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W3C Mobile Web Initiative

Goal: bring Web to mobile Created in 2005 (early days for mobile Web) Results "Mobile Web Best Practices" W3C standard mobileOK standard and checker tool Mobile Web for developing countries ...

Mobile Web Applications and Widgets

Relevant specifications:

HTML5

Offline Web Applications, new form controls

window.applicationCache.update();
<input type="email" >
<input type="date" >
<input type="range" >

Web Storage

client-side SQL

sessionStorage.foo='bar';
localStorage.fooo='bar';

Web Workers

thread-like operations

Mobile Web Applications and Widgets

Relevant specifications [continued]:

Widgets Packaging & Configuration

Basic widget wrapper

<widget xmlns='http://www.w3.org/ns/widgets'>
<name>Hello World</name>
</widget>

Widgets Digital Signature

Signing and verifying widgets

Widgets APIs and Events

Interacting with configuration, preferences

Widget updates

Auto-update mechanism

Mobile Web Applications and Widgets

Relevant specifications [continued]:

Geolocation API

Access to device location

    function showMap(position) {
      // Show a map centered at (position.coords.latitude, position.coords.longitude).
    }

    // One-shot position request.
    navigator.geolocation.getCurrentPosition(showMap);
  

Device APIs

Calendar, Addressbook, Camera, ...

Mobile Web Application Best Practices

How to create good mobile web apps and widgets

Alpha: Widgets checker