Tag Archives: Browsers
Necessity is the Mother of Invention
Necessity is the Mother of Invention This is more of an observation than anything else. As I was playing around with a few browsers the other day I was noting happily how far things have progressed in terms of functionality since the first buggy firmware ones appeared. An interesting thing is that these third party browsers will have access to a lot of the type of data that used to depend upon the operator gateway to get sent, such as cell ID or MSISDN... Read More
Top Firefox extensions for mobile content development
November 29, 2006, by admin
After putting up a poll about which Firefox extensions are most useful for mobile web developers, a number of people suggested that there should be a separate page to list these. My personal list is as follows:Web Developer ToolbarChris Pederick's toolbar isn't a mobile-specific extension but is nonetheless extremely handy since it lets you do quite a few different things from seeing information about the current page to turning on and off various DOM elements. The page size indicator is particularly useful since it adds up http://chrispederick.com/work/webdeveloper/... Read More
Mobile browser advances do not remove the the need for mobile-friendly sites
November 27, 2006, by ronan
The argument goes as follows: phones are becoming more capable all the time and already some high end phones can handle existing desktop-focused sites without a problem. So why is a mobile-friendly site necessary?... Read More
