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  David Kjelkerud highlighted

  And last but not least: separate mobile web pages or responsive web design? It depends, says Josh Clark in his summary of the issue (http://bkaprt.com/mf/67).

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  Can we really understand and design for mobile context? Jason Grigsby sums up the issues and provides links to many pertinent articles (http://bkaprt.com/mf/66).

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  Native mobile applications vs. mobile web solutions: when does each one make sense and why (http://bkaprt.com/mf/64, http://bkaprt.com/mf/65)?

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  40% of all tweets come from a mobile device

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  A simple anchor link in the site’s header jumps people to navigation options at the bottom of the page. Having this list present at the bottom of content pages allows people to pivot and explore other parts of the site.

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    David Kjelkerud

    Bagcheck mobile navigation. Elegant.

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  As a general rule, content takes precedence over navigation on mobile.

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  Lookup/Find (urgent info, local): I need an answer to something now—frequently related to my current location in the world. Explore/Play (bored, local): I have some time to kill and just want a few idle time distractions. Check In/Status (repeat/micro-tasking): Something important to me keeps changing or updating and I want to stay on top of it. Edit/Create (urgent change/micro-tasking): I need to get something done now that can’t wait.

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    David Kjelkerud

    Interaction types for mobile usage

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  Interface designers have always lauded direct manipulation.

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    David Kjelkerud

    Yep

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  The natural constraints of mobile devices, networks, and usage patterns help focus and simplify mobile experiences. But designing for mobile isn’t just about embracing limitations—it’s also about extending what you can do.

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  David Kjelkerud highlighted

  Rachel Hinman at Nokia has a great analogy that contrasts mobile behavior with desktop behavior; she says the desktop is “diving” while mobile is “snorkeling” (http://bkaprt.com/mf/34).

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  The fact that 84% of people used their mobile device at home is telling. Catching a quick glance at your email at home is perhaps a bigger part of the mobile story than our businessman on the go.

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    David Kjelkerud

    Mobile usage at home

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  If you focus on mobile first and make things fast enough for spotty mobile networks, your websites and applications will be blazingly fast on the desktop

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  There are, of course, differences based on mobile and desktop usage patterns; but the core value of a web service remains the same across both formats and beyond.

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  Once people use the mobile version, it’s not uncommon for them to pine for the desktop version to be “that simple.”

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    David Kjelkerud

    For sites I visit with a clear problem to be solved, like finding out when the next subway train leaves, I often prefer the mobile site.

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    Andreas Källbom

    Word.

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  David Kjelkerud highlighted

  But these constraints are not only good for business, they’re good for design as well.

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    The old "X is not only good for business, it's good for Y as well" cliche

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  There are more than 250 million active users (http://bkaprt.com/mf/27) accessing Facebook through their mobile devices. These users are twice as active on Facebook as non-mobile users.

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  But perhaps the best reason to start with a mobile web solution is that it builds on web design and development skills you already have.

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  Each time a web link is shared or referenced in a native application it opens in a web browser window. So more native application use quickly turns into more web use.

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  Close to 19% of Facebook posts are created on the mobile web experience, while Facebook’s native iPhone, Android, and Blackberry apps only account for about 4% of posts each

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    David Kjelkerud

    More usage numbers

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  Fourteen percent of Twitter’s members use the mobile web experience compared to 8% using the native iPhone app and 7% using the Blackberry native app. The rest of Twitter’s native mobile applications are each used by less than 4% of their user base

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    David Kjelkerud

    Usage numbers on mobile web vs native apps

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  At the beginning of 2010, iPhone data usage was over four times higher than any other smartphone platform. But by the end of the year, other mobile devices had caught up, and iPhone data usage was only 1.75 times higher than Google’s Android platform

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  the average smartphone user visits up to 24 websites a day

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  Take a ride on the subway, stop by the mall, or go anywhere near a high school and you’ll encounter the most recent evolution of the human race. Small, light-emitting plastic screens attached to people’s hands are just about anywhere you look.

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  Websites and applications should be designed and built for mobile first.

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    David Kjelkerud

    Core idea

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  But things have changed so dramatically over the past few years that starting with the desktop may be an increasingly backward way of thinking about a web product.

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  David Kjelkerud highlighted

  Just a half-day of brainstorming about your mobile experience can open up new ways of thinking about your product.

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    David Kjelkerud

    Good advice

    7 months ago