Adaptive web design dominates in the web’s top brands
Under pressure in the UK, how popular are Huawei smartphones?
Mobile web: back to the future
March 29, 2017, by ronan
In the early days of the mobile web, way back in the late late nineties and early noughties, there was only one technique available to publish web pages to mobile devices: bespoke mobile content. There was simply no way that desktop-focused content could be made to work unaltered on the mobile devices of the time, which... Read More
Reducing page weight
March 28, 2017, by Ruadhán O'Donoghue
When approaching the issue of web page weight, it’s useful to keep in mind the well known engineering maxim, “Simplify, and then add lightness“. This article describes some of the ways you can add lightness and reduce your web page weight... Read More
Adaptive web design dominates in the web’s top brands
March 23, 2017, by ronan
Five years ago we ran an analysis of how the web’s top brands delivered web content to mobile. We found that 82% of the Alexa 100 used Adaptive Web Design (AWD, or server-side adaptation) in their websites to cater to different device classes. Since we ran this analysis RWD has become decidedly mainstream, an indispensable... Read More
AMPconf: AMP is a performance framework that’s growing up
March 10, 2017, by Ruadhán O'Donoghue
The first ever AMP conference drew to a close this week after two days of sessions in NYC. We’ve been interested in AMP here at mobiForge since its launch because the emphasis on performance resonates so well with us; performance is a cornerstone of AMP. The conference brought together members of the AMP project, partners... Read More
iPhone 2G, 3G and 3GS still actively used, new report reveals
March 9, 2017, by Pawel Piejko
Most of us would probably agree that iPhones generally have a higher resale value than most Android phones, but did you know that some old iPhones are still actively used in many countries? This is what the latest DeviceAtlas report reveals along with many other fascinating stats on the mobile world based on web traffic... Read More
Mobile World Congress 2017 summary
March 6, 2017, by Pawel Piejko
As Mobile World Congress 2017 came to an end, we are sharing a short summary of what we learned and discovered during this year’s show. We had plenty of inspiring conversations with some of the top minds in the industry about today’s device landscape. Here is a quick glimpse into the hardware that was exhibited... Read More
HTML5 for the mobile web – forms and input types
February 8, 2017, by Ruadhán O'Donoghue
In this article we take a look at some of the new form enhancements available in HTML5, and look at how they contribute to an improved user experience for mobile forms. In particular we will see how forms can be enhanced with the additional input types offered by HTML5, and show what you can expect across various classes of mobile browser... Read More
The WordPress road to the future of the mobile web via Progressive Web Apps
February 2, 2017, by Ciprian Borodescu
With WordPress powering 27.1% of all websites on the internet, Matt Mullenweg has set a new goal for the popular content management system: achieving a 50% market share (the majority of websites). However, he recognized that in order to reach that number and grow even further, “it’s more than just blogs and more than just... Read More
Mobile Payments with the Payment Request API
January 4, 2017, by Ruadhán O'Donoghue
We’ve recently written about the effect UX has on conversions. One place that has always had a lot of friction is the checkout process, particularly the manual entry of billing information on handheld devices. There have been several drives to reduce such friction in recent years, including Apple Pay, Android Pay, and Samsung Pay, to... Read More
Year in review: How the share of mobile web traffic changed in 2016
December 28, 2016, by Pawel Piejko
Having a detailed understanding of today’s mobile landscape is crucial when making business decisions related to your online presence. Over 2016, we’ve followed DeviceAtlas’ quarterly reporting on the latest trends in the mobile device usage which are based on real life web traffic to hundreds of thousands of websites. These reports are focused on specific... Read More
