Designing Web content for mobile browsers
An excellent review and guidelines for designing moble web content ...
"Because of the limited display area and processing power, mobile computing devices cannot efficiently render Web content that has been designed for a standard desktop browser. As a result, Web content that is to be viewed, or interacted with, on a mobile device should be designed with these limitations in mind. This article provides general guidelines for the creation of such content, with the ultimate goals of optimizing information display and enhancing human-computer interaction.
Content designed for display on a desktop browser appears very differently on the space-constrained displays that are typical of mobile devices. Also, due to limited processing power of handheld devices, graphical content can significantly influence page loading times. As a result of these limitations, Web content that is destined for use on mobile devices is often customized (sometimes referred to as mobile-device optimized). The goal of optimization is to present Web page information with minimal scrolling (vertical & horizontal), improve download times, and reduce system-resource demands, while maintaining an intuitive and easy-to-use user interface.
Based on a cursory review of the technical literature and several "device-optimized" Web sites, there are several ways to "shrink" a conventional desktop HTML page to better fit on a device. For example, Steinberg & Pasquale (2002) describe the use of server-based "Web-stream customizers" that compress images and graphics, and reformat frames, and Buyukkokten, Kaljuvee, Garcia-Molina, Paepcke, & Winograd (2002) discuss Web page summarization, in which only a page's text or hyperlinks are displayed. However, the only way to truly optimize a page is to create a separate version that is designed from the start with the device's limitations in mind (Clement & Vickers, 2002)." continued ... (Via IBM)
"Because of the limited display area and processing power, mobile computing devices cannot efficiently render Web content that has been designed for a standard desktop browser. As a result, Web content that is to be viewed, or interacted with, on a mobile device should be designed with these limitations in mind. This article provides general guidelines for the creation of such content, with the ultimate goals of optimizing information display and enhancing human-computer interaction.
Content designed for display on a desktop browser appears very differently on the space-constrained displays that are typical of mobile devices. Also, due to limited processing power of handheld devices, graphical content can significantly influence page loading times. As a result of these limitations, Web content that is destined for use on mobile devices is often customized (sometimes referred to as mobile-device optimized). The goal of optimization is to present Web page information with minimal scrolling (vertical & horizontal), improve download times, and reduce system-resource demands, while maintaining an intuitive and easy-to-use user interface.
Based on a cursory review of the technical literature and several "device-optimized" Web sites, there are several ways to "shrink" a conventional desktop HTML page to better fit on a device. For example, Steinberg & Pasquale (2002) describe the use of server-based "Web-stream customizers" that compress images and graphics, and reformat frames, and Buyukkokten, Kaljuvee, Garcia-Molina, Paepcke, & Winograd (2002) discuss Web page summarization, in which only a page's text or hyperlinks are displayed. However, the only way to truly optimize a page is to create a separate version that is designed from the start with the device's limitations in mind (Clement & Vickers, 2002)." continued ... (Via IBM)
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