Posts tagged as "Mobile Web Applications"

Posted by Vishal Vaidya on 15th April 2009

Mobile Web Applications : Design Factors

Mobile websites designs has its own limitations & need to be designed based on some specifications / best practices.
Here, we will discuss something about the “design factors for mobile web applications”. As we have already discussed, there are several limitations. You can read more about limitations here!
Following are some of these guidelines which needs to [...]

Posted by Vishal Vaidya on 12th April 2009

Mobile Web Applications : Usability Factors

(part 2 continues…)

Make sure that basic controls are always available!
Make sure you place basic controls to navigate on the site, such as “back to home, back to search results” & relevant ones.  Use contextual menus if required & only if they are assisting the user (preferably limited to 2-3 short links). In most of [...]

Posted by Vishal Vaidya on 10th April 2009

Mobile Web Applications : Usability Factors

Usability is a determining factor of success in the mobile internet application as well.

Though, it’s ‘always-with you’, ‘personalized’ way to access internet, it has several limitations. Let’s understand the limitations of the mobile web application environment:
Limitations:

Screen ‘Real Estate’ issues: resolution limitations as compared to desktops / notebooks / netbooks.
Browsers: Various browser renders site differently on [...]

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