cared about download size • Mobile users will probably be downloading over a cellular network • Large images can scale down, but your users will pay for it
what extent • Gather a suite of test devices, emulators and users • Understand your sites won’t look perfect on every device. Focus instead on usability. • Continually adjust your strategy
they can't wait for the next alumni magazine, right? What do you mean, you want a campus map? One of our students made one as a CS class project back in '01! You can click to zoom and everything! Source: http://xkcd.com/773/
• This is where the letter from the President belongs (if you must) Main Site Mobile Site • Looking for something specific • Task oriented • Keep content short
2011) • 37% of the survey respondents provide a solution (mobile website, accessible website, native mobile device applications etc.) targeting and serving owners of mobile devices. • 58% of the survey respondents with an existing solution have chosen to serve their mobile web users through a dedicated mobile website and only 22% with native applications for specific devices. http://media.higheredexperts.com.s3.amazonaws.com/hee_mobsurvey2011.pdf
to find • Easier to support multiple platforms with a single code- base • Subject to connectivity issues • Not as responsive as native apps • Most users don’t understand they can “save” the site to their home-screen Pros Cons
• More responsive interface • Access to hardware • Requires install • Multiple apps for various platforms • Takes longer to deploy changes/updates Pros Cons
in Higher Ed Blog http://www.dmolsen.com/mobile-in-higher-ed/ • MIT Mobile Web https://github.com/MIT-Mobile/MIT-Mobile-Web • Mobile Web OSP http://mobilewebosp.pbworks.com/w/page/27923975/FrontPage • Modo Labs http://modolabs.com
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