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With the lapse of time mobile devices hold excellent pace in their development and dictate their rules to the whole industry by forcing website owners and web developers adapt new standards and consider the responsive design principles. Also there is the other side of the problem – the development of cross-platofrm mobile applications and website interfaces.
It is a widespread situation when each and every website not only wants to have a mobile-compatible website, but also their own apps for iPad, iPhone, BlackBerry and Android, or at least some extended functionality for a mobile website. Also there are millions of start-ups waiting for their big moment to become another “killer-app”. If you ever decide to take chances in the field of creating mobile applications we think that our list of HTML5 frameworks for mobile development will be one of your primary assistants.
Ripple
We start our list with the Chrome extension called Ripple. This very powerful, plain and easy-to-use software offers pretty impressive list of features. Now if you want to go with testing your mobile application Ripple will help you to test and debug the app on multiple platforms. Geolocation module is the spice of this software which allows you to test geolocation-related apps. Also you can apply this extension for Javascript debugging and Unit testing.
LungoJS
LungoJS is claimed to be the best HTML5 mobile framework so far and here are few reasons to consider this statement being true. The following framework is supplied with full features of HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript. It is a pretty universal tool that allows you to build everything you can imagine starting from geolocation apps to mobile games. You can implement such essential features as Geolocation, History, Device Orientation, WebSQL. Also this framework doesn’t require any web server support.
We’ve entered the mobile web era several years ago and now we can observe the rapid development of the technologies related to the mobile web sphere. There is a long road ahead and a huge number of important innovations must be embodied, but even now there is a lot of successful achievements that you may start using even today.
The blogosphere in general and WordPress software are the pioneers of the mobile web and today we are going to share with you some of the best plugins that would connect your cell, tablet or other mobile device with the world of WordPress. Here you’ll find extensions that would open mobile web for your blog and will let you control your website just by clicking several buttons on your phone. Perhaps some of you will say these are not exactly the WordPress plugins in a way that we’re used to, however we believe it’s not about how you call it – it’s all about functionality. We’re sure that all of the plugins and tools presented here will greatly simplify the process of converting your blog for mobile web. Please don’t forget to share your opinion in the comments section, we really want to know about your experience of working with mobile versions of blogs – either as an editor or a viewer.
1. WordPress Mobile Edition
WordPress Mobile is a great software that detects mobile web browser and shows an interface that is specifically designed for the visitors who browse via their mobile or tablet devices. Also you can customize the list of browsers supported by this plugin.
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2. WordPress Mobile Pack
This is a toolkit that helps you to prepare your WordPress-powered website for mobile web with original mobile themes switcher, specialized widgets, device adaptation and mobile admin panels for the users. So, basically you can post on your website by using your mobile device.
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3. Mobile Admin
Mobile Admin is about adapting WordPress UI to be more user-friendly on various mobile devices including iPhone and iPod touch. Among its most essential features we should mark out the dashboard section, “manage posts” page, “manage profile” page and plugins support.
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Mobile design has developed a look of its own over the last time. Using the barest minimum of available space, designers have managed to find the most adventurous solutions for this kind of web browsing to make it remain interesting for the users. And though mobile web may have different rules, sometimes they are smartly broken, but it’s being done in an orderly manner. This smoothly shifts the introduction from that of mobile design concept to basically trends listing. While trendspotting we have separated 16 categories – and here’s actually the compilation of those main things which you can examine and further consider on your mobile web design. For each trend mentioned, we provide some great real-life examples and a short consideration that goes hand-in-hand with mobile constraints.
- Slider Gallery
- Large Photo Background
- Magazine Style
- Video Content Listing
- Full Website Option
- Social Networks Integration
- Introduction Blocks
- Common Website Design – Depleted Version
- Grid Style Thumbnail Gallery
- Two-Column Navigation Menu
- Binary Linear Navigation Optimized for Fingertips
- Drop-Down Menu
- Image Based Navigation
- Icon and Text Based Navigation
- Horizontal Navigation Panels
- Minimal Style
Yet the major mobile web design trend consists in leveling out the differences between standard website designs and their mobile versions. The crux of the matter here is that we have a constant flow of new handheld devices with larger screen resolutions, more intuitive interfaces. The mobile environment is enduring rapid enhancement which also results in better connectivity issues and faster mobile web browsing, with data traffic being significantly increased. This forces designers to get unrestrained and open the horizons for mobile web design creativity. And now take a look at what the following prominent sites are doing with their mobile presence.
The slider is conceived as a convenient solution to handle high volumes of images. It allows to easily navigate between multiple slides and frequently offers some fancy transition effects. This is especially useful in mobile layout because on a limited space you can display multiple pictures.
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NYC Go
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Accessing the web through mobile handheld devices is a usual practice these days. It’s apparent that people hooked to the Internet via their phones are on the huge rise. Furthermore, lots of consumer-focused companies have already realized how promising the mobile platform is and have by now equipped themselves with a mobile-friendly alternatives to their primary websites so that they will as well provide an accessible user experience on mobile devices.
In fact mobile web browsing is not a passing fad, it has actually become an absolute necessity, even the new Internet standard. So if you haven’t yet set up your own mobile site, we’ll today focus on how you can create a mobile version of your site running through various important options and basic techniques you can employ to make your mobile site work successfully. Besides, you might be interested to explore the most conspicuous mobile web design trends for 2011 and find some graphic approaches to consider for your custom mobile designs.
Now having got some of the theory out of the way, let’s turn our attention to more practical matters. There is a special procedure involved in designing a mobile website. The easiest way to build your mobile site is to modify your existing website to make it compatible for mobile handsets. If you decide to do so, expect that there will be big changes in terms of layout, design and construction. Here are some principles you should take note of before proceeding to build one of your own:
1. Layout
It can be time consuming to browse through a mobile site, so remember to put all of the most important information you want mobile users to see on the top of the page. And don’t forget to include your company logo being customized for a mobile site. Make sure to minimize left/right navigation, which is difficult on a phone, and instead arrange your content in a single column layout. Also you should minimize the use of tables, but if you do need to incorporate them, use no more than 2 columns, and avoid row and column merging.
2. Content
You should make sure that the information on your website is easy to read and navigate, and doesn’t take the visitors much to figure out, since they’re probably on the go while looking at your mobile site. Having finally selected what part of the content should be displayed on mobile, tailor your site menu adjusting text to avoid zooming. As for the typography used to render the content, consider using headings to control font sizing.
3. Coding
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First of all we want to say that Safari is indeed a great browser for iPhone (everybody knows that) and we are not going to argue with this fact. Instead we thought that we’ll just let you know of the alternatives – sometimes we all need them. And you know why? Because it is a really useful experience to compare and make your own conclusions. Of course current situation on the mobile browsers market still reminds of the battlefield where international software armies fight for the hearts of the clients.
iPhone audience is one the most whimsical ones and there is nothing surprising in that because this a style of this product – to give the clients more than what they may want. Nevertheless there are still some gaps in highlighting useful iPhone software (duh! sounds weird, doesn’t it? To tell you the truth sometimes it looks like iPhone is more popular that the Internet itself). So today we are going to try to fill those gaps.
1. Opera Mini
The main rival of the Safari that has caused a media hurricane is Opera Mini mobile browser. It is perfect for slow connections and has such advantages as data savings (compress up to 90% of data traffic), speed dial (get to your favourite web sites with a single tap), user-friendly tabs (all your web pages are perfectly seen and you can quickly browse trough them).
Price: Free
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2. Aquari
This browser’s main feature is a security because this application is protected with an optional 4-digit password. Also there is an option for guest surfing – you have to use insert 1234 and this browser can be used in the guest mode. Aquari automatically cleans up all sessions data so you don’t have to worry about the privacy.
Price: Free
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Not long ago an interesting PHP function that allows to detect mobile browsers was introduced in the Internet. One of our visitors called Nigel told us of this particular website and we thought this is something worth sharing. Anyways, the function automatically identifies what browser and platform a visitor is using and redirects him or her to the relevant version of your website. This code is easy to use and can even be automatically generated with your own specifications directly from the developer’s web site.
The script identifies the following platforms: iPhone, Android, Opera Mini, Blackberry, Palm and Windows Mobile. Then user has three choices: to refer a platform to the group of Mobile Redirect URLs or Desktop Redirect URLs or to assign a specific URL for the chosen platform. Last but no least is that this script can be used absolutely FREE for non commercial purposes. Anyways, it is something you may find useful while building websites based on our Mobile Templates.
Have you ever found yourself unable to read your favorite blog or some other website from your mobile device because of the inconvenient size of the page that was way larger than your screen? Well in that case you will like to hear that we have provided an elegant solution for this problem. We are launching a new product line – mobile templates! They will allow web masters to easily provide their visitors with the opportunity to browse online without being tied to the computer. Take a look at a couple of our new templates: traditional format and mobile.
As you can see, mobile templates are designed specifically for handheld mobile devices. They are compatible with such platforms as Windows Mobile, Blackberry, iPhone, palm and symbian. They are extremely light-weight and have special mobile layout. These qualities make mobile templates the perfect solution for mindful web masters who strive to provide their visitors with maximum mobility and convenience. Get ready, World Wide Web, mobile templates are on their way.
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