CSS

Widget Investigation leads to a 'Worst Practice' Discovery

Ronan_Mandel — Mon, 18 May 2009 10:38:45 +0000

Nokia just wrapped up their Developer Conference in Monaco last week. Sadly, I didn't have the budget to go. Maybe you were lucky and did (or maybe you live there, lucky you!). Anyhow, one of the technologies that they're pushing these days is their WRT (Web Run Time) or Widgets for the lay person out there. This whole mobile widget thing is nothing new, but what does appear to be new is that they're gathering a steam this time.

Effective Design for Multiple Screen Sizes

bryanrieger — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 17:32:43 +0000

So you're a designer and have been tasked with the design of a mobile web site. Chances are, unless you're designing for only one device you're quickly going to be faced with a common problem experienced by designers who work with mobile devices; figuring out what screen size to actually design for.

For instance:

Mobile Web Design: Getting to the Point - Part II

paulca — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:55:52 +0000

Following on from part I, I want to put into practice the principles that I isolated by looking at GMail, Twitter and Facebook. I’ll apply the principles to one of the most common of web applications: the online store. I want to look at three typical online store pages and then go through some ideas about how best to apply mobile web design principles to the pages.

I'll go through the process of building the site from the ground up... from simple sketches through wireframing and the final design.

Mobile Web Design - Working with Color

Richard Yates — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:38:11 +0000

This article discusses the role of color in mobile web design. Color used effectively allows for visually communicating information about a page without having to take up additional space within the page. As everyone learns, whether a mobile web user, or a mobile web designer or developer, screen real estate is at a premium in the mobile web environment.

The mysteries of mobile data plans or It’s all about Page Weight

Ronan_Mandel — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:49:09 +0000

So I have to make a confession (seems like I’ve been doing that a lot recently…) For the first time in my life I received a mobile phone bill with data charges on it. What you say? Are you some sort of imposter? Have you not been using mobile data all these years? Well, here’s the thing: I’ve been using it for free (we’ll, it’s all been on the company’s dime that is) so it never really hit me how much it really cost.

Comparison of CSS 2.1, CSS MP, WCSS and CSS Level 1

Jo Rabin — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 19:01:06 +0000

This tables summarizes the differences between the different flavours of CSS that are in use and is a useful reference for developers who are making the transition from from PC web design to mobile web design.

Version 0.9 (Draft), 29 Jan 2007

Jo Rabin

Some references are works in progress and are subject to change