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As you know, I’ve recently acquired Cameron Moll’s mobile web design book.  After the introduction chapter, there is a section on mobile web fundamentals.

Now I don’t want to give away to much but some of the information needs to be shared.

Did you know that in the U.K. and U.S. mobile web usage is 17-19% of PC web usage?  That’s staggering when you think of 176 million in the U.S. accessing the web.  30 million of those?  Using the mobile web.

One site that truly gets the mobile experience (hint, hint… another upcoming post) is Weather.com.  According to a comScore Press Release, the Weather Channel has a greater reach via the mobile web than it does the PC-based web in the U.S. market.

These numbers point to a completely new user experience.  The iPhone has definitely done a lot to help us out there, but your mobile web experience should be cross-mobile friendly.

This is a challenge, no doubt.  But there will be some brave enough to face it head on and tackle this new dawning of civilization.  This new breed of individual will be a fast as lighting.  The Mobile Avenger! 
Okay… enough of being corny… sorry about that.

Really though.  There will be some who begin to focus on the mobile experience and capitalize in a big way.  So where are mobile web developers?

Tags: mobileweb, mobile web design

Over the past year I’ve been developing a project (all in theory right now) that is focused on using mobile technology to tap into the mobile user market.

I came across Cameron Moll’s book, “Mobile Web Design” and had to get a copy.  It arrived in the mail today and I love the cover design and size of the book.

As I work through the book, expect to see some mobile web design focused posts and links to some other mobile web resources and ideas.

I do want to share one quote from page 11 of the introduction (emphasis mine).

Nearly three-quarters of people are avoiding the mobile Internet because of high costs and poor experiences of the technology, according to research published today. The findings highlight the need for firms to develop mobile-compatible content, said experts.

Phil Mucaster, “Public Is Shunning the Mobile Web”
http://www.itweek.co.uk/itweek/news/2161798/public-shun-mobile-web

Tags: mobileweb design, cameron moll

Those who visit here or read the feed frequently noticed recently that I did a revision of the site design.  After getting some feedback I decided on a complete redesign.

I kept some of the elements from the old design (comment link, post footers, font) and took what was a good thing going with the blue/green and created a new look and feel.

My goal was to make the site easier to use and look at.  I tried to space things out a bit and include some of the most pertinent info at the top on the homepage.  That info then shows at the bottom on single item pages.

So what do you think?  I’d love to hear your thoughts.

Tags: redesign, website redesign