Why your company needs mobility

Presented By: Bianca Washington

Technological change is swift and often. We all know change. With devices and capabilities growing over the past few years, mobile has become the new game-changer

Why not give your customers another avenue to view your site? The the same experience as your website, but tailored by mobile.

Americans used smartphone and tablet apps more than PCs to access the Internet last month -- the first time that has ever happened.

Mobile apps overtake PC Internet usage in U.S.

How mobile and tablet usage has impacted web design

Text and Graphics

Content

Click to Touch and swipe

current technologies can be used to make websites accessible on all

device

HTML5

CSS

W3C

UAAG

!How much mobile and tablet usage has grown and

estimated future usage

Mobile devices accounted for 55% of Internet usage in the United States in January. Apps

made up 47% of Internet traffic and 8% of traffic came from mobile browsers, according to data

from comScore, cited Thursday by research firm Enders Analysis. PCs clocked in at 45%.

Bad examples of websites that don’t work well on mobile/tablet devices

Christopher Norman Chocolates

Good examples of websites that do work well on mobile/tablet devices

Macdonald Hotels

Ready to make a positive step in the right direction?

To make your sites mobile and tablet compatible, you must:

Have a site that is built in HTML5

Include languages such as HTML5 and JavaScript

Setup mobile redirect with mobile development.

References

Mobile apps overtake PC Web usage in U.S. (2014, February 28). Retrieved September 28, 2014.

Nielsen Norman Group. (n.d.). Retrieved September 29, 2014.

Ten Ways to Make Your Website More Mobile Friendly. (n.d.). Retrieved September 29, 2014.

Responsive Web Layouts for Mobile Screens: Intro, Tips and Examples. (n.d.). Retrieved September 29, 2014.