Long-time Forum Nokia Champion, and co-founder of Mippin, Robin Jewsbury recently spoke with us about his experience developing Web Runtime (WRT) widgets for use on Nokia S60 devices.

"We love web technology now – we're building on top of the Mippin platform and WRT widgets are an ideal technology compliment to our server-side software. So where we can, we use WRT for S60 phones," Robin said. "It’s all about making the app look good, be clear and simple, and have as few clicks as possible." 

For new developers, his advice is very straightforward: "Try just one app first. If you have a choice available to you choose Web Runtime – it’s the fastest way to get a good looking app developed."  

He also shares his experience publishing WRT content to Nokia's Ovi Store, and he provides several tips and tricks for developers that should help when they are navigating the publish to Ovi process. He notes that WRT widgets can typically get through the QA process more quickly than other content, noting that: "I think it’s easier for the testers to test the WRT widgets – there's fewer handsets to test them on and there's fewer things to go wrong."

On a related note for publishers, when it comes to time to signing for mobile Java applications, he recommends the use of Thawte certificates for your content.  

Finally, Robin gave us an exclusive preview about a new start-up project that he is working on called "EyeMags." He notes: "This is a service which allows anyone to create their own content applications … Currently the apps produced are all mobile Java, but you can guess that WRT is just around the corner – it will appear soon. That's just the beginning of course. The apps produced are currently little magazines with text and pictures and they will become a lot more functional – WRT makes this easy."

We'll stay tuned for more details … In the meanwhile, you can hear the entire conversation in this Forum Nokia podcast.