Re: jQuery for Mobile

[Mike Wills <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You would be surprised at how usable most sites are on an iPhone. The big
problem I experience is when a site isn't coded right so that I have to
scroll to read a whole text box.

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Mike Wills
http://mikewills.me


On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 11:53 AM, Nathan Andelin <nandelin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > From: Aaron Bartell
> > the desktop will still be much bigger in scope IMO.
>
> How much of an application's UI CAN BE deployed to mobile devices?  My
> laptop
> has a 17" screen which occupies something like 9X more physical space than
> an
> iPhone, for example. How much work can realistically be done on a 3" or 4"
> screen?  How much work can be done on a touch-screen keyboard vs a laptop
> or
> desktop keyboard?
>
> On the other hand, is sounds like Pete is suggesting that larger screens
> may be
> divided into smaller components.  Maybe touch-screen users can swipe to the
> left, or swipe to the right to reveal related components.  A list
> component.  A
> full record component.  A selection list component.  Maybe all the major
> components are included, but you swipe, or press something to reveal them.
>  Maybe a calendar component overlays an entire data entry page, but
> disappears
> after a date is selected.  Maybe you use a multi-page / multi-step dialog
> to
> perform a process.  There's something to say for touch-screen navigation,
> where
> you're actually using your fingers, rather than reaching for a mouse.
>
> -Nathan
>
>
>
>
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