Previously we’ve talked about network limitations for mobile devices, and limitations in the mobile device itself. Now we will look at the limitations of the user/design aspect. No Hover State The hover state allows users to know where they are going to click. It provides a very simple method to give visual feedback to the…
In addition to the network limitations that you will run into when working with Mobile Website, like we previously talked about, you will also need to worry about device limitations. These are a most commonly identified limitations that you will run into. Device Sizes The size of the device can cause obvious problems. Being smaller…
Did you know that today’s modern cell phones and tablets are more powerful than the computer used to land Apollo 11 on the moon? Yet despite that, surfing the web still seems to have problems. Let’s look at some of the problems that you will run into. There are two main categories of problems. First…
There for two basic ideas when it comes to working with presenting information for a mobile device. First, should it be an app, or a mobile website. If it is a mobile website, then users start wondering: should they Mobile Specific, Flexible, or Responsive Design to layout the website. Mobile App vs Mobile Website Of…
I just wanted to wish everyone a happy new year. Lots of new things scheduled for this coming year. You can see some of the changes around the website already. You will be seeing more soon (some subtle, some not so much). — Walter Happy New Year was originally found on Access 2 Learn
Some things are more complex/fancy than useful. Consider the Star Wars Crawl, The Matrix, or a 3D cube. These are often proof’s of concept/fun projects that see what can be done. Of course, soon we’ll see clients who want to have their websites scroll vertically automatically like the matrix, or into a distance like with…
The Accordion widget is used to collapse data, so that the end user only sees some of the data on the page. This makes it easier to process the information for the end user.This is because instead of having a large page which scrolls for a long time, it will show only some of the…
About Web Hosts Websites are setup on web servers that can be accessed via other clients. This is often a third-party like host gator, Go Daddy, or others. Some companies will have a local admin that can host their web site for them on a local server. Most servers charge based upon four criteria: storage…
