Re: Query:Reply Plz

I have participated and reviewed a wide variety of usability tests  
for mobile web content.  Alas, the vast majority of these are owned  
by someone else.

However, based on the results of these usability tests, plus the  
experience of working with the design of tens of HDML, WML (US/ 
Openwave), and XHTML sites, I do have a variety of guidelines that I  
use.

You can find an overview and some samples at http:// 
www.littlespringsdesign.com/design/styleguides.html.  Alternately,  
you can go to the Sprint developer website at http:// 
developer.sprintpcs.com and become a member (free) and get the  
guides, including the XHTML guide, for free.  The stuff at my site is  
more general, but the detailed information does cost some money.

Openwave and Nokia both have excellent style guides, but I imagine  
that everybody here already knows this.

(I agree that WML is impractical; I disagree that it is inherently  
unusable - a different discussion I'm sure)

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Barbara Ballard       1-785-838-3003
barbara@littlespringsdesign.com


On May 25, 2005, at 8:34 AM, Ben Swihart wrote:

>
> You are conducting many usability tests on mobile phones?  I hope  
> that you make the progress and/or results of these tests public.
>
> I believe that WML is inherently unusable, or more importantly,  
> impractical.  But, good luck with that.
>
> As for mobile web access (xhtml), the system of possible usability  
> guidelines is a small fraction of a comparative system for web  
> usability on a PC.  Refreshingly, developing a website for a 120  
> pixel wide screen means that you had better reduce the components  
> of a website down to it's utter minimalism.  What I think is left  
> to be learned is what you can really strip away from websites as  
> unnecessary.
>
> I've found an interesting challenge is content management systems -  
> what are the standards of content that port equally to mobile and  
> full screen websites?   Some content does seem to require editing  
> (such as articles with tablular data inserts) exclusively for the  
> mobile web, but also there might be a need just to have am even  
> stronger editorial process than exists today for "writing for the  
> web." which is already a rather KISS-like guideline.
>
> Regards,
>
> Ben
> Minus Wired
>
>
>
> On May 25, 2005, at 2:17 AM, Saad Malik wrote:
>
>
>>
>> I m a student of MSCS with specialization in HCI(Web usability).
>>
>> I have been attached with designing sites and conducting usabaility
>> testing of sites during my MS.I am working on an Industrial  
>> Project of
>> Pakistan named IIN(indusrial information network) as usability
>> consultant and Information Architect.
>>
>> With this background,I started my thesis.In 1st part I did some
>> literature review(W3C's web accessibility guidelines and their
>> impacts, reports and research papers regarding usability statistics,
>> Mobile web development WML,WAP,IMODE,micro browsers etc).
>>
>> Then 2nd part deals with condcuting usabaility testing. I conducting
>> many usability tests on mobile phones with some expert web mobile
>> users and non expert users. I prepared a usability report in
>> comparison with web surfing on desktop pcs.Then I thought me able to
>> propose some guidlines regarding all this.All guidelines would be
>> proposed the same way as by W3C. check those at
>> http://www.w3.org/WAI/Resources/#gl.
>>
>> Besides this my thesis includes developing web accessibility
>> evaluation tool for WML pages.It would be regarding my  
>> guidelines.Also
>> I would be developing a working prototype WML site demonstrating my
>> web content accessibility guidelines.
>>
>> Wait for any comments regarding this.
>>
>>
>>
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>

Received on Thursday, 26 May 2005 05:03:34 UTC