Tag Archives : Mobile

Advancing trends for the mobile web are slowly blurring the line between Internet websites and native applications. Lately there have been many updates to mobile operating systems and web browsers with more capable rendering engines. This means we can work openly with webkit CSS3 effects and even many bits of jQuery code. You might also like… Working with Property Lists in Xcode 4.2 → Getting Started Building iPhone Apps in Xcode 4.2 → Creating Pixel-Perfect UI for iPhone Applications → However a lot of the customization for mobile web apps is done in the document header. Meta tags are slowly being re … Read the rest of the article on : Speckyboy Design Magazine

Mobile phone has become so important in our life since its birth that we cannot even think of spending a single moment without it. Mobile phone has changed the entire face of communication in recent years. Apart from only making or receiving call or smsing we can now click pictures, maintain diary, daily expenses and manage a number of application using a mobile phone. We can even access internet through our cell phones now. Internet is a place where billions of people come to enjoy regularly. More than half population in the world access internet either through the desktop or laptop or through their mobile phones on a daily basis. With the development of Blackberry, iPhone, Androids we have reached an era where we are far better informed and communicated than earlier. Could you ever imagine that the mobile you have bought due to an emergency are now reminding you of your appointments or helping you in checking mails or chatting with friends … Read the rest of the article on : SaveDelete

Andrew Holden is co-founder and Chief Experience Officer (CXO) at Weever Apps. Andrew is a web development expert and frequently writes about mobile visitor engagement and online best practices. HTML5 is everywhere this year!  Google supports it.  Facebook’s all over it.  It’s clear that HTML5 is the future for mobile. Ok, that’s cool. So what is HTML5 and [...] Read the rest of the article on : HTMLCenter Web Development Blog

Advertise here with BSA Moobile is an exciting and fresh project; a mobile web application framework built on MooTools. Currently, it is focused on providing a iOS-like experience on WebKit browsers and comes with many controls like bar, button, image, list, activity indicator, slider and more. It also has support for transitions like fade, slide, cubic or cover and [...] Read the rest of the article on : WebResourcesDepot

Today it’s more common to find a skilled web artisan who understands desktop support over mobile. This appears to be a symptom of building on the desktop browser for decades as opposed to other screens. Yet there is a growing case to argue that mobile development is the best place to start on new-age websites. In this article I’d like to discuss a few key points in this argument. Namely that starting on mobile first will give you insight into how the design layout can unfold on larger screens. Prioritizing mobile isn’t always the best solution, but on today’s Internet it appears smartphone usage is growing at an alarming rate. Any web designer truly interested in building semantic layouts will jump at the idea of coding websites for mobile first. Read the rest of the article on : Speckyboy Design Magazine

Last week we published a competition to win 3 copies of the book HTML5 Mobile Development Cookbook. It has now ended and it is time to announce the randomnly chosen winners. Congratulations to our winners, who by now should have received their winning email (if not, please do contact us). Read the rest of the article on : Speckyboy Design Magazine

For this weeks giveaway we have three paperback copies of the book HTML5 Mobile Development Cookbook. Written by Shi Chuan, this book will show you how to plan, build, debug and optimize mobile websites. All you have to do for a chance of winning one of these books is leave a comment below telling us why you would like to win this book. Read the rest of the article on : Speckyboy Design Magazine

Historically, most web designers and their clients have approached the desktop side of any project first, while leaving the mobile part as a secondary goal that gets accomplished later. Even with the rise of responsive design, many of us begin with the “full size” site and work our way down. There’s a growing trend in the industry though to flip this workflow on its head and actually begin with mobile considerations and then work up to a larger desktop version. Why would you ever approach a project this way? What are some of the pros and cons of this strategy? Read on to find out! Read the rest of the article on : Design Shack

Advertise here with BSA There are many CSS frameworks that help creating almost any type of layouts quickly. 978.gs is another one which is mainly built for rapid prototyping and offers more room compared to the popular 960.gs by widening the gutter space. The framework is not limited to 978px but there are also different stylesheets for 300px, 748px, [...] Read the rest of the article on : WebResourcesDepot

If you’ve ignored mobile platforms in the past, it can be intimidating to finally make the jump and begin to support mobile browsing on your existing sites. There’s so much to learn, a million techniques to choose from and a limitless amount of work that you could potentially put into existing projects. A question that designers and site owners alike always want to know is, “How can I quickly add mobile support?” Sometimes, you don’t have the budget to start from scratch and yet still desire a modicum of mobile goodness. Today I’ll walk you through five things that you … Read the rest of the article on : Design Shack