Browser Identification -> how do you want the websites to recognize your device:

• Blackberry – > Recognizes your device as a blackberry, along with OS and device details

• Firefox -> Recognizes your device as a normal firefox browser  [Note: older phones may show netscape browser instead]

• Internet explorer -> Recognizes your device as a normal internet explorer

Default search provider -> in the search bar or when the url is unknown, the device will use this service to search for it.

Cache Operations:

• Clear history -> clears your list of visited websites url

• Content Cache -> Clears the cache of data from websites visited previously.

• Pushed content -> stuff like weather alerts, applications data etc

• Cookie cache -> The cookies stored on your device from login details and etc from websites previously accessed.

Gears

Gears™  is a set of JavaScript® extensions that you can use to create robust and full-featured web applications. Using the Gears  APIs, you can create applications that extend beyond the browser platform.

Support for Gears APIs, excluding the LocalServer API, was introduced in BlackBerry® Device Software 5.0. The BlackBerry® Browser supports Gears 0.5.

The Gears APIs that the BlackBerry Browser supports include the following key features:

• Persistent client-side data storage, so that a web application can manipulate and store user and application data directly on the device
• The ability to run multiple JavaScript scripts in parallel, so that users are not blocked from accessing the page that is rendered in the browser while scripts are processed
• The ability to create a Home screen icon for your application, so that users can access your web application just as they would access a Java® application that is installed on the BlackBerry device

Shortcuts:

• Escape key – zoom out (only works after zooming in)
• A – Add to bookmarks
• B – Bottom of page
• G – Navigate to another page
• H – Home Page
• I – Zoom In
• J – Turn on JavaScript
• K – Bookmark list
• L – View web page link address to copy or send
• P – View web page address to copy/paste to another application or send via email, pin, text, etc.
• R – Refresh website
• S – Open browser options
• T – Top of page
• U – View or hide banner (shows or hides notification icons at top)
• Z – Switch between column view and page view

• Startup Page – When you launch your browser, what will you see
• Home Page – Your default homepage (it can be left blank if you like)
• Default Search – Search engine/website to use to search when you use the address bar
• Prompts:
  1) closing browser on escape – so your browser isn’t closed by accident.
  2) closing tabs on exit – If you have multiple tabs, it warns you if you are closing your browser.
  3) Switching to Carrier Network for Streaming Media – when you stream media such as youtube etc, it uses WAP, not BIS which also means its not secure. Some carriers (Singtel) do not include this as part of their BIS package. So always check with your telco before streaming.

Web Content

• Load images – If you want to load pictures on the websites.
• Enable Javascript – toggles the javascript
• Block Popups – Some websites have popups which can be irritating
• Enable Embedded Media – Such as that of youtube
• Default font size – If the webpage do not specify the font size, this will be the size employed to render the words for you to see.
• Text Encoding – encoding to use to render the websites – some foreign websites may need different text encoding.
• Auto-Detect Text Encoding – Toggles auto text encoding configurations

Privacy and Security

• Accept cookie – cookies are used by many websites to store your information (such as login) but also used by malicious parties to track your usages and etc.
• Enable Geolocation – Toggles Geolocation
• Geolocation Permissions – Manage the sites that you allow geolocation to run on.

Clear Browsing Data

• Passwords – passwords saved on the device
• History – webpages that you have visited
• Cookies – files that store your details, from login details to what you do.
• Cache – temporary storage of files of the websites you visited
• Pushed Content – Contents pushed to you by your telco or wireless service provider

Shortcuts:

• Escape key – zoom out (only works after zooming in)
• A – Add to bookmarks
• B – Bottom of page
• F – Find in page
• G – Go to start page
• H – Home Page
• I – Zoom In
• J – Turn on JavaScript
• K – Bookmark list
• O – Zoom out
• P – Page properties
• R – Refresh page
• S – Open browser options
• T – Top of page
• W – view tabs
• Y – history

You can also search online via your default search provider by typing into the address bar.

Like all modern browsers, the BlackBerry OS6 webkit browser supports tabbed web pages, allowing you to browse multiple sites at once. Each tab can be considered as its own web browser. Though you can choose Tabs from the menu (BlackBerry key -> Tabs), the easiest way to open new tabs and view existing ones is to click the Tabs button to the right of the Box.

Tabbed browsing

Quick tools:

• Add to Bookmarks: includes the current page in your bookmarks. After selecting, you’ll have the option to edit the title, address, and the folder your new bookmark will go in.
• Add to Home Screen: creates an icon in your All tab, allowing you to launch a website from your home screen. It’s similar to dragging a webpage to your computer’s desktop, making a shortcut. After selecting, you’ll have the option to make your desktop bookmark into a Favorite.
• Send Page Address: You can share the web page address in a number of ways. You can share via email, text message, BlackBerry Messenger, Twitter, Facebook, Social Feeds, and several other ways.
• Copy Page Address: copies the address to the clipboard. Allows you to later paste the address in another tab, an email, bit.ly, etc.
• Bookmarks: opens your bookmarks folder
• History: opens the History folder