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This mobile thing will never catch on

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July 01, 2013
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This mobile thing will never catch on

It's just a fad. Why even bother developing for it?

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Transcript

  1. This mobile thing will never catch on… Brett Pollak Campus

    Web Office cwo.ucsd.edu
  2. None

  3. 2005 2013

  4. 97% of people in the US 18-24 have a mobile

    phone

  5. 78% of them use apps & websites on their phone

  6. 2011 2012 2013 (projected) Page views from mobile devices

  7. 2011 2012 2013 (projected) Percent of views from mobile devices

  8. In 3 years 50% of website views will come from

    mobile

  9. What are our options to support mobile devices?

  10. m.ucsd.edu Responsive website

  11. 38,351 Downloads 24,091 Downloads

  12. UCSD Mobile Page Views May ‘11 – ‘12 3.1 M

    May ‘12 – ‘13
  13. None

  14. 2013 Student Survey 2010 2013 2012 2011

  15. “It’s great to have my class schedule and locations on

    the App but what about the other TritonLink Tools like WebReg?” - Justin Wright (student)
  16. None

  17. Thank You Brett Pollak Campus Web Office cwo.ucsd.edu