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WAP Holiday accommodation site for the UK

Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 3:30 pm
by jamesmiddz
Hi all,

I have just created a WAP section for my holiday accommodation site and was wondering if people wouldn't mind checking it out on their mobiles/PDA devices to ensure compatibility.

WAP site:
http://wap.shmootcase.co.uk

Main site:

http://www.shmootcase.co.uk


Your views are welcome.

All the best, James Middleton

Posted: Wed May 11, 2005 3:50 pm
by Chris Corbyn
Moved to UI Design

Posted: Thu May 12, 2005 5:17 pm
by hawleyjr
Tested on a BlackBerry 7750

Your "Search" is an index not a search.

I'm four pages in and I still have no idea what I'm searching for.

"Please Choose" does nothing for me.

I made it to a hotel listing after about 7 clicks. I would create a small thumbnail picture and have a link to view that photo.

I would do nested navigation. If I were on page 5 and wanted to go to page 1 I could get to page 5 from page 1 w/o going back 4 pages.

ex:

| Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 |

Look into using styles. Most wap browsers can use them.

Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 5:05 am
by jamesmiddz
Thanks hawleyjr,

This is my very first WAP...I'll definately take your advice.

My priority was to make sure that it worked ok, judging from the fact you managed to get to the hotel answered this.

I'll do a little more research and come up with a design that works as well as the website.

Kind regards, James Middleton - http://www.shmootcase.co.uk

Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 5:29 am
by onion2k
People still use WAP? Crumbs.. I remember doing lots of work on that about 4 years ago. I even did tech. review on a Wrox book about it..

Posted: Fri May 13, 2005 6:02 am
by Chris Corbyn
onion2k wrote:People still use WAP? Crumbs.. I remember doing lots of work on that about 4 years ago. I even did tech. review on a Wrox book about it..
People definitely still use wap...

The only thing now is that users of the newer handhelds such as Treo devices and Blackberry devices can now access complete webpages pretty much (especially with the advent of 3G technology).

Posted: Mon May 16, 2005 5:17 am
by jamesmiddz
The latest stat that I heard very recently was that 80% of internet ready mobile devices still depend on WAP.

Regards, James