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COE webpages are currently tested on iTouch and Droid. Web browser applications used for mobile devices might render webpages differently from applications used for notebook and desktop computers:
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Articles:
Return of the Mobile Stylesheet, by Dominique Hazaël-Massieux, January 6, 2009
Put Your Content in My Pocket, Part I
Put Your Content in My Pocket, Part II
Developing Web Applications for the iPhone
World Wide Web Consortium, Mobile Web Initiative
Making Small Devices Look Great (advice from Opera; Opera offers a View > Small Screen feature)
Handheld Stylesheets (Emerging XHTML/CSS and Waning WAP)
Etemad, E. & Newth, J. D. (2004, August 31). Pocket-sized design: Taking your website to the small screen. A List Apart 187. Retrieved September 20, 2004 from http://www.alistapart.com/articles/pocket/
The End-All Guide to Small-Screen Web-Dev by Heidi Pollock.
Pollock's article is best used in conjunction with two other Webmonkey articles about web standards developed by the World Wide Web Consortium: “Streamlining with Web Standards” by Greg Penhaligon and “Web Standards for Hard Times” by Paul Boutin.
Books
DiMarzio, J. F. (2008). Android : a programmer's guide. Wendt Library Book Stacks QA76.76 A65 D56 2008
Moll, C. (2007). Mobile Web Design. Lulu.com. Retrieved November 14, 2008 from http://www.alistapart.com/articles/progressiveenhancementwithcss.
Test sites and emulators for developers:
World Wide Web Consortium mobileOK Checker
World Wide Web Consortium mobileOK Checker
http://ready.mobi/launch.jsp?locale=en_EN
Openwave Developer Network Phone Simulator
[found by NH]
PalmOS Web Browser 2.0 developer information
http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/webbrowser/
Avantgo developer information
http://www.ianywhere.com/avantgo/developer/channel_developer/createcontent15.html#975986
Windows CE (Microsoft Pocket PC) developer information
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnppc2k/html/ppc_dev.asp
Websites:
Designing a Mobile Version of Your Website (PDF)
Nicholas Hoyt, December 16, 2009, University of Illinois Brown Bag
Tutorial: Optimizing Your Website for Mobile Devices
http://www.elementfusion.com/tutorial-optimizing-your-website-for-mobile-devices
MIT Mobile Web
http://mobi.mit.edu/about/
MIT Mobile Web
http://mobi.mit.edu/about/
Designing with Opera Mini in Mind
http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/designing-with-opera-mini-in-mind/
Communities Dominate Brands: Business and Marketing Challenges for the 21st Century
http://communities-dominate.blogs.com/brands/2008/01/when-there-is-a.html
MobiForge mobile development community
http://mobiforge.com/
Google's open handheld operating system:
Android — An Open Handset Alliance Project
[contributed by JM]
World Wide Web Consortium Guidelines:
Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0: Basic Guidelines, W3C Recommendation 29 July 2008
http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-html40-mobile/#Guidelines
http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-html40-mobile/
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