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Mobile Web Design
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(Lawyer says ‘Hi’!)
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You are...
Experienced with XHTML/CSS.
Familiar with good markup techniques.
Unsure about this “mobile web thing”.
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Legacy
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1910
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Pocket watches provide the closest
historical parallel to the remarkable
rise of the mobile phone.”
—Jon Agar, Constant Touch
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Staggering Numbers
1996 GSM phones in 103 countries
2000 10 million i-mode users (Japan)
2002 1 billion mobile phone users worldwide
2009 3 billion mobile phone users worldwide
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UK More mobile phones than humans...
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Quandary
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Reader Poll
Highly scientific, statistically significant
(not really!)
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~400
159
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Participants
Unique handsets(Motorola RAZR, Palm Treo 650, Sony Ericsson K750i / K700i / T610, Nokia 6230...)
Manufacturers
Countries
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Designers face a proliferation of
capabilities that make the early
[Mobile] Web look like a playground.”
—Joe Shepter, “The Pulse of Modern Design”
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Mobile Web “Playground”
WML, XHTML, -MP, -Basic...
Plethora of user agents
Varying coding practices, URIs, etc.
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What is the Mobile Web?
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Optimism
More mobiles than PCs.
More mobiles than landline phones.
Web usage is continually increasing.
You can utilize existing skills.
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Context
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Noooo!
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Instead... What is contextually relevant?
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Mobile = Mobility
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Design = Communication
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Therefore, mobile design is the art of
communicating within an
environment of mobility.
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Fundamentals
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Most devices sold today are WAP 2.0.
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XHTML, not WML.
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What that means...
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english360.com
english360.com
english360.com/mobile (powered by MovableType)
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However,
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XHTML/CSS support is inconsistent.*
* highly
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Markup Test Pages
cameronmoll.com/mobile
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Test on target devices, not emulators.
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Methodology
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Method
Do nothing.
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31 kb (markup only)
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Method
Do nothing.
Strip images and styling.
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Method
Do nothing.
Strip images and styling.
Handheld stylesheets.
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Method
Do nothing.
Strip images and styling.
Handheld stylesheets.
Mobile-specific site/app.
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Miniaturize or Mobilize?
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Miniaturize
Repurpose existing content
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craigslist.org
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craigslist screen grab
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Primary Use Cases
Choose area (city)
Browse category
Post a listing
Search
Event Calendar
Forums
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Use Case Hiearchy
1. Search
2. Categories
3. Event calendar
4. Choose area
Top element
Most frequented
Access to today, tomorrow
By zip code or city nameAssume San Francisco by default
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Text or numericSearch
Most frequentedCategories
Zip or name; would offer suggestions if not found
City
Opera Mini
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Mobilize
Content-, Context-, Component-specific
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LBS
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Forces
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SMS
J2ME
AJAX
SVG
LBS
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Texting; SMS search
Java-based apps, interactivity
Javascript, XML
SVG Tiny; scalable vector graphics
Location-based services; GPS
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The mobile device has the potential to
act as a significant reporter of data
rather than a mere consumer of data.”
—Joe Shepter, “The Pulse of Modern Design”
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Device Detection
“Sniff out” user agent strings for individual devices
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User Agents
Proprietary vs. Cross-platform?
Beyond mobile phones?
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http://www.tinyurl.com/l2lst
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Best Practices
...and even “standards”?
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Mobile Web Initiative
W3C chartered
Input by mobile developers, companies
Best Practices
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Sample Guidelines
Use valid markup.
Use tables only if supported by target device.
Use text equivalents for non-text elements.
http://www.w3.org/TR/mobile-bp/
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Also...
mobileOKhttp://tinyurl.com/gzdrb
Best Practices Checkerhttp://tinyurl.com/jsrkn
...remember these?
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Ideology
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A mobile web that is
desirable, dependable, disciplined.
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An array of thought leaders.
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User agent consistency.
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Mobile device wiki.
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...and?
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Questions?
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