The One Web Principle
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Even if there would appear to be a Mobile Divide between the Mobile world and the Desktop world, there is a good deal of effort going into bridging that divide. This will be achieved if the One Web Principle is accepted by all web developers.
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The role of the sales person includes a high degree of productive interaction. Mobility equips these people with real-time information access. Mobile SFA helps them to effectively initiate contract processes and maintain an effective workflow.
What is involved in this is well described in an article that appeared this week, Best practices for mobile Web application development. It discusses the recently issued working draft guidelines on Mobile Web from the W3C. These set out to improve the user experience of the Web when accessed from mobile devices.
Mobile users typically have more immediate and goal-directed intentions than desktop Web users. They need specific pieces of information that are relevant to their context. For example the user wants the schedules for a journey they are currently undertaking.
Equally, mobile users are typically less interested in lengthy documents or in browsing. The ergonomics of the device are often unsuitable for reading lengthy documents. Users will often only access such information from mobile devices as a last resort, because more convenient access is not available.
The One Web principle requires that content be accessible on a range of devices irrespective of differences in presentation capabilities and access mechanism. It ensures that content provided by accessing a URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) yields a thematically coherent experience when accessed from different devices. It is a lofty challenge and it will be interesting to see how the Mobile web development community responds.
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July 30th, 2006 at 6:41 am
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August 2nd, 2006 at 11:29 am
[...] One group that will find the scenario challenging is the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). They have a Mobile Web Initiative, which aims to promote the One Web Principle. This ensures that content provided by accessing a URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) yields a thematically coherent experience when accessed from different devices. They have developed the Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0 for website design for mobile devices. This includes the notion of a Default Delivery Context. This specifies a Usable Screen Width of a minimum of 120 Pixels. [...]
August 2nd, 2006 at 12:21 pm
[...] The 38th version has just appeared at SmartMobs.com and was assembled by Judy Breck. There are some fine items there, which are well worth your reading time. I submitted a post from StayGoLinks on The One Web Principle. It was the final item in the list and was described as the wise words of Barry Welford. What more could I ask. [...]
October 3rd, 2006 at 5:17 pm
[...] Powerful players are pushing to ensure that the Mobile Internet has as much content as the regular Internet world. One objective is that any web page designed for a desktop PC should also be viewable on mobile devices too. This has been dubbed as the One Web Principle. Unfortunately with so much potential ad revenue to be gained in the Mobile world, different players are in general doing their own thing. Developing and getting industry consensus on Mobile Standards is proving to be a veritable Tower of Babel. Given this, it is not surprising that Desktop PC viewable websites are rarely suitable for Mobile devices. [...]
October 30th, 2006 at 6:53 pm
[...] The One Web Principle is a most laudable endeavour. It is a key feature of the Mobile Web Initiative now being supported by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). It is set out within the Best practices for mobile Web application development. The One Web principle requires that content be accessible on a range of devices irrespective of differences in presentation capabilities and access mechanism. It ensures that content provided by accessing a URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) yields a thematically coherent experience when accessed from different devices. [...]