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Commenter: Ian B. Jacobs <ij@w3.org>

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[Free text description]Document as a wholeMobile Web Best Practices 1.0 Basic Guidelines W3C Working Draft 12 April 2006 Abstract Status of this Document Table of Contents Appendices List of Best Practices 1 Introduction 1.1 Purpose of the Document 1.2 How the Best Practices are Organized 1.3 Audience 1.4 Scope 1.4.1 Phasing 1.5 Relationship to other Best Practices and recommendations 1.6 Longevity and Versioning 2 Requirements 2.1 Presentation Issues 2.2 Input 2.3 Bandwidth and Cost 2.4 User Goals 2.5 Advertising 2.6 Device Limitations 2.7 Advantages 3 Delivery Context 3.1 One Web 3.2 Background to Adaptation 3.3 Adaptation Implementation Model 3.4 Assumptions about Adaptation 3.5 Establishing Context 3.6 Choice of User Experience 3.7 Default Delivery Context 4 Structure of Best Practice Statements [EXAMPLE] This is a ... 5 Best Practice Statements 5.1 Overall Behavior 5.1.1 Thematic Consistency of Resource Identified by a URI [THEMATIC_CONSISTENC... 5.1.1.1 What it means 5.1.2 Exploit Client Capabilities [CAPABILITIES] Explo... 5.1.2.1 What it means 5.1.3 Work around Deficient Implementations [DEFICIENCIES] Take ... 5.1.3.1 What it means 5.1.4 Testing [TESTING] Carry out ... 5.1.4.1 What it means 5.1.4.2 How to do it 5.2 Navigation and Links 5.2.1 URIs of Site Entry Points [URIS] Keep the URIs... 5.2.1.1 What it means 5.2.1.2 How to do it 5.2.2 Navigation Bar [NAVBAR] Provide onl... 5.2.2.1 What it means 5.2.2.2 How to do it 5.2.3 Balanced Structure [BALANCE] Take into ... 5.2.3.1 What it means 5.2.4 Navigation Mechanisms [NAVIGATION] Provide... 5.2.4.1 What it means 5.2.4.2 How to do it 5.2.4.3 References 5.2.5 Access Keys [ACCESS_KEYS] Assign... 5.2.5.1 What it means 5.2.5.2 What to test 5.2.5.3 References 5.2.6 Link Target Identification [LINK_TARGET_ID] Cle... [LINK_TARGET_FORMAT]... 5.2.6.1 What it means 5.2.6.2 How to do it 5.2.6.3 What to test 5.2.6.4 References 5.2.7 Image Maps [IMAGE_MAPS] Do not ... 5.2.7.1 What it means 5.2.7.2 How to do it 5.2.7.3 What to test 5.2.7.4 References 5.2.8 Refreshing, Redirection and Spawned Windows [POP_UPS] Do not cau... [AUTO_REFRESH] Do no... [REDIRECTION] Do not... 5.2.8.1 What it means 5.2.8.2 What to test 5.2.8.3 References 5.2.9 Externally Linked Resources [EXTERNAL_RESOURCES]... 5.2.9.1 What it means 5.2.9.2 How to do it 5.2.9.3 What to test 5.3 Page Layout and Content 5.3.1 Page Content [SUITABLE] Ensure th... [CLARITY] Use clear ... [LIMITED] Limit cont... 5.3.1.1 What it means 5.3.1.2 What to test 5.3.1.3 References 5.3.2 Page Size [PAGE_SIZE_USABLE] D... [PAGE_SIZE_LIMIT] En... 5.3.2.1 What it means 5.3.2.2 How to do it 5.3.2.3 What to test 5.3.2.4 References 5.3.3 Scrolling [SCROLLING] Limit sc... 5.3.3.1 What it means 5.3.3.2 How to do it 5.3.3.3 What to test 5.3.4 Navigation Bars etc. (Extraneous material) [CENTRAL_MEANING] En... 5.3.4.1 What it means 5.3.4.2 How to do it 5.3.4.3 What to test 5.3.4.4 References 5.3.5 Graphics [GRAPHICS_FOR_SPACIN... [LARGE_GRAPHICS] Do ... 5.3.5.1 What it means 5.3.5.2 What to test 5.3.6 Color [USE_OF_COLOR] Ensur... [COLOR_CONTRAST] Ens... 5.3.6.1 What it means 5.3.6.2 What to test 5.3.6.3 References 5.3.7 Background Images [BACKGROUND_IMAGE_RE... 5.3.7.1 What it means 5.3.7.2 What to test 5.4 Page Definition 5.4.1 Title [PAGE_TITLE] Provide... 5.4.1.1 What it means 5.4.1.2 What to test 5.4.2 Frames [NO_FRAMES] Do not u... 5.4.2.1 What it means 5.4.2.2 What to test 5.4.2.3 References 5.4.3 Structural Elements [STRUCTURE] Use feat... 5.4.3.1 What it means 5.4.3.2 How to do it 5.4.4 Tables [TABLES_SUPPORT] Do ... [TABLES_NESTED] Do n... [TABLES_LAYOUT] Do n... [TABLES_ALTERNATIVES... 5.4.4.1 What it means 5.4.4.2 How to do it 5.4.4.3 What to test 5.4.4.4 References 5.4.5 Non-Text Items [NON-TEXT_ALTERNATIV... [OBJECTS_OR_SCRIPT] ... 5.4.5.1 What it means 5.4.5.2 How to do it 5.4.5.3 What to test 5.4.5.4 References 5.4.6 Image Size [IMAGES_SPECIFY_SIZE... [IMAGES_RESIZING] Re... 5.4.6.1 What it means 5.4.6.2 What to test 5.4.7 Valid Markup [VALID_MARKUP] Creat... 5.4.7.1 What it means 5.4.7.2 What to test 5.4.7.3 References 5.4.8 Measures [MEASURES] Do not us... 5.4.8.1 What it means 5.4.8.2 How to do it 5.4.8.3 What to test 5.4.9 Style Sheets [STYLE_SHEETS_USE] U... [STYLE_SHEETS_SUPPOR... [STYLE_SHEETS_SIZE] ... 5.4.9.1 What it means 5.4.9.2 How to do it 5.4.9.3 What to test 5.4.9.4 References 5.4.10 Minimize [MINIMIZE] Use terse... 5.4.10.1 What it means 5.4.10.2 How to do it 5.4.10.3 What to test 5.4.11 Content Types [CONTENT_FORMAT_SUPP... [CONTENT_FORMAT_PREF... 5.4.11.1 What it means 5.4.11.2 How to do it 5.4.11.3 What to test 5.4.12 Character Encoding [CHARACTER_ENCODING_... [CHARACTER_ENCODING_... 5.4.12.1 What it means 5.4.12.2 How to do it 5.4.12.3 What to test 5.4.12.4 References 5.4.13 Error Messages [ERROR_MESSAGES] Pr... 5.4.13.1 What it means 5.4.13.2 How to do it 5.4.13.3 What to test 5.4.14 Cookies [COOKIES] Do not rel... 5.4.14.1 What it means 5.4.14.2 How to do it 5.4.14.3 What to test 5.4.15 Cache Headers [CACHING] Provide ca... 5.4.15.1 What it means 5.4.15.2 How to do it 5.4.15.3 What to test 5.4.15.4 References 5.4.16 Fonts [FONTS] Do not rely ... 5.4.16.1 What it means 5.4.16.2 How to do it 5.4.16.3 What to test 5.5 User Input 5.5.1 Input [MINIMIZE_KEYSTROKES... [AVOID_FREE_TEXT] Av... [PROVIDE_DEFAULTS] P... [DEFAULT_INPUT_MODE]... 5.5.1.1 What it means 5.5.1.2 How to do it 5.5.1.3 What to test 5.5.1.4 References 5.5.2 Tab Order [TAB_ORDER] Create a... 5.5.2.1 What it means 5.5.2.2 How to do it 5.5.2.3 What to test 5.5.3 Labels [CONTROL_LABELLING] ... [CONTROL_POSITION] P... 5.5.3.1 What it means 5.5.3.2 What to test 5.5.3.3 References 6 Conformance and mobileOK 6.1 Classes of Products 6.2 Extensibility A Sources (Non-Normative) B Acknowledgements (Non-Normative) C References (Non-Normative) C.1 MWI References Scope Techniques mobileOK C.2 Sources WCAG iMode Opera OpenWave Nokia-MP Nokia-VR LSD C.3 Device Independence DIP DCODI DIGLOSS C.4 Web, Protocols and Languages WebArch XML XHTML-Basic CSS HTTP1.0 HTTP1.1 UTF-8 CHARSET1 CHARSET2 C.5 Other References UAPROF TOMCAT APACHE IIS T-MOB MF
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5.3.1 Page content. The practice says: "Ensure that content is
_suitable for use in a mobile context_"

I believe the purpose of this document is to explain what one
needs to do to create content that is suitable for use in a
mobile context. Requirements such as "avoid long sentences" or
"prioritize information that relates to mobility" tell me what
to do to achieve that goal. "Ensure that content is suitable
for use in a mobile context" tells me nothing and merely
restates the project of the entire document. If you have
specific ideas in mind here, please replace the current
practice with those more specific requirements.

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WG Notes: Jo to add some text to the document based on his email. Info to be added to techniques by PhilA. -- ACTION-252 Document updated in 1y,

Resolution: We have decided to clarify the point and satisfy Ian's need for examples by providing a link to User Goals : [Mobile users typically have different interests to users of fixed or desktop devices. They are likely to have more immediate and goal-directed intentions than desktop Web users. Their intentions are often to find out specific pieces of information that are relevant to their context. An example of such a goal-directed application might be the user requiring specific information about schedules for a journey they are currently undertaking.] and to the section on One Web: [Some services have a primarily mobile appeal (location based services, for example). Some have a primarily mobile appeal but have a complementary desktop aspect (for instance for complex configuration tasks). Still others have a primarily desktop appeal but a complementary mobile aspect (possibly for alerting). Finally there will remain some Web applications that have a primarily desktop appeal (lengthy reference material, rich images, for example).].

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