Posts Tagged ‘Mobile’

Breaking the 1000ms Time to Glass Mobile Barrier

Mobile, Optimization | Posted by Keefr May 8th, 2013

This is right up my alley: fast loading and efficient mobile. While this is pretty extreme, it’s pretty cool at the same time — minimizing load time to the nth degree.

Breaking the 1000ms Time to Glass Mobile Barrier

Think Again: Assumptions About Mobile To Reconsider

Mobile, Web Development | Posted by Keefr January 31st, 2013

Nice article on revisiting pre-conceived notions regarding mobile and mobile development.

Think Again: Assumptions About Mobile To Reconsider

Is Your Website Mobile Compatible? 10 Free Ways to Check

Mobile, Web Development | Posted by Keefr January 3rd, 2013

Mobile is a must. Period. Here are ten different ways to check your web properties for mobile compatibility.

Is Your Website Mobile Compatible? 10 Free Ways to Check

Vexing Viewports

Mobile, Web Development | Posted by Keefr December 21st, 2012

Nice article from over at A List Apart about the viewport meta tag that we’ve all used to wrangle mobile screens and how the new iPad Mini factors into that and is a bit of an outlier.

Vexing Viewports

Mobile_Detect PHP Class for Mobile Device Detection

Mobile, PHP, Web Development | Posted by Keefr November 27th, 2012

A friend and co-worker shared this with me this morning. Seems like a nice way to go, instead of rolling your own mobile detection:

Mobile_Detect PHP Class for Mobile Device Detection

Native App vs. Mobile Web App: A Quick Comparison

Mobile, Web Development | Posted by Keefr August 11th, 2012

Nice comparison of building your mobile-bound content as a native application versus a web application.

Native App vs. Mobile Web App: A Quick Comparison

5 Lightweight jQuery Alternatives for Mobile Development

JavaScript, jQuery, Mobile, Web Development | Posted by Keefr April 18th, 2012

I’ve always just used the jQuery Core/jQuery Mobile for mobile development, but these five alternatives seem promising and super small in file size.

5 Lightweight jQuery Alternatives for Mobile Development

35 Popular Mobile Website Templates

Mobile, Web Design, Web Development | Posted by Keefr October 11th, 2011

I’ve had very limited dev and design experience for mobile-centric web sites, but here’s a great list for inspiration and exploration of the mobile website space.

35 Popular Mobile Website Templates

Photo Swipe: Image Gallery for Mobile & Touch Devices

jQuery, Mobile | Posted by Keefr July 30th, 2011

I came across this JavaScript-based gallery (that looks like it works great with jQuery/jQuery Mobile) for mobile and touch. It’s well done and very clean—worth of consideration for your next mobile project that necessitates an image gallery.

Photo Swipe: Image Gallery for Mobile & Touch Devices

Seven Guidelines For Designing High-Performance Mobile User Experiences

Mobile, User Experience (UX), Web Development | Posted by Keefr July 28th, 2011

I feel like I’ve been posting a lot of mobile-related posts on Keefr.com lately—maybe because they’re becoming more and more commonplace— a must for most web sites to have a scaled down presentation for devices not tied to a desktop, or a laptop for that matter. It could also be related to the fact that professionally, I’m being involved in more and more mobile-related projects. Then again, that could be related to the first point. Ahhh! Vicious cycle!

Anyway, Smashing Magazine does a fine job laying out and explaining guidelines to make the most out of your mobile UX.

Seven Guidelines For Designing High-Performance Mobile User Experiences