“The Mobile Web Initiative's goal is to make browsing the Web from mobile devices a reality”, explains Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Director and inventor of the Web. “W3C and mobile industry leaders are working together to improve Web content production and access for mobile users and the greater Web.”
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[PAGE_SIZE_USABLE] Divide pages into usable but limited size portions. (Excerpt from the Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0; also presented as Flip Cards) (in PDF)
Next Event
- The latest work in W3C's Mobile Web for Development will be presented during the ICT@Grassroots day, at Peace Corps's Whashington D.C Offices, on 9 July Sept. 08.
- Stéphane Boyera chairs a Mdevelopment session at the EURO mGOV 2008, 15-16 Sept. 08, in Antalya, Turkey.
- Dominique Hazaël-Massieux speaks at the Mobile Web Europe event on 23 Sept. 08, in London, UK.
Latest News
Workshop report: Role of Mobile Technologies in Fostering Social Development — 1 July 2008
W3C-MWI just published a report on the June 2008 Workshop on the Role of Mobile Technologies in Fostering Social Development. Participants discussed how numerous available services on mobile phones could help people in underserved regions. Discussion underlined the need for a concerted effort among all the stakeholders (including practitioners, academics, regulators, and mobile industry) to build a shared view of the future of the mobile platform as a tool to bridge the digital divide. The Workshop was jointly organized by W3C and NIC.br, with the generous support of UNDP and Fundacion CTIC (Gold Sponsors), Opera Software and MobileActive.org (Silver sponsors). This work takes place under the European Union's FP7, part of the Digital World Forum project. Join the W3C Mobile Web for Social Development Interest Group.
Last Call Working Draft of mobileOK Basic Tests 1.0 — 11 June 2008
The Mobile Web Best Practices Working Group has released the fourth Last Call Working Draft of the mobileOK Basic Tests 1.0 document. The document defines the tests that provide the basis for making a claim of W3C mobileOK Basic conformance and are based on the W3C Mobile Web Best Practices.
The new version fixes a few errors that appeared during the implementation period of the previous Candidate Recommendation. The community is invited to review and comment the document before 30 June 2008.
Global Dialogue with W3C Workshop Participants in Sao Paulo, Brazil — 3 June 2008
You are invited today 3 June 2008, from 12:30 to 2:30 pm ET, to join a discussion with the international participants attending the W3C Workshop on the Role of Mobile Technologies in Fostering Social Development, currently undergoing in São Paulo, Brazil. Participants will address specific challenges of using mobile phones and Web technologies to deliver services to underprivileged populations of developing countries. This Global Dialogue is facilitated by the World Bank's e-Development Thematic Group per request from W3C and its members in Washington DC and São Paulo. The webcast will be available at: http://www.worldbank.org/edevelopment/live