Customizable Viewlets

2010 ◽  
pp. 759-771
Author(s):  
Henrik Stormer
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Mobile Device ◽  
Web Sites ◽  
Main Idea ◽  
High Potential ◽  
Web Portals ◽  
Mobile Web ◽  
Mobile Market

In the last years, mobile devices have become more and more popular. To further enhance the success of mobile devices, companies in the mobile market are constantly looking for new possible applications. One application with a high potential is the mobile Web. Mobile Web means that people access Web sites using their mobile device. However, due to the limitations of the mobile device compared to stationary devices, mobile Web sites need to be adapted. This chapter presents an approach for creating Web solutions that can be used on all kinds of devices. The main idea is adapted from Web portals, where users can customize their personal sites by choosing different viewlets that present all kinds of content. The approach has been tested using the online shop eSarine.

scholarly journals Using Device Detection Techniques in M-Learning Scenarios

2013 ◽  
pp. 1188-1203
Author(s):  
Ricardo Queirós ◽  
Mário Pinto
Keyword(s):  
Web Service ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Mobile Device ◽  
Web Interface ◽  
Mobile Web ◽  
Detection Techniques ◽  
Learning Content ◽  
Learning Scenarios ◽  
Rest Api ◽  
Over Time

Recent studies of mobile Web trends show the continued explosion of mobile-friend content. However, the wide number and heterogeneity of mobile devices poses several challenges for Web programmers, who want automatic delivery of context and adaptation of the content to mobile devices. Hence, the device detection phase assumes an important role in this process. In this chapter, the authors compare the most used approaches for mobile device detection. Based on this study, they present an architecture for detecting and delivering uniform m-Learning content to students in a Higher School. The authors focus mainly on the XML device capabilities repository and on the REST API Web Service for dealing with device data. In the former, the authors detail the respective capabilities schema and present a new caching approach. In the latter, they present an extension of the current API for dealing with it. Finally, the authors validate their approach by presenting the overall data and statistics collected through the Google Analytics service, in order to better understand the adherence to the mobile Web interface, its evolution over time, and the main weaknesses.

ADOPTION OF MOBILE WEB AMONG UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN MALAYSIA: A REVIEW

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (Number 1) ◽  
pp. 11-20
Author(s):  
L. Thaneshan ◽  
Fadhilah Mat Yamin ◽  
Siti Norezam Othman
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Technology Acceptance ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Mobile Technology ◽  
Web Sites ◽  
Information Transfer ◽  
Smart Phone ◽  
Laptop Computer ◽  
Mobile Web ◽  
Acceptance Model

This paper reviews major issues of mobile technology and mobile web usage among university students, including characteristics, importance and problems faced by university students when accessing web sites through mobile devices. This article also reviews the technology adoption models/theories that will best explain the adoption of IT/IS. The author identified Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) as the best model in explaining adoption of mobile web because TAM is the most suitable in explaining behavioural intention in the context of mobile devices. Mobile Web is the World Wide Web which is accessed through a mobile device such as laptop computer, smart phone or tablet. It establishes the entirety of the Internet and is not limited to webpages which have been specifically designed to be viewed through mobile devices. Distinctive features of mobile technology especially mobile web technology and its progressive impacts on information transfer and learning process has created many educational opportunities for higher education institutions. Although mobile devices are highly flexible, accessible and convenient, students are still facing great problems when they use mobile web for educational purpose.

HTML5 and the Mobile Web

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 40-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kevin Curran ◽  
Aaron Bond ◽  
Gavin Fisher
Keyword(s):  
World Wide Web ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Web Sites ◽  
World Wide ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Web Applications ◽  
Mobile Web ◽  
Advantages And Disadvantages ◽  
The World ◽  
Uniform Solution

Accessing the Web from mobile devices is a popular practice. Trends show that the mobile space is becoming the method through which many consumers access content – both through native and web applications. These applications have expanded the browsing experience, but have also complicated the development process. A need exists for a simple, uniform solution which HTML5 is attempting to address. HTML is a mark-up language, now on its fifth edition, used for structuring and presenting content on the World Wide Web. Because of the large increase in users of mobile devices, internet access on these devices is widely used. The creation of web sites, web documents, and applications are done with HTML5, as it is compatible with both PC and mobile device browsers. However, with its lengthy development process, it is not yet apparent if HTML5 can incorporate the demands of developers in a changing environment. This paper provides an overview of the use of HTML5 in structuring and presenting content on the World Wide Web and compatibility issues on mobile browsers, key features, tool’s, and the advantages and disadvantages on the mobile web devices as well as the state of the mobile web.

Automatic Usability Evaluation of Mobile Web Pages with XML

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 19-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ankita Kohli ◽  
Chunying Zhao ◽  
Jun Kong
Keyword(s):  
Best Practices ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Web Sites ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Xml Schema ◽  
Design Guidelines ◽  
Web Pages ◽  
Mobile Web ◽  
Mobile Design ◽  
Mobile Browsing

Recently, mobile browsing on the World Wide Web is growing rapidly. The growth has created a surge in the number of Web pages designed for mobile devices. To increase the usability of mobile browsing, the Mobile Web Best Practices have been proposed to guide the development of mobile-friendly Web pages. In this paper, the mobileOK checker, a free service provided by W3C, is used to automatically inspect the conformance of 46 popular mobile Web sites to the Mobile Web Best Practices. We analyze the evaluation results and provide suggestions for improving the design of mobile Web sites. In mobile browsing, different mobile devices have different screen sizes, layout structures, and styles to represent Web contents. Furthermore, mobile devices are developing fast. The diversity and fast development of mobile devices cause the mobile design guidelines changing over time. However, the mobileOK checker is not flexible to include new guidelines or customize a best practice rule to fit a specific mobile browsing scenario. To solve this problem, this paper presents a generic approach to represent the mobile design guidelines through an XML schema. Using the XML schema provides the flexibly to support evolving guidelines in an open format. To evaluate our approach, a prototype, WPChecker, has been developed.

scholarly journals Understanding technology diffusion in emerging markets

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (5) ◽  
pp. 731-751 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sunday Adewale Olaleye ◽  
Dandison Ukpabi ◽  
Heikki Karjaluoto ◽  
Ioannis Rizomyliotis
Keyword(s):  
Emerging Markets ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Mobile Device ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Regulatory Oversight ◽  
Discrepancy Theory ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Global Brands ◽  
Group Interviews ◽  
Mobile Market

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to use the consumer-based discrepancy theory to examine consumers’ behavioral motivations for using mobile devices and the factors that influence the rapid diffusion of Chinese mobile devices in Nigeria.Design/methodology/approachData were collected using focus group interviews with samples cutting across users, technicians and experts from Port Harcourt, Nigeria’s industrial capital. This study conducted a thematic analysis of the data with NVivo Pro 11 for deductive coding.FindingsThe authors found that weak regulatory environment opened the Nigerian mobile market to the influx of mobile devices from Chinese local manufacturers. Though largely absent in developed markets, Chinese mobile devices are household names in Africa, particularly Nigeria. Having studied the Nigerian market, Chinese mobile device manufacturers have incorporated features and specifications in their mobile devices that are adapted specifically to this market. Our findings also show that these “China phones and tablets” are significantly inferior to those manufactured by global brands. However, consumer complaints have led to significant improvements in their quality. Consequently, due to their successful diffusion, Nigeria is being used as a launching pad to other African countries.Research limitations/implicationsWhile the study could not look at the economic, environmental and health implications of the high death rate of the mobile devices, it however provides useful insights on the application of the consumer-based discrepancy theory: expectation vs performance, in the Nigerian mobile market context.Originality/valueThe study is the first to empirically examine the diffusion of Chinese mobile devices in one of the key emerging markets in Africa. The study provides blueprint for the local regulatory authorities on how to strengthen their regulatory oversight and also advances critical understanding on how Chinese mobile device manufacturers can improve their technologies and optimize market opportunity in Africa.

scholarly journals THE ROLE OF CONVENIENCE, COMPATIBILITY AND MEDIA RICHNESS IN ACCEPTING MOBILE WEB IN MALAYSIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (17) ◽  
pp. 12-19
Author(s):  
L. Thaneshan ◽  
Fadhilah Mat Yamin ◽  
Siti Norezam Othman
Keyword(s):  
Technology Acceptance ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Mobile Device ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Future Research ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Early Investigation ◽  
Media Richness ◽  
Mobile Web

Our lifestyle has changed and keeps changing with emerging software and hardware technologies. In the same way, mobile devices are changing the way people accessing the Internet. More users have changed from using desktop computers to mobile devices. A mobile device such as smartphones and tablets are widely used devices in accessing the Internet all over the world. From an early investigation, it is found that although mobile devices are highly flexible, accessible, and convenient, their usage to access websites is still average. The objective of this study is to conceptualize the factors that drive users to access websites through mobile devices. This study presents the scenario and the current situation of mobile web usage among mobile device users. It further critically discusses the role of three constructs namely, convenience, compatibility, and media richness in explaining the user’s intention to use the mobile web. The study adopts the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) to understand what factors affect usage intention of the mobile web, an important topic for current and future research. The limitations lie in the depth of investigation where the empirical investigation should be conducted in future studies to prove the findings of this conceptual study. This study aims to explain the factors that will influence the intention to access mobile websites. Determining those factors will help web designers to develop mobile web pages that will be preferred by its users. Improving user’s experience of accessing the web through mobile devices will enable web service providers to offer web services more effectively that will satisfy the needs of the users.

Adapting Web Sites for Mobile Devices - A Comparison of Different Approaches

2011 ◽  
pp. 278-290
Author(s):  
Henrik Stormer
Keyword(s):  
Web Service ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Mobile Device ◽  
Web Sites ◽  
Display Size ◽  
Cell Phones ◽  
Personal Digital Assistants ◽  
Data Input ◽  
Almost All ◽  
The Web

With the rise of mobile devices like cell phones and personal digital assistants (PDAs) in the last years, the demand for specialized mobile solutions grows. One key application for mobile devices is the Web service. Currently, almost all Web sites are designed for stationary computers and cannot be shown directly on mobile devices because of their limitations. These include a smaller display size, delicate data input facilities and smaller bandwidth compared to stationary devices. To overcome the problems and enable Web sites also for mobile devices, a number of different approaches exist which can be divided into client and server based solutions. Client based solutions include all attempts to improve the mobile device, for example by supporting zoom facilities or enhance the data input. Server based solutions try to adapt the pages for mobile devices. This chapter concentrates on server-based solutions by comparing different ways to adapt Web sites for mobile devices. It is assumed that Web sites designed for stationary devices already exist. Additionally, it concentrates on the generation of HTML pages. Other languages, designed especially for mobile devices like WML or cHTML, are not taken into account simply because of the improvement of mobile devices to show standard HTML pages. The following three methods are generally used today: Rewrite the page, use an automatic generator to create the page, or try to use the same page for stationary and mobile devices. This chapter illustrates each method by adapting one page of the electronic shop software eSarine. Afterwards, the methods are compared using different parameters like the complexity of the approach or the ease of integration in existing systems.

scholarly journals Using Device Detection Techniques in M-Learning Scenarios

2013 ◽  
pp. 118-134
Author(s):  
Ricardo Queirós ◽  
Mário Pinto
Keyword(s):  
Web Service ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Mobile Device ◽  
Web Interface ◽  
Mobile Web ◽  
Detection Techniques ◽  
Learning Content ◽  
Learning Scenarios ◽  
Rest Api ◽  
Over Time

Recent studies of mobile Web trends show the continued explosion of mobile-friend content. However, the wide number and heterogeneity of mobile devices poses several challenges for Web programmers, who want automatic delivery of context and adaptation of the content to mobile devices. Hence, the device detection phase assumes an important role in this process. In this chapter, the authors compare the most used approaches for mobile device detection. Based on this study, they present an architecture for detecting and delivering uniform m-Learning content to students in a Higher School. The authors focus mainly on the XML device capabilities repository and on the REST API Web Service for dealing with device data. In the former, the authors detail the respective capabilities schema and present a new caching approach. In the latter, they present an extension of the current API for dealing with it. Finally, the authors validate their approach by presenting the overall data and statistics collected through the Google Analytics service, in order to better understand the adherence to the mobile Web interface, its evolution over time, and the main weaknesses.

scholarly journals Adventure Code Camp: Library Mobile Design in the Backcountry

2014 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 45 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Ward ◽  
James Hahn ◽  
Lori Mestre
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Design Process ◽  
Mobile Apps ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Mobile Web ◽  
Process Outcomes ◽  
Mobile Design ◽  
Web App ◽  
Software Services

<p>This article presents a case study exploring the use of a student Coding Camp as a bottom-up mobile design process to generate library mobile apps. A code camp sources student programmer talent and ideas for designing software services and features.  This case study reviews process, outcomes, and next steps in mobile web app coding camps. It concludes by offering implications for services design beyond the local camp presented in this study. By understanding how patrons expect to integrate library services and resources into their use of mobile devices, librarians can better design the user experience for this environment.</p>

scholarly journals The Influence of the Frequency of the Internet Use on the Behavioral Relationship Model of the Mobile Device-Based Shopping

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shwu-Ing Wu ◽  
Rou Jyun Chen
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Mobile Device ◽  
Internet Use ◽  
Information Quality ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
The Other ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Relationship Model ◽  
Significant Positive Influence

<p class="ArticleTitle">In recent years, the increasingly innovative and diverse mobile devices have significantly promoted the mobile device-based shopping. What factors influence this kind of shopping? Will consumers purchase things with mobile devices? These are two topics that need to be explored. Through the literature analysis and the empirical research, this study aims to analyze the quality of information, system, service and mobile devices on the mobile device-based shopping platform. Moreover, it studies the attitude of consumers towards mobile device-based shopping, their willingness to adopt the shopping method and the behavioral relationship model in the actual mobile device-based shopping as well as compares the groups of different frequencies of the Internet use in terms of the relationship model.</p>　　With the convenient sampling, this study made an investigation among some of those who had experienced shopping on such mobile devices as tablets or smart phones. The 765 retrieved valid copies of questionnaire were divided into three groups—“often”, “average” and “seldom” according to the frequency consumers undertook mobile device-based shopping and were then compared. The results showed that there were significant differences among the three groups in four relationship paths, including: 1) the information quality of the mobile device-based shopping platform has more significant positive influence on consumers’ attitude path of mobile device-based shopping in the “average” group than in the other two; 2) the service quality of the mobile device-based shopping platform has more significant positive influence on consumers’ attitude path of mobile device-based shopping in the “seldom” group than in the other two; 3) the preference for mobile device-based shopping has much significant positive influence on the behavior path of mobile device-based shopping in the “often” group. According to the research results, different groups have different behavior models. These results can serve as reference information in the decision-making of those who establish mobile device-based shopping platforms and manufacture mobile devices.

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