What are you doing with mobile development
Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 10:36 am
So, as the topic title says, what are you doing with mobile webdevelopment? Are some of you building websites for mobile devices? Or native apps for iPhone, Android or other devices?
I'm asking this, since it seems like it's going to be a huge shift in how we are building websites (including web applications). Just like about 10 years ago the whole web standards movement changed the way we developed websites. But this is going to even more dramatic, since there are so many new and different devices. From small smart phones to big TV's connected to the web. It used to be 800x600 without js, then it became 1024x700 with js, but now it explodes. Everything is possible.
Maybe that nice js dropdown menu you build for that restaurant site doesn't work on a visitor's smartphone. Or those big images you used drain the bandwidth from a mobile user. or those tiny icons you need to click don't work with some Touch based device.
I'm asking this, since it seems like it's going to be a huge shift in how we are building websites (including web applications). Just like about 10 years ago the whole web standards movement changed the way we developed websites. But this is going to even more dramatic, since there are so many new and different devices. From small smart phones to big TV's connected to the web. It used to be 800x600 without js, then it became 1024x700 with js, but now it explodes. Everything is possible.
Maybe that nice js dropdown menu you build for that restaurant site doesn't work on a visitor's smartphone. Or those big images you used drain the bandwidth from a mobile user. or those tiny icons you need to click don't work with some Touch based device.