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Opera: Over Half of Mobile Users Are Mobile-Only
According to some stats Opera Mobile is the most widely used mobile web browser in the world. Now Opera has released a study showing that for 56 percent of its users mobile browsing is not just the preferred way, but the only way to get online."
Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:03:33 GMT | Tagged: MobileResponsive Web Design: What Not to Do
Sometimes you can learn a lot by looking at what you shouldn't do. Developer Brad Frost points out five things to avoid when building your next responsive website."
Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:56:30 GMT | Tagged: MobileChrome for Android Doesn’t Need No Stinking Mobile Websites
The latest version of Google's Chrome web browser gives Android fans an easy way to skip mobile websites in favor of the full desktop versions."
Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:58:00 GMT | Tagged: MobileWhy Jakob Nielsen Is Wrong About Mobile Websites
Web usability guru Jakob Nielsen suggests developers should build separate websites for mobile devices. Here's why that's just plain wrong."
Fri, 13 Apr 2012 18:12:52 GMT | Tagged: MobileFlickr Ditches Flash Photo Editor for Mobile-Friendly Aviary
Flickr is replacing the Flash-based Picnik photo editor with an HTML-based alternative named Aviary. The change means Flickr users can now edit their photos on iOS devices and any upcoming Windows Metro tablets, neither of which run the Flash plugin."
Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:45:54 GMT | Tagged: MobileThe Web Needs to Get Ready for the High-Resolution Future
The new iPad is just the first in a coming tidal wave of high-resolution screens. Today we have hacks, but what the web needs are new standards and new tools to make sure developers are ready for the high-resolution future."
Fri, 23 Mar 2012 18:46:29 GMT | Tagged: MobileWhat the New iPad’s Retina Display Means for Web Developers
The high-res future will get a little closer this Friday when Apple ships its new iPad. Just as the advent of HD TVs required makeup artists to rethink their craft, the new iPad marks the beginning of a high-res web where developers will need to rethink h"
Wed, 14 Mar 2012 20:12:16 GMT | Tagged: MobileAdobe Shadow Simplifies Mobile Web Testing
Adobe Shadow is like synchronized swimming for websites. Shadow mirrors your website across dozens of mobile devices. You can then tweak, test and polish your site, watching as your changes happen in real-time, simultaneously across all the connected devi"
Wed, 07 Mar 2012 14:44:13 GMT | Tagged: MobileiPhoto for iOS Abandons Google Maps in Favor of OpenStreetMap
Apple's newest iOS app uses OpenStreetMap, the "Wikipedia of maps," instead of Google Maps, to display your photos on a map. Apple is just the latest of several high-profile converts to the world of open source mapping."
Thu, 08 Mar 2012 17:51:45 GMT | Tagged: MobileFacebook and Others Aim to Make the Mobile Web a Competitive App Platform
Facebook, Mozilla and others have teamed up to create a new web standards group to work on creating more powerful mobile web tools. The goal of the new Core Mobile Web Platform community group is to make sure that mobile web standards keep pace with compe"
Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:50:21 GMT | Tagged: MobileTelefónica Working With Mozilla to Build Open Web-Centric Smartphone
Mozilla's Boot2Gecko project gets a shot in the arm from a new partnership with mobile provider Telefónica. Under the agreement, Telefónica and Mozilla aim to deliver a complete mobile operating system built around standards-based web technologies."
Mon, 27 Feb 2012 14:25:32 GMT | Tagged: MobileOpera Updates Opera Mini for iPhone, Opera Mobile for Android
Opera has updated the web's most-used mobile browsers, making Opera Mini faster on the iPhone and Opera Mobile WebGL-capable on Android. And, as always, Opera has not neglected those still using feature phones; Opera Mini Next offers a glimpse of what's"
Mon, 27 Feb 2012 17:39:13 GMT | Tagged: MobileThe iPhone Monoculture Is in Your Mind
One mobile web expert argues that while it might seem like the mobile web is all iPhone, it just seems that way. In fact, the problem with the iPhone isn't that it's creating a monoculture around WebKit; the problem is that it's the only phone develope"
Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:02:39 GMT | Tagged: MobileFirst Look: Mozilla’s Boot2Gecko Mobile Platform and Gaia UI
Sneak a peek at Mozilla's Boot2Gecko project, which aims to develop an entirely new mobile operating system based on the tools that power Firefox."
Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:41:12 GMT | Tagged: MobileTwitter Adds Responsive Design Tools to Bootstrap 2.0
Twitter's increasingly popular Bootstrap web development toolkit is just about to hit 2.0. With this release web developers will be able to use Bootstrap's new responsive tools to easily create flexible layouts for tablets and phones."
Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:26:11 GMT | Tagged: MobileBuilding a Responsive, Future-Friendly Web for Everyone
Dozens of new web-enabled gadgets have landed at this year's CES, here's how to make sure your website will look good and work well on all of them."
Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:11:23 GMT | Tagged: MobileSupport Versus Optimization: Dealing With Mobile Web Browsers
Mobile web development means supporting more than just the headline-grabbing iOS and Android web browsers. Developer Brad Frost argues why you should support, if not optimize, for the entire world of mobile browsers."
Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:20:18 GMT | Tagged: MobileHow to Scale Embedded Media in Responsive Designs
In order to make responsive designs successfully adapt to any screen size, you need to properly scale not just headlines and text elements, but images and other media. We’ve already covered a number of solutions for images, but what about other elem"
Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:06:51 GMT | Tagged: MobileMicrosoft Uses the Web to Showcase New Windows ‘Metro’
Microsoft has launched a clever web-based demo of its new Windows Phone operating system. The new website lets Android and iOS fans experience Windows Phone's new Metro interface through their current phone's web browser."
Fri, 02 Dec 2011 14:18:24 GMT | Tagged: MobileMake Your Most Important Images Stay that Way With Responsive Images
If you’ve spent any time at all playing with responsive images (or adaptive images) you’ve probably noticed something about small screens — portrait-oriented images take on a much greater importance. The simple fact is that on the vertic"
Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:32:21 GMT | Tagged: MobileLatest Stats Say We’re Building a Fatter, Slower Web
Thanks to a diet of ever-richer JavaScript files and more sophisticated CSS, web pages are fatter than ever. If bandwidth speeds and browser improvements can't keep pace tomorrow's web may end up slower than today's."
Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:55:23 GMT | Tagged: MobileDamn the Torpedos: Mozilla Adds Flash to Firefox for Android
Adobe may be throwing in the towel, but Mozilla is going ahead with plans to add Flash support to Firefox for Mobile. The company says that despite battery drain and performance woes, fans of Firefox on Android want Flash."
Thu, 17 Nov 2011 16:03:30 GMT | Tagged: Mobile‘WTF Mobile Web’ Tracks Terrible Mobile Web Design
Building great mobile websites is not easy, even some of the best in the business get it wrong. Now you can learn what not to do from a new website dedicated to calling out the worst of the so-called mobile web."
Fri, 18 Nov 2011 15:36:43 GMT | Tagged: MobileHands on: Firefox’s Experimental New Native Android Interface
Mozilla's redesigned Firefox for Android is nearly ready for prime time. We tested an early version to see what's changed in the new native Firefox for Android."
Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:23:15 GMT | Tagged: MobileFirefox for Android Plans to Go Native
Mozilla is thinking of ditching Firefox's familiar appearance on Android mobile devices and instead adopting Android's native look and feel. The change would mean a very different flavor of Firefox, but one that's faster, uses less memory and is more s"
Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:56:26 GMT | Tagged: Mobile
Mozilla’s ‘Do Not Track’ Header Is Starting to Catch on With Advertisers
Among the many new features in Firefox 4 is support for the Do Not Track (DNT) HTTP header. If you t
Gmail Gives in, Offers Up Traditional Three-Pane Mail Interface
Google has been experimenting with the Gmail interface for some time, with the “Priority Inbox
Jokes for Nerds: Wat Moments in Programming
If you ever doubt your nerdery, head on over to Destroy All Software and watch the video of programm
Firefox to Get a ‘Metro’ Makeover for Windows 8
Microsoft's Windows 8 is still just a preview release, but Mozilla is already working hard to ensure
Get More Out of Your Browser’s Developer Tools
Every web browser now ships with some sort of developer tools built-in. The only exception is Firefo
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