Safari developer menu
Apple's Safari browser has a Developer menu that is very useful for mobile developers. Enable it from the "Advanced" tab in Preferences. Once you've done this you get access to some very useful...
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You can save a lot of time on mobile testing if you create a Firefox profile that mimics a phone.Change the default font to something that looks like a phone font (try Tahoma)Change the default font...
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JR Screen Ruler (Windows) is a very handy tool for checking the exact pixel size of stuff on your screen, and for setting up your browser window to be a particular pixel size for rough-and-ready...
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If you find that you are up all night coding mobile web apps, and you barely know your spouse any more, hold back a bit on the mobile development and go outside and look at the sky and the trees....
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If you really MUST write WML pages, and you want to test on desktop browsers during development, unless you are using Opera, you will quickly learn that your desktop browser can't display WML, and that...
View ArticleW3C mobileOK Checker is your best friend!
Test your pages to determine if they are mobileOK!http://validator.w3.org/mobile/
View ArticleOpera Mini on desktop
Opera Mini can be run on the desktop also. This is very useful for testing how your sites will work on this browser, something that is becoming increasingly important as Opera Mini gains popularity....
View ArticleThink mobile
When you're working on a site or app for a mobile device, always remember to think mobile! Overuse of stylesheets, images, ads or even content can be detrimental to your cause, so follow these quick...
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Network operators often install transcoding technologies on their WAP Gateways. Transcoding proxies attempt to automatically transform content to make it more suitable for mobile access. However, since...
View ArticleUse Google Analytics for Mobile Tracking
Google Analytics can track traffic to your mobile website from all web-enabled devices, whether or not the device runs JavaScript. This is made possible by adding a server side code snippet to your...
View ArticleSafari developer menu
Apple's Safari browser has a Developer menu that is very useful for mobile developers. Enable it from the "Advanced" tab in Preferences. Once you've done this you get access to some very useful...
View ArticleFirefox profiles are a mobile web developer's friend
You can save a lot of time on mobile testing if you create a Firefox profile that mimics a phone.Change the default font to something that looks like a phone font (try Tahoma)Change the default font...
View ArticleScreen ruler
JR Screen Ruler (Windows) is a very handy tool for checking the exact pixel size of stuff on your screen, and for setting up your browser window to be a particular pixel size for rough-and-ready...
View ArticleModeration
If you find that you are up all night coding mobile web apps, and you barely know your spouse any more, hold back a bit on the mobile development and go outside and look at the sky and the trees....
View ArticleWML on desktop browsers
If you really MUST write WML pages, and you want to test on desktop browsers during development, unless you are using Opera, you will quickly learn that your desktop browser can't display WML, and that...
View ArticleW3C mobileOK Checker is your best friend!
Test your pages to determine if they are mobileOK!http://validator.w3.org/mobile/
View ArticleOpera Mini on desktop
Opera Mini can be run on the desktop also. This is very useful for testing how your sites will work on this browser, something that is becoming increasingly important as Opera Mini gains popularity....
View ArticleThink mobile
When you're working on a site or app for a mobile device, always remember to think mobile! Overuse of stylesheets, images, ads or even content can be detrimental to your cause, so follow these quick...
View ArticleCan't touch this!
Network operators often install transcoding technologies on their WAP Gateways. Transcoding proxies attempt to automatically transform content to make it more suitable for mobile access. However, since...
View ArticleUse Google Analytics for Mobile Tracking
Google Analytics can track traffic to your mobile website from all web-enabled devices, whether or not the device runs JavaScript. This is made possible by adding a server side code snippet to your...
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