Tag Archives: Usability
WebKit by any other name… or How I found a use for JavaScript
May 21, 2008, by Ronan_Mandel
I’ve been doing a great deal of thinking lately about JavaScript/ECMAScript and the mobile web. What I’ve been struggling with is the need or value for it when it comes to sites which are organically created for mobile. Sure there’s a need to support JavaScript as fully as possible for providing a ‘full web’ experience and managing existing content, but when it comes to designing for the mobile context, is there really value for it?... Read More
The mobile glass is half full
May 20, 2008, by mobiThinking
The people who develop mobile applications and websites used to only think about the limitations of the mobile device. Small screen. No proper keyboard. No mouse. Today, mobile developers and marketers have woken up to the idea that the mobile handset is not a disabled device, it’s a differently-abled device... Read More
Mobile Internet User Experience
Having Internet access on mobile devices is about the freedom to utilize Internet anywhere, anytime. The more our daily lives are interlinked with the Internet, the more important it is to have Internet access whenever you need it. So far, the user experience has not been good enough to encourage the masses to start using the Internet on mobile devices... Read More
Viewports on mobile browsers
April 16, 2008, by ronan
Is it any wonder that users of low-end phones don't browse the web that much? Take a look at this photo of a Nokia 6131 in the default web browser. By my very crude calculations, the percentage of the overall screen area actually used by the browser to display useful content is a mere 65%. Why the gaping void between the bottom of the viewport and the menu? Why throw away so many pixels for the scrollbar? By the way, the browser was configured to use "Full" screen size... Read More
Find favicons
December 12, 2007, by Cyril
The favorites icon, that little icon displayed next to the URL bar in most PC browsers, can be quite useful for mobile. It allows identification of a site in only 16x16 pixels and just hundreds of bytes. Most favicons are unique, and despite being too small to accommodate text or a complex logo-type, users can identify a site more quickly by its favicon than by reading the URL... Read More
