1. Michael Macken Web Services Team Leader
Mobile Web
Michael Macken
Web Services Team Leader

2. mobile phones are awesome…

3. Visits from mobile devices
8,000 visits in 2008
490,000 visits so far in 2011
3% of total visits

4. The iphone vs android graph

5. Visitor behaviour

6. UWS mobile platform Aimed at handsets not tablets
Draws content from live web pages on our site
Selected content only – aimed at the website visitor who is not at their desk
Can be distributed as an app if desired
One platform supports multiple apps
Platform supports all OS and all devices

7. Sneak peek #1

8. Course information

9. Current students

10. Current students > What’s on

11. international

12. Campus information

13. Campus information > shuttle bus

14. Search central

15. Quicklinks A-Z

16. …back to the main site…. 

17. What we need is… a responsive design
One CSS for all devices
Same content for all devices
Size of browser window determines layout
Examples: Boston Globe, Westminster Abbey….

18. Desktop browser – wide monitor

19. Desktop browser / tablet in landscape

20. Narrower again – still 3 column

21. Narrower – tablet in portrait

22. Handset size

23. UWS design concepts….. #1

24. UWS design concepts….. #2

25. UWS design concepts….. #3

26. UWS design concepts….. #3 (alt)

27. Thanks… m.macken@uws.edu.au
uws.edu.au/wsu (that’s for Web Services Unit)
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