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Mobile Web Guidelines

Categories: Developer, Mobile Web
By: , IntoMobile
Saturday, July 1st, 2006 at 8:04 AM

It’s all about being optimized for .mobi domain – to make you mobile website visible on all major devices. The W3C, which is a trade group that establishes standards on the Internet and include companies like Nokia, Google and Vodafone, has set up some special new guidelines for developers of mobile web pages.

W3C logoThe new (first version) guidelines require web pages with minimal graphics and content that starts at the beginning of the page, and are currently being promoted to the developers world wide. The point is to make the mobile web super easy to navigate.

Useful site: Mobile Web Initiative @ W3C

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Dusan Belic

Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.