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First bit of mobile web coding available

Posted By nicola On 21/10/2007 @ 08:37 pm In eLearning, mobile learning, mobile web design | No Comments

Is now available and the comparison between the mobile web coding and the pc web coding can be found on this [1] page

I used three reference sources/tutorials to try and work out the differences between what I had already written on my website in Xhtml and writing a mobile web page in XHTML MP. There are some differences but not too many which is good. This step does not include writing a mobile stylesheet which may be where the fun starts ! I have also not yet tested the mobile page on either a mobile phone or an emulator (due to the lack of a mobile stylesheet).

What I have found out is whilst there are some differences, you can design a mobile page which includes images, links, a form (which means you can ask questions and users can input answers) with radio buttons, check and text input boxes, providing you keep the formatting simple and not in the xhtml but in a stylesheet. So whilst temporarily putting the technology ahead of the learning, there may be some functionality which could be used to create learning using all of the above as you are likely to find images, links and questions to answer in most eLearning.

Not using tables and putting each bit of content on the page in an organised way (div tags) will also make it easier for the mobile user to view and navigate the pages.

After comparing both, initial thoughts are that the amount of content on the pc version of this page would be too much for a mobile screen, it is not necessary to display it all, how will it help a visitor? Also is all of the navigation on the pc version useful, or will it just make page scrolling even longer? This comes back to the objectives of displaying content on a mobile phone, what is it purpose, is it useful/entertaining for a visitor and can they navigate and interact with the content quickly.


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