3. Reasons to go mobile
• Do you see anyone WITHOUT a
phone?
• Help spread the Word
• Largest Audience is NOW mobile
• Keeping up with the ever changing
economy
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4. Some tips on mobile
development
• Design for mobile • Verticle navigation
first! instead of
horizontal
• Thinking mobile navigation!
first, means you put
speed first!
• Too slow, loses
interest!
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5. Other Advantages: Keeping everyone up to date on where
you’re going to be!
(picture taken in Buffalo, NY; Aug.2010)
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6. 10 Ways mobile sites and
desktop sites differ
• Mobile sites usually only include
specific functions and content.
• Mobile requires more vertical
navigation, while desktop prefer
horizontal.
• Hypertext may be common on
desktops, but few to none on mobile
devices.
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7. • Mobile sites avoid promotional or
marketing graphics.
• Mobile sites have global navigation, but
contextual navigation in rare.
• Mobile sites do not have a normal
footer area, there are no quick links.
• Most mobile sites are flat, and do not
contain “breadcrumbs.”
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8. • Mobile sites do not have progress
indicators.
• Mobile sites do offer better integration
with phone functions.
• Mobile sites have technology that
detects where the users are to present
local search results, they are given
personalization options.
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9. With starting with mobile design, we can stay at the head of the
“pack” in the race of web/mobile/tablet design!
Let’s go PitBull Board!!!
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10. References
• http://sixrevisions.com/web-development/mobile-web-design-best-
practices/
• http://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2011/01/designing-for-
the-mobile-web-special-considerations.php
• http://www.sitepoint.com/7-tips-to-make-your-web-site-mobile-
friendly/
• http://www.netmagazine.com/features/mobile-first
• http://www.uxmatters.com/mt/archives/2011/03/10-ways-mobile-
sites-are-different-from-desktop-web-sites.php
• http://mashable.com/2011/08/05/mobile-design-priority/
• PitBull Boards pics from past years. (rights reserved)
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