(via Vivek) - A new article posted in Adobe Devnet by Dave Zuverink on “Design tips for creating mobile RIAs”.
Mobile-specific websites (mobile RIAs) can be built with various combinations of HTML, JavaScript, or Adobe Flash technology. This article focuses on exploring some of the design opportunities offered by such websites. I describe what a mobile RIA is and why you should build one. I then provide several tips for making your mobile RIA a compelling experience for your users.
Read the full article here.
(via Jappit) - Forum Nokia recently published a very interesting guide about RIAs for mobile devices: A developer’s guide to creating Rich Internet Applications for Nokia devices. This guide describes the steps of technology selection, design, development, testing, and go-to-market for Rich Internet Applications created for Nokia devices. Download the pdf version here.
A couple of new articles were published recently on Adobe Developer Connection: Design tips for creating mobile RIAs and Delivering video for Flash Player 10.1 on mobile devices.
Design tips for creating mobile RIAs. Mobile-specific websites (mobile RIAs) can be built with various combinations of HTML, JavaScript, or Adobe Flash technology. This article focuses on exploring some of the design opportunities offered by such websites.
Delivering video for Flash Player 10.1 on mobile devices. From providing engaging experiences through rich Internet applications to delivering video, Adobe Flash has revolutionized the way we interact with rich media content on the web. More than 75% of all online video depends on Flash technology. Now that Adobe is bringing Adobe Flash Player 10.1 to mobile devices, you can ensure that all this great content can reach users across devices by taking note of recommendations from this article.
Forum Nokia will host on December16th and 17th a special 2-day webinar about the challenges of mobile internet services.
Day 1 - December 16th
Session 1: 9am Helsinki | 12:30pm Bangalore | 3pm Beijing | Register here.
Session 2: 11am San Francisco | 2pm New York | Register here.Day 2 - December 17th
Session 1: 9am Helsinki | 12:30pm Bangalore | 3pm Beijing | Register here.
Session 2: 11am San Francisco | 2pm New York | Register here.
In Day 1, Nokia experts will describe the challenges developers face with mobile internet services’ operating times. Typical problems involve applications that are always online and doing background data transfers. Practical examples will be presented.
In Day 2, Nokia experts will explain how to tackle the problems of mobile internet sservices’ operating times. The webinar will provide practical tools and guidelines for improving the energy efficiency of mobile applications.
Ugur did it again: Kuneri launched today Kuneri Mobile Joomla! Kuneri Mobile Joomla! is a brand new tool to turn your Joomla! web site into a mobile web site, compatible with all phones in the world, including iPhone, Smartphone, iMode and WAP phones. Check Kuneri Mobile Joomla! feature highlights.
Sounds a really cool project and I plan to test it soon and share my comments! Well done. 
Why start from scratch? Nokia Mobile Web Templates offer a series of custom, styled, and tested mobile web components. Mix and match components or use the full series to completely customise your mobile website or application. The components are suitable for most S60 3rd Edition and S60 5th Edition devices from Nokia and also are compatible with newer Series 40 WebKit and Maemo devices.
Alessandro recently published a very interesting tutorial about how to easly create a cool WRT widget using Mobile Web Template from Forum Nokia.
Flickr is a photo sharing website, that allows users to upload and share their favorite photos with other users. Mobile Web Templates are a set of customizable templates, composed by HTML, CSS and graphic resources, built in order to display in an optimal manner on mobile devices' browsers.
This article uses the Mobile Web Templates for High-End devices since Web Runtime widgets are currently compatible with S60 5th edition and S60 3rd edition FP2 devices (note: also some S60 3rd edition FP1 devices, via firmware upgrades, support Web Runtime widgets). Check the article here.
A new usability article is available on Forum Nokia: Overcoming Mobile Web Usability Challenges. Consultants Nielsen Norman Group studied the usability of the mobile web, and they found it much worse than PC usability. One of the biggest reasons is speed, writes Raluca Budiu, a usability specialist with Nielsen Norman Group.
One of the biggest reasons that users perform poorly on mobile devices is speed. Even people with fast smartphones are bound to encounter situations where their device is just too slow. This can be because the cellular network is too crowded, or because network coverage is poor in a given location. Wireless networks are still far from being ubiquitous, and users mostly rely on a cellular network signal to access the internet on their mobile phone. [...]
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