Tag Archives: Usability
Even better than the real thing: how augmented reality will bring the mobile Web to life for brands, publishers and consumers
June 18, 2009, by mobiThinking
Mobile marketers tend to fall into two camps: entertainment and utility. The revolutionary technology known as augmented reality (AR) should get both camps equally excited... Read More
Gomez and dotMobi Publish Latest Mobile Web Experience Benchmark Data for the Airline, Banking and Search Industries
May 13, 2009, by mobiThinking
The new benchmark data reveals that mobile Web sites were almost nine percent slower in April than in March. Conversely, fixed Web sites loaded three percent faster in April than in March, according to data from Gomez’s 18 Home Page Web Performance Benchmarks, revealing a widening performance gap between the mobile and fixed Web. April data for the Mobile Web Experience Benchmarks is now available at: Airlines: http://www.gomez.com/products/viewbenchmark.php?btype=102... Read More
The best of airline, banking and search mobile sites benchmarked by Gomez and dotMobi
May 7, 2009, by mobiThinking
The Mobile Web Experience Benchmarks highlight how major brands address the challenge of delivering quality Web experiences to consumers who access information via the mobile Web. The benchmarks will help everyday users better understand the mobile experiences delivered by the brands they use for travel, online banking and search. Benchmarked businesses will learn how well they perform on the mobile Web relative to their competitors... Read More
The dotMobi WordPress Mobile Pack
April 30, 2009, by James Pearce
The dotMobi WordPress Mobile Pack is a complete toolkit from dotMobi to help mobilize your WordPress site and blog. It includes a mobile switcher to select themes based on the type of user that is visiting the site, a selection of mobile themes, extra widgets, device adaptation and a mobile administration panel to allow users to edit the site or write new posts when out and about... Read More
Accesskeys: Thinking about them in a QWERTY world
April 29, 2009, by Ronan_Mandel
Interestingly enough, in this time of excitement and interest in building apps for mobile phones, Google did a refresh on their [i]web[/i] apps for iPhone and Android. Go figure, seems like the mobile web isn't dead even on high end, high power devices. Even more, it would appear to make sense to build mobile specific web interfaces even for fully functional WebKit browser based devices. Imagine that!... Read More