W3C Mobile Web Initiative http://www.w3.org/blog/MWInews The latests news and upcoming events from the W3C Mobile Web Initiative en-EU hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 First Draft of Mobile Web for Social Development Roadmap Published http://www.w3.org/blog/MWInews/2009/11/17/first_draft_of_mobile_web_for_social_dev 2009-11-17T17:08:13Z Dominique Hazael-Massieux news The Mobile Web For Social Development (MW4D) Interest Group, part of the Mobile Web Initiative, has published a Group Note of Mobile Web for Social Development Roadmap. This document describes some of the current challenges of deploying development-oriented services on mobile phones. It suggests the most promising directions for lowering barriers to developing, deploying and accessing services on mobile phones and thereby creating an enabling environment for more social-oriented services to appear. The Mobile Web For Social Development (MW4D) Interest Group, part of the Mobile Web Initiative, has published a Group Note of Mobile Web for Social Development Roadmap. This document describes some of the current challenges of deploying development-oriented services on mobile phones. It suggests the most promising directions for lowering barriers to developing, deploying and accessing services on mobile phones and thereby creating an enabling environment for more social-oriented services to appear.

]]> Public feedback solicited for Transcoding Guidelines and Mobile Web Application Best Practices http://www.w3.org/blog/MWInews/2009/11/05/public_feedback_solicited_for_transcodin 2009-11-05T08:40:30Z Francois Daoust news The review period for the two Last Call working drafts published by the Mobile Web Best Practices Working Group last month ends tomorrow. This is a reminder that the public community is invited to review and comment the drafts: The Guidelines for Web Content Transformation Proxies provides guidance to implementers of Content Transformation proxies as to whether and how to transform Web content. This version is the result of returning the document to Last Call based on public feedback received during the first review period. The Mobile Web Application Best Practices specifies Best Practices for the development and delivery of Web applications on mobile devices. Comments should be sent to the public-bpwg-comments@w3.org mailing-list (with public archives). Thanks in advance! The review period for the two Last Call working drafts published by the Mobile Web Best Practices Working Group last month ends tomorrow. This is a reminder that the public community is invited to review and comment the drafts:

  • The Guidelines for Web Content Transformation Proxies provides guidance to implementers of Content Transformation proxies as to whether and how to transform Web content. This version is the result of returning the document to Last Call based on public feedback received during the first review period.
  • The Mobile Web Application Best Practices specifies Best Practices for the development and delivery of Web applications on mobile devices.

Comments should be sent to the public-bpwg-comments@w3.org mailing-list (with public archives). Thanks in advance!

]]> Last Call of Guidelines for Web Content Transformation Proxies published http://www.w3.org/blog/MWInews/2009/10/06/last_call_of_guidelines_for_web_content_ 2009-10-06T17:15:18Z Francois Daoust news The Mobile Web Best Practices Working Group published a Last Call Working Draft of Guidelines for Web Content Transformation Proxies. The document provides guidance to implementers of Content Transformation proxies as to whether and how to transform Web content. The document has already been published as a Last Call a year ago under the title "Content Transformation Guidelines", and has been updated based on feedback from reviewers. The Working Group invites the mobile developer community to review the draft once more and send feedback by 6 November 2009, sending comments to the public-bpwg-comments@w3.org mailing-list (archive). The Mobile Web Best Practices Working Group published a Last Call Working Draft of Guidelines for Web Content Transformation Proxies. The document provides guidance to implementers of Content Transformation proxies as to whether and how to transform Web content.

The document has already been published as a Last Call a year ago under the title "Content Transformation Guidelines", and has been updated based on feedback from reviewers. The Working Group invites the mobile developer community to review the draft once more and send feedback by 6 November 2009, sending comments to the public-bpwg-comments@w3.org mailing-list (archive).

]]> Last Call of Mobile Web Application Best Practices published http://www.w3.org/blog/MWInews/2009/10/06/last_call_of_mobile_web_application_best 2009-10-06T16:41:27Z Francois Daoust news The Mobile Web Best Practices Working Group published a Last Call Working Draft of Mobile Web Application Best Practices. This document specifies Best Practices for the development and delivery of Web applications on mobile devices. The recommendations expand upon statements made in the Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0, especially concerning statements that relate to the exploitation of device capabilities and awareness of the delivery context. The Working Group invites the mobile developer community to review the draft and send feedback by 6 November 2009, sending comments to the public-bpwg-comments@w3.org mailing-list (archive). The Mobile Web Best Practices Working Group published a Last Call Working Draft of Mobile Web Application Best Practices. This document specifies Best Practices for the development and delivery of Web applications on mobile devices. The recommendations expand upon statements made in the Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0, especially concerning statements that relate to the exploitation of device capabilities and awareness of the delivery context.

The Working Group invites the mobile developer community to review the draft and send feedback by 6 November 2009, sending comments to the public-bpwg-comments@w3.org mailing-list (archive).

]]> Mobile Web Online Training Course Starts Next Week http://www.w3.org/blog/MWInews/2009/10/05/online_training_course_starts_next_week 2009-10-05T08:47:00Z Phil ARCHER news As we noted recently it's uncertain whether it will be possible to run the successful online training course An Introduction to W3C Mobile Web Best Practices next year. We've received a great deal of positive feedback from previous students so if you want to make sure you don't miss the opportunity of taking this course with W3C, sign up today! The course begins on Monday 12th October and will run through to Friday 11th December, during which time you will:> learn about the specific promises and challenges of the mobile platform; learn how to use W3C's Mobile Web Best Practices to design mobile-friendly Web content and to adapt existing content for mobile; discover the relevant W3C resources for mobile Web design. You work at times to suit you with no specific time when you need to be online so you can take the course no matter what time zone you're in. The sign-up system uses PayPal which takes care of most world currencies without any difficulty. For more details of the course content and who will benefit most from it, please see the dedicated page. As we noted recently it's uncertain whether it will be possible to run the successful online training course An Introduction to W3C Mobile Web Best Practices next year. We've received a great deal of positive feedback from previous students so if you want to make sure you don't miss the opportunity of taking this course with W3C, sign up today!

The course begins on Monday 12th October and will run through to Friday 11th December, during which time you will:>

  • learn about the specific promises and challenges of the mobile platform;
  • learn how to use W3C's Mobile Web Best Practices to design mobile-friendly Web content and to adapt existing content for mobile;
  • discover the relevant W3C resources for mobile Web design.

You work at times to suit you with no specific time when you need to be online so you can take the course no matter what time zone you're in. The sign-up system uses PayPal which takes care of most world currencies without any difficulty.

For more details of the course content and who will benefit most from it, please see the dedicated page.

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