MobileWeb

The Dojo offline toolkit allows for web applications to work offline. It consists of a JavaScript library (bundled within the web page) and a ~300K download with the logic to cache a web application's user-interface for offline use. How is Dojo offline related to mobile web? Right at this moment, not directly. But Dojo offline … Read more

Russ Beattie has introduced Mowser web content translation technology for mobile web. Neat… there is so much to be done in this space of “proper web content translation for mobile web”… I tackled this problem many years ago, on a different but related problem-area, and I'll tell you that it is good to see Russ … Read more

I started putting together a Mobile Web FAQ with focus on design, development and resources, including answers to questions such as what is the Mobile Web, Widgets and Mobile Widgets, future and other. This FAQ should in theory complement Ajit's Mobile AJAX FAQ. See Mobile Web FAQ; the FAQ is a living document… ceo

The dotMobi Mobile Web Developers Guide, written by Brian Fling of Blue Flavor, is now available.

Brian did a wonderful job with his presentation on Mobile Web development at SXSW Interactive which was titled “Everything you always wanted to know about the mobile web… but were afraid to ask”. Both content and how he presented were great. The room was packed, I would say like 200 people, showing the increased interest … Read more

Jason at Paxmodept has created a (basic at the moment) test suite to help investigate Javascript and DOM support/capabilities in mobile browsers. See his announcement. ceo

From the W3C web site: …The Mobile Web Best Practices Working Group has released the First Public Working Draft of W3C mobileOK Basic Tests 1.0. This document defines the tests that provide the basis for making a claim to be W3C mobileOK Basic compliant and are based upon W3C's Mobile Web Best Practices. Read about … Read more

Are you aware of the W3C Web Integration Compound Document (WICD), and its mobile version, the WICD Mobile 1.0? The WICD Mobile 1.0 specification is going to be a very important piece moving forward for Mobile Web and mobile browsing, and in the convergence between rich-local clients and browser-based technologies. The WICD Mobile profile is … Read more

I haven't expressed much about how I feel about .mobi – months ago I wrote a piece about it, but never finished editing it… Today Carlo wrote a very good piece on .mobi, which I am going to piggyback… .mobi is not needed. There is no technical reason for it, and there is no user … Read more

[Via W3C] The W3C Mobile Web Initiative Working Group has released the First Public Working Draft of Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0. “The draft describes how to produce Web content and Web sites intended for delivery to mobile and small-screen devices. Writing for a wide audience, the group invites feedback from developers and network operators … Read more