| Original author(s) | Nokia |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Igalia, Lanedo |
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | |
| Type | Application framework |
| License | GNU LGPL |
| Website | leste |
Hildon is an application framework originally developed for mobile devices (PDAs, mobile phones, etc.) running the Linux operating system as well as the Symbian operating system. The Symbian variant of Hildon was discontinued with the cancellation of Series 90. It was developed by Nokia for the Maemo operating system. It focuses on providing a finger-friendly interface.[1] It is primarily a set of GTK extensions that provide mobile-device–oriented functionality, but also provides a desktop environment that includes a task navigator for opening and switching between programs, a control panel for user settings, and status bar, task bar and home applets.[2] It is standard on the Maemo platform used by the Nokia Internet Tablets and the Nokia N900 smartphone.[3]
Hildon has also been selected as the framework for Ubuntu Mobile and Embedded Edition.[4]
Hildon was an early instance of a software platform for generic computing in a tablet device intended for internet consumption.[5] But Nokia didn't commit to it as their only platform for their future mobile devices and the project competed against other in-house platforms. The strategic advantage of a modern platform was not exploited, being displaced by the Series 60,[6] though its development is continued by the Maemo Leste project.[7]
- ^ Nokia Pushes Hildon Upstream
- ^ Maemo Diablo 4.1 release documentation - 5.2.4 Hildon Framework
- ^ maemo Tutorial Bora Archived 2008-04-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Hildon Desktop Manual Procedure[permanent dead link]
- ^ Andrew Orlowski. "Nokia's Great Lost Platform". The Register.
- ^ "Nokia's Great Lost Platform - Page 4". The Register.
- ^ Thom Holwerda (2021-03-14). "The Nokia N900: the future that wasn't". OSNews. Retrieved 2022-07-17.