3. References Mobile Web Books Programming the Mobile Web http://amzn.to/bZMOch Mobile Web Development http://amzn.to/9cvDoE Mobile Design and Development http://amzn.to/hh8cPd http://www.w3.org/TR/mobile-bp/ Introduction To Mobile Web http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/introduction-to-the-mobile-web/
4. Why Mobile Web? You Should Attend My “10 Things to Make You A Great Mobile Web Developer” session. http://tinyurl.com/10mobweb Why You Need To Build Mobile Web Sites http://tinyurl.com/whymobweb
7. “Among U.S. mobile phone users, in May 2010 65.2 percent sent a text message to another phone, 31.9 percent used their phone’s browser, 30 percent used/downloaded applications, 22.5 percent played mobile games and 20.8 percent accessed a social networking site or blog.” MobileMarketer.com http://www.mobilemarketer.com/cms/news/research/7342.html
8. “We often see double consumption and usage on touchscreen devices versus non-touch interfaces,” he said. “The mobile Web is becoming more app-like in appearance and experience, and the likelihood is that the mobile Web and apps will continue to coexist. As the industry pushes towards the HTML 5 standard, the Web is becoming more app-like, so there’s an increasing convergence between the appearance and experience.” MobileMarketer.com http://www.mobilemarketer.com/cms/news/research/7342.html
9. “The key thing for marketers is the combination of larger screens and the touch Web really shouldn’t be underestimated,” Mr. Elkin said. “There are much higher interaction rates for the Web and apps among smartphone owners, and on a bigger canvas we expect those deltas to go even higher.” MobileMarketer.com http://www.mobilemarketer.com/cms/news/research/7342.html Don’t Forget TableTs
10. Understand the Landscape Lots of Phones Out There! Several Browsers Opera, Safari, IE, FireFox, many others you never heard of Proxy Browsers Opera Mini
11. One Site for Mobile & Desktop? http://mysite.com http://mysite.com/m Creates A Mesh of two client platforms in single project
12. Handling Redirection WURFL No Not This Guy -> Wireless Universal Resource File http://wurfl.sourceforge.net/ XML configuration file which contains information about capabilities and features of many mobile devices
13. 51 Degrees .NET Library to Manage Redirection http://51degrees.codeplex.com/
16. Navigation Decide What Is Useful To Your User 80% Of The Desktop Is Not Useful Mobile Define Use Cases Try For 3 Click Success Try to Predict User Path
20. Context Where Is Your User? Why Are They Accessing My Site? What Are They Looking For? What Can Your Mobile Platform Offer for Success? This Is Information Architecture
22. Progressive Enhancement Basic content is accessible to all browsers. Basic functionality is accessible to all browsers. Semantic markup contains all content. Enhanced layout is provided by externally linked CSS. Enhanced behavior is provided by unobtrusive, externally linked JavaScript.
23. Touch Patterns Consider Hidden Areas Provide Space Feedback Touch Ref Guide http://tinyurl.com/tchref
24. CSS For Mobile wap-accesskey wap-marquee Form Extensions -wap-input-format -wap-input-required <input type="text" name="zip" style="-wap-input-format: '5N'; -wap-input-required: true" />
25. 8. AJAX jQuery & Other Frameworks Work w/Limitations jQuery Mobile - jQueryMobile.com Do Not Assume It Is Available
27. JS Mobile Extensions Messaging Address book management Geolocation Gallery Camera Calendar Device status information Native menus
28. Images Limit to Logo, Product or Map Do NOT use for Backgrounds Buttons Icons Compress The mandatory attributes for an img tag are src, width, height, and alt
