Mobile Web Design

Die folgende Auflistung enthält einige der nützlichsten Online Ressourcen zum Thema Mobile Web Development. Diese Übersicht soll sowohl Einsteigern, als auch fortgeschrittenen “MobileWeb-Designern” helfen, sich in dieses komplexe Thema einzuarbeiten.

Websites, generelle Einführungen:

• http://dev.opera.com/articles/view/mobile-markup-xhtml-basic-1-1/
  Update 08/2008: Great intro-level article on Dev.Opera - There are a number of options developers can take when planning to mobilise their Web sites. One is to create a mobile specific version.
• http://www.littlespringsdesign.com/resources/
  Little Springs Design is a mobile product, research, design, and usability testing consultancy. Take advantage of the resources they have assembled here…
• http://www.developershome.com/
  “Here you can learn various mobile technologies like WAP / WAP 2.0, WML, WMLScript, XHTML MP, WCSS / WAP CSS, UAProf and SMS through our free tutorials, articles and examples. This web site can help web programmers who wish to extend their knowledge to the wireless world.”
• http://www.operamini.com/developer/
  “This page is a developer resource for anyone wanting to find more out about Opera Mini development, ie developing your web sites so they work great in Opera Mini as well as other browsers.”
• http://dev.mobi/
  “… the world’s most exciting mobile development community. Whether you are just getting started with .mobi, or are already a mobile guru, we have something for you.”
• http://www.w3.org/TR/mobile-bp/
  Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0 - Basic Guidelines
  “This document specifies Best Practices for delivering Web content to mobile devices. The principal objective is to improve the user experience of the Web when accessed from such devices.”
• http://www.passani.it/gap/
  Global Authoring Practices for the Mobile Web - by Luca Passani
  “This document gives general guidelines for web developers and content authors who are searching for directions to help create sites for the mobile web.”
• http://www.thewirelessfaq.com/
  Der Name ist Programm…

Einzelne Seiten, PDFs, spezielle Themen:

• XHTML Mobile Profile / XHTML MP Tutorial
  “XHTML MP (XHTML Mobile Profile) is the markup language of WAP 2.0. XHTML MP is a subset of XHTML, which is the combination of HTML and XML.”
• WAP CSS / WCSS Tutorial
  “WCSS (WAP CSS, also known as Wireless CSS or Wireless Profile CSS) is the cascading style sheet language that is used with XHTML MP.”
  …
• XHTML Mobile Profile 1.0 (PDF)
• The dotMobi Mobile Web Developer’s Guide
  Download-Seite, man muß sich registrieren, um das 91-seitige PDF zu laden. Lohnt sich durchaus.
• Lightweight device-detection in PHP (dev.mobi / Andy Moore)
  Kleines PHP Skript zur Differenzierung zwischen Desktop Browser und Mobil-Gerät. Allerdings kein Vergleich zu WURFL, der “großen Lösung” wenn’s um Content Adaption geht.
• iPhone Dev Center
  “Understand the capabilities of iPhone …”
• Mobile Actionscript / Flash Lite

Blogs, sonstiges:

• http://www.mobilewebforum.de/
  “Alles zum Thema mobiles Internet”… mehr so Linktipps, Testberichte, Kram
• http://www.mobile-monday.de/
  “Mobile Monday is a global community of visionaries, developers, enthusiasts and innovators of the ecosystem mobile. “
• http://www.mobile-zeitgeist.com/
  Trends, Anwendungen und Gedanken zum Mobile Business

Update
Ein paar Emulatoren (Liste gefunden auf dev.mobi):

• dotMobi Online Emulator - mTLD has an online emulator that you can use to quickly see what your site will look like on a common phone
• Nokia Browser Simulator - this simulator simulates a generic Nokia phone and WAP gateway
• Openwave Phone Simulator - Openwave’s browser simulator
• Opera Mini Simulator - simulates Opera’s popular J2ME browser
• BlackBerry Simulator - multiple different BlackBerry simulators
• Yospace SmartPhone Emulator - a versatile emulator that can display multiple phone instances at the same time

Diese Liste wird sicherlich noch weiter wachsen bzw. immer wieder aktualisiert. Nützliche Hinweise und weitere Empfehlungen sind herzlich willkommen.