Tag Archives: Best Practices
Fixit – Nested Tables
January 24, 2008, by Ruadhán O'Donoghue
This test determines if your page make use of nested tables. Mobile devices often cannot display nested tables correctly. When a mobile device is capable of displaying nested tables, the computations required to render the tables can consume lot of CPU and add to the display time for the page... Read More
Fixit – External Resources
January 23, 2008, by Ruadhán O'Donoghue
This test determines how many externally linked resources your page relies on. Linked resources include images, stylesheets and other objects. Each externally linked resource requires a separate request across the network. This may add a significant amount to the page load time in the mobile context. ... Read More
Fixit – No Frames
January 4, 2008, by Ruadhán O'Donoghue
Frames are not supported on many mobile devices, and using them may have unpredictable results. Frames are also considered as being generally problematic. This test checks that your page does not use frames... Read More
Low Fat or Full Fat, it’s still One Web
December 1, 2007, by Jo Rabin
Well, doesn’t time fly? Just over a year ago I posted on One Web and what I think it means. A year or so later, what has changed? Well, firstly I think that there are a lot more made-for-mobile Web sites. Secondly, the term “One Web” continues to be used to describe the consumption of desktop oriented sites on mobile devices. For example, a post from Alan Patrick last weekend: there are currently 2 main schools of thought - (i) define a unique "mobile web", and (ii) make devices better at coping with existing web content. The problem with the mobile web option is the expenditure given the low pull through …... Read More
DotMobi Switch On! Guides (Style Guides)
October 25, 2007, by admin
The dotMobi Switch On! Guides are a set of guides governing certain technical protocols and services in the .mobi domain. These style guides are a combination of mandatory rules and optional best practices that, when applied to content and services associated with the domain, ensure a good user experience for users interacting with the domain and its services via a mobile device... Read More
