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How to build mobile widgets

10. April 2009

1178CommentsHow+to+build+mobile+widgets2009-04-10+21%3A46%3A21Ryan+Carson

If you’re a web developer or designer, there’s a really exciting development happening right now called ‘mobile widgets’. Carsonified is working with Betavine to spread the word about mobile widgets, so we recently spent four days building one in order to see how hard or easy they are to build. The result was Twiggy, a [...]

Atlas: Under the Hood

28. February 2009

979CommentsAtlas%3A+Under+the+Hood2009-02-28+21%3A02%3A52Francisco+Tolmasky

At 280 North we’ve been working on a framework called Cappuccino for creating what we like to call desktop class applications. These are not your average web sites, but instead a new breed of web application that aims to replace many of the programs that currently run on your desktop. When we launched 280 Slides, [...]

The Future Of Web Apps In An Integrated World

30. September 2008

36Comments2008-09-30+16%3A10%3A34Rufus+Evison

It is said that you are more likely to leave your wallet behind than your cellphone when leaving the house. Most people are within 15 feet of their phone at any time, even when they are sleeping. One person in seven has been dumped by phone and the incidence of firing by phone is growing. The [...]

Coding for the mobile web

5. March 2008

107CommentsCoding+for+the+mobile+web2008-03-05+12%3A59%3A29Chris+Mills

Introduction Good evening — in this article I will aim to demystify the world of mobile web development, or in other words, developing web sites so that they will provide an acceptable user experience on mobile devices. I’ll run through how “the mobile web” differs from the normal web, the basics of techniques you can employ [...]

Make your Site Mobile Friendly

14. May 2007

139CommentsMake+your+Site+Mobile+Friendly2007-05-14+17%3A18%3A50Virginia+DeBolt

The number of mobile devices loose in the world greatly exceeds the number of desktop (or laptop) computers filling up desk and table space in offices and homes. The number of people who might view your site while clutching a screen measuring anywhere from 100 pixels to 640 pixels in width increases daily. Creating mobile-friendly [...]