Emerging Widgets Ecosystem - for Vodacom Widget Developer Camp

Daniel Appelquist
5 Sept 2009
The Emerging Widgets Ecosystem

The mobile Web isn’t what It used to be…
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Opera’s Mobile Web Usage Data (Jan 2009)
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Top 11 Mobile 2.0 Trends (from 2008)
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W3C Work on the Mobile Web
World Wide Web Consortium (http://www.w3c.org.za)
Organization created by (Sir) Tim Berners-Lee in 1994
Web Standards – HTML, XML, CSS, etc…
W3C Mobile Web Initiative (http://w3.org/Mobile)
Umbrella for mobile activities, created 2005
Mobile Web Best Practices and MobileOK
Web Compatibility Test for Mobile Browsers
http://www.w3.org/2008/06/mobile-test/
Mobile Web Application Best Practices
Widgets Specifications
Geolocation API
New Device APIs Working Group
Experimental Widget Test Framework
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Mobile Web Application Best Practices
The Web has grown from a page-based metaphor into a full-blown application platform
Most things you used to need a special application for you can now do on the Web
The Mobile Web is going the same way
Advanced browser features enable interactivity and application-like behavior
Mobile Web pages become compelling user experiences
Guidelines for Mobile Web Applications developers in progress in W3C:
http://www.w3.org/TR/mwabp/
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Widget Test Framework (Experimental)
Built on top of MobileOK Checker
http://qa-dev.w3.org:8001/widget/ (URL will change)
Checks the level of compliance against the W3C Widget Specifications
Code available here:
http://dev.w3.org/cvsweb/2009/widget-checker/
Keep watching this space
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W3C Standards is a Public Process
All these working groups operate “in public” – on public mailing lists.
W3C process includes a rigorous public comment period
They want your feedback!
Check out:
W3C Web Applications public mailing list:
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-webapps/
W3C Mobile Web Best Practices public mailing list:
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-bpwg/
W3C Device APIs public mailing list:
http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-device-apis/
And follow progress at http://w3.org and http://w3.org/Mobile
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Widgets
Take Mobile Web Applications to the next level
Build mobile applications using Web technologies familiar to millions of developers
Package these Web applications up in a standard cross-platform way (W3C)
Enable these applications with (secure) access to device capabilities through APIs
Deploy into a Web Run-Time environment (analogous to a Web browser, but windowless and integrated into the device UI)
Create a clear proposition for the developer and a route to market
Cross-platform mini-applications, built on open Web standards that are easy to write and deploy and leverage a well-understood security model

Widgets Extend the Web
Widgets use existing Web technologies
HTML, JavaScript, CSS
Packaging and configuration standards being developed in W3C
In development in Web Applications working group
Complimentary to off-line capabilities of HTML5
Widgets may be updated automatically
Access to device capabilities will be standardized as well
W3C Geolocation API working group – referenced by OMTP BONDI, already implemented in iPhone 3.0 browser, Android, Opera test builds, Mozilla…
OMTP BONDI interfaces
Mobile Widget Programme
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Widgets are at the epicenter of the Mobile <-> Web Convergence
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The Twiggy Story
Twiggy – the Mobile Twitter Search Widget
Built by Carsonifiedfor Vodafone to help promote mobile widgets
Built in 4 days
Employed normal Web developer techniques
Resulting application was wigitizable and also worked as a WebApp
Social search use case – ideally suited for mobile widget
Case in point that it’s easy for Web developers to build Widgets

Widgets: The Next Chapter
Standard, secure access to device capabilities
Location
Camera
Address book
Calendar
Media
File system
Sensors
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Widget Standards
W3C standard for “Widget Packaging and Configuration” completed this summer
W3C standard for “Widget Signing” completed this summer
W3C standard for Widget APIs and Events pending
W3C standard for Widget Updates pending
Widget content is built on Web standards (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)
Widgets are part of the Web ecosystem
Fragmented implementations are out there especially around APIs and security model
Nokia widgets, Opera Widgets, BONDI widgets, JIL widgets, etc…
New W3C Device APIs working group working on one agreed set of APIs
All players at the table: Opera, Nokia, Vodafone, BONDI, Google, Mozilla, Microsoft
Nokia and Vodafone co-chairing this effort
Delivery probably in 2010
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Mobile Widgets Are Made for the Social Web
Social applications for people on the go
New mechanisms for communication
Bringing your social network with you
Proximity-based applications
Location-aware social apps
Mobile location-based gaming
Ubiquitous access to information and communication
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Resources
Widget blog: http://betavine.net/widgetblog
W3C: http://www.w3c.org.za
OMTP BONDI: http://www.omtp.org/bondi

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