Mobile Web

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Welcome to the weekend Web, where people are spending a bigger slice of time online via wireless devices - and using a different set of sites than during the workweek. "At Google, we see the majority of our desktop traffic [in the US] during weekdays," says Matt Waddell, chief of staff for Google Mobile. "On mobile, the situation is completely reversed." Mobile browsing surged 89% in the past year, with mobile page views increasing by 127%, according to researcher M:Metrics. The increase reflects growing availability of all-you-can eat data plans and increasingly sophisticated handheld devices such as the Apple iPhone.

Examples of rich mobile interface.

examples of mobile user interface

some issues with gmail usability on the mobile phone

results from usability tests on the Iphone.

This article explores the practice of "beeping" or "missed calling" between mobile phone users, or calling a number and hanging up before the mobile's owner can pick up the call. Most beeps are requests to call back immediately, but they can also send a pre-negotiated instrumental message such as "pick me up now" or a relational sign, such as "I'm thinking of you."

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Developing for the iPhone is great, but it's only a sliver of the mobile market, and the real world of mobile development is a lot hairier. Opera developer relations manager Chris Mills writes about do's, don'ts and best practices.

The mobile web is here to stay -- but is your site optimized for users that are on the run? In this article, Brian reveals seven fundamental tips to make sure your web site is a joy to use for all users -- including those browsing from a mobile phone.

Little Springs Design has started a wiki that collects mobile ui design resources, patterns, devices, and so forth.

The W3C's basic guidelines for delivering a good experience to mobile Web users.

What separates the good from the bad in the mobile web space? More importantly, what makes a good mobile application truly great? There are lots of examples out there, but what can mobile developers learn from them? Here are some common sense guidelines:

More and more mobile phones users are browsing and searching the internet on their handsets. The UK, for example, has neared saturation for mobile phones and many handset browsers can now handle sites designed for viewing on computers. Indeed 20% of UK mobile phone users now use the internet on their mobile devices. In this article, Abid Warsi of Webcredible defines seven guidelines that web designers should bear in mind when considering how their sites will look and work on mobiles.

There has been a lot of huffing and puffing over limitations to iPhone 3rd party apps. Especially the "one app at a time" and "no background processes" rules. A lot of people claims that these particular restrictions does not apply to the native iPhone apps or to preferred partners that Apple lets under the tent. I would like to argue that this assumption is not correct.

RPI's Tetherless World Constellation will address this emerging area of "Web Science," focusing on the World Wide Web and it's future use. Faculty in the constellation will explore the research and engineering principles that underlie the Web, will enhance the Web's reach beyond the desktop and laptop computer, and will develop new technologies and languages that expand the capabilities of the Web.

WidSets is a clever service that brings the Internet to your cell phone. It uses mini-applications called widgets that keep an eye out on updates to websites you normally visit several times a day.

dotMobi published a Mobile Web Guide in HTML. This guide provides its readers with best practices, methods and other material on how to publish for mobile devices.