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Another Voice Questioning The Need For Apps

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Less than a year ago, the discussion within the web development community about the need for platform specific apps, meaning applications designed for Smartphones and tablets, started off as a trickle but has since turned into a torrent. The bulk of opinion favors allocating resources toward responsive web design and one of the latest voices in that conversation questions the notion of a separate “mobile web” to begin with. On 4/19/2012, …

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More On Mobile Website Readiness

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Last week, Thomas Cott delivered a mobile website focused You’ve Cott Mail that features a trio of web articles which reinforces much of what we’ve covered here. All three are worth your time as they dive into additional directions not covered here, plus it is always good to confirm ideas elsewhere.

16px Font Size and 48px Wide Buttons Are The New Black

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We’re going to geek out a bit today over a few user experience (UX) items that are going to have a substantial impact over not just online design but print design as both formats as users increasingly gravitate toward uniformity. The driving force behind many of these changes is the rise of mobile platform usage; i.e. Smartphones and tablets. Due to the touch interfaces found on mobile devices, it should come …

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Understanding The Difference Between Apps and Mobile Websites

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[tab title=”2013 Edition”] The biggest change to take place in the field of mobile browsing since 2011 is the rise of responsive web design, which responds to the device that accesses it and delivers the appropriate output. The real game changer here is that responsive design draws all of the content from a single source, rather than requiring the site owner to design multiple versions for different types of browsers specifications. …

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