Mobile Web Design


The face of modern business today is web based. It needs to be dynamic, effective, comprehensive, and targeted correctly for the audience intended.

This course provides an introduction to user interface design for mobile web browsers, from low-end to the most feature-rich. The topics which will be addressed include cross-browser design, mobile environments and applications. Participants will gain the ability to translate existing web design skills into the mobile space and be able create applications that will succeed on several different types of devices.

Participation includes a copy of User Interface Design Guidelines for Mobile Web Development.



Agenda

Mobile environment for web


  • The Carry Principle

  • Users

  • Devices

  • Device classes

Mobile browsers


  • What is WAP, anyhow?

  • Mobile-only browsers (e.g., Openwave, Access)

  • Full-web mobile browsers (e.g., Opera Mobile, Nokia)

Designing cross-device applications


  • Automatic conversion

  • Application tweaking (WURFL)

Key design issues


  • Security management

  • Screen design

  • Rendering idiosyncrasies

    • Design guidelines