The Mobile Web Takes Off
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The Mobile Web Takes OffThe Mobile Web Takes Off
Mobile Internet WorldBoston, Massachusetts, USANovember 2007
Steve Bratt ([email protected])Chief Executive OfficerWorld Wide Web Consortiumhttp://www.w3.org/
http://www.w3.org/2007/Talks/01113-bratt-MIWintro/bratt-MIWintro.pdf
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Internet Growth Driven by Open Web
Sources: http://www.zakon.org/robert/internet/timeline/http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm
Internet Users in early 2007 ~ 1,100 mil
Number of Web Sites (domain names and content)
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Mobile Growth and Potential
http://www.gsmworld.com/documents/universal_access_full_report.pdf (2006)
Mobile haves vs. have nots
Internet haves vs.have nots
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People onInternet
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Mobile Usage Gap
Graphic: Nokia
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Mobile Web Closes the Gap
Source: Nokia5
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The Challenge …
People want – expect – no-hassle, Web access across all of their devices … including their phones
This requires: – Seamless interoperability– Ease of use– Safety
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W3C Standards Address ChallengesUser Requirements W3C SolutionsUser-friendly content Mobile Web Best Practices*
“One Web”
Effective adaptation
Device Description*
Ubiquitous Web*
Labeling, protection Protocol for Web Description*
Ease of discovery, trust mobileOK*
Voice, stylus, keys VoiceXML, Multimodal
Universality WAI, I18N, Developing World*
Security Browser Security Context
Interoperability Web standards: XHTML, CSS, Graphics, Forms, AJAX, Widgets, Ubiquitous Web*, etc.
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Mobile Web Initiative Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0
• Authoring content for good user experience• Effective delivery to and display on mobile devices • Leveraging existing Web standards
New• Browser Test Suites Working Group• Mobile Web Applications Best Practices (incl., AJAX)
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60 Mobile Web Best Practices
Thematic consistency:– One Web (URIs)
Layout– use CSS; no tables
or frames– Small (text, pics) is
beautiful Navigation:
– important info at top– access keys
Users on the go Flip-card summary
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MWI Best Practices in Practice
Recommended in developer material – Google mobile Webmaster FAQ – Orange Partner Program – .mobi "switch on" guide
Integrated into development tools – Wordpress plugin for BP-ok blogs – Mobisitegalore
Industry testimonials10
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mobileOK Trustmark & Discovery mobileOK Basic
– Defines tests for Web content – Machine-testable subset of BP– Alpha version: mobileOK Checker
Third-party or self-certification POWDER-based metadata for consumption by
search engines, filters, etc.
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Mobile Web Device Description
Completed: – Landscape and Ecosystem– Requirements for open Device
Description Repositories
Started in Dec 2006: – Core and API for Repository – Key device properties, vocabulary,
method for extensions
Content adaptation requires knowledge about device, environment, preferences
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Web Mobility = Web for Emerging Economies
The Mobile Web accelerates global Internet access
Commerce, healthcare, education, eGov, communication ... [ex: der Spiegel]
W3C Workshop on the Mobile Web in Developing Countries, Dec 2006, Bangalore
Source: Der Spiegel
Der Spiegel Spiegel
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Ubiquitous Web Applications Enabling Web applications to interact
across wide diversity of devices:– Computers, equipment, media, appliances, mobile
devices, physical sensors, effectors, consumer electronics
Deliverables … standards for:– Device independent authoring – Delivery contexts – Remote eventing, device coordination– Location service support
Working Group homepage14
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Supporters of Mobility and Ubiquity Standardization @ W3C
Additional, Key Participants: Alcatel-Lucent, AOL, AT&T, BT, Citigroup, El Mundo, FOSI, Google, Hutchinson 3, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, OMA, Openwave, Samsung, Siemens, SK Telecom, Sun, T-Online, Telefonica, many others.
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For more information
W3C Membership:http://www.w3.org/Consortium/membership
http://www.w3.org/
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Mobile Web Initiativehttp://www.w3.org/Mobile/
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The Leading Web Standards Organization
Engineering the Web’s foundation– (x)HTML, XML, CSS, VoiceXML, Web Services, Semantic Web,
Security, Accessibility, Internationalization, Privacy, Architecture
430 Members 40+ Liaisons 21 Offices
– Newest: India,
China, S. Africa,
Brazil
http://www.w3.org/
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Selected References W3C: http://www.w3.org/ HTML: http://www.w3.org/html/ CSS: http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/ XML: http://www.w3.org/XML/ Mobile Web: http://www.w3.org/Mobile/ Ubiquitous Web: http://www.w3.org/2006/10/uwa-activity-proposal.html Labeling: http://www.w3.org/2007/powder/ Voice: http://www.w3.org/Voice/ Multimodal: http://www.w3.org/2002/mmi/ Accessibility: http://www.w3.org/WAI/ Internationalization: http://www.w3.org/International/ Developing Countries: http://www.w3.org/2006/12/digital_divide/public.html Security: http://www.w3.org/Security/ Web Services: http://www.w3.org/2002/ws/ Semantic Web: http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/
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