Programming the Mobile Web

摘要

At the beginning of 2010, the United Nations Telecommunications Agency noted that more than 68 percent of the world is using mobile devices. Currently, there are more than 3,000 mobile devices on the market with about 30 different browsers. Statistics also indicate that the percentage of Web browsing, done from mobile devices will increase from the current figure of less than 4 percent as more Web sites are designed with the mobile market in mind. Although the mobile Web architecture is much the same as that on your desktop, there are differences. For example, mobile devices involve different screen sizes, bandwidth, and processing capacity. Firtman's Programming the Mobile Web identifies best practices for creating Web applications for these mobile browsers.