October 2010
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comScore Releases First Comparative Report on... →
A cross-market analysis of mobile activities in Japan, the U.S. and Europe revealed significant differences among consumers by geography. Mobile users in Japan were the “most connected” of the three markets, with more than 75 percent using connected media (browsed, accessed applications or downloaded content) in June, compared to 43.7 percent in the U.S. and 38.5 percent in Europe.
November 2008
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Mobile Design Update
Anyone that has been following mobiledesign.org over the years knows I have had a tough time keeping it up to date. My goal has always been to have it be a community site, with little success.
I hope (for the third time) that I will change the tide.
First, I’m pleased to let you know that I’m writing a book for O’Reilly, entitled Mobile Design & Development. The book will...
July 2008
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Relationship between Mobile Web Best Practices... →
This document highlights the differences between the WCAG and the W3C’s Mobile Web Best Practices.
While a bit short of useful information it references several interesting W3C documents and gives some insight into how these various W3C initiatives will eventually come together.
June 2008
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WWDC Keynote Live →
I will be providing live updates to the WWDC Keynote this morning at 10 AM Pacific.
http://wwdc.flingmedia.com
May 2008
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Opera's Mobile Browsing Report →
Opera has released a Mobile Browsing Report chock full for interesting data nuggets about mobile browsing, including growth in Opera’s usage, user content preferences as well as top sites per country.
From the report:
Traffic to social networks comprise almost 40% of the mobile Web according to our “State of the Mobile Web” report, published today. The results both show...
Android vs. LiMo: What’s the difference? →
Curious about Android? Curious about LiMo? Never heard of LiMo? Here is a great overview of the two mobile platforms that will likely debut this year.
If those developing the device are looking to start with a complete software solution, they’d probably go with Android. If they’re looking to write their user experience layer from scratch, they’d go with LiMo.
Monetizing the Mobile Web →
Some great slides were posted from this weeks Mobile Monday London event. Several presentations contain some fantastic metrics and case studies on the benefits of mobile advertising.
April 2008
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W3C Mobile Web Test →
I’m glad to see that someone finally put this together. Though I think that the test greatly misses the mark to providing designers and developers with a helpful tool for testing the capabilities of WAP 2.0 browsers.
For example, of all the CSS2 tests to run, min-width would probably be the last I would run. What about just seeing if the browser supports the Cascade of Cascading...
From the BBC: Does Size Matter? →
Ashley Highfield of the BBC asks, “do people want to consume a lot of information on a 3”x2” screen?”
Good question. I think so. If it is context to what they are doing, or adds value to the moment, then people will go to incredible lengths and overcome significant hurdles to access content that helps them in that instant. In that instant, size does not matter, the...
Speakers for Design for Mobile Conference →
The first round of speakers have been announced for Design for Mobile conference in Lawrence, Kansas. Should be a great few days!
WatchHere are my slides from last weeks Over the Air event.
Never one to shy way from a huge slide count, I tried to pack as much information about basic mobile design principles as well as iPhone site, web app and native app information as I possibly could into both of my hour long iPhone sessions. Feel free to use any of these slides.
I have several workshops and presentations coming up, so come...
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WatchA great roundtable discussion on state and challenges of the Mobile User Experience from last weeks Over the Air event in London.
Part Two of the discussion is here.
via Mark Kramer
The Return of Mobile Design
Today I’m pleased to finally bring back mobiledesign.org!
I started Mobile Design back in 2005 as a way for the mobile design community to connect. The original idea was to create a site where the community submitted articles to be shared with all. The problem was that the mobile design community at that time ended up being a lot smaller than I thought.
I tried to add as many articles as...