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Practical Tips for Mobile Widget development
- 1. [email_address] , http://dev.opera.com www.brucelawson.co.uk twitter.com/brucel
- 2. Practical Tips and Tricks for Mobile Widget Development Bruce Lawson Opera Software
- 4. W3C and Opera Widgets Standardized
- 6. File I/O
- 7. Powerful XHR
- 8. Auto-update
- 10. Easy to develop
- 11. Easy to deploy
- 12. Consider the device Physical and Virtual Size of the screen (DPI)
- 13. Readability
- 14. Input mechanism
- 15. Memory, CPU and Battery limitations
- 16. Network speed, stability, and recovery
- 17. Usability
- 18. Work round flaky networks Queue XHR requests, avoid hitting max
- 19. Cache data
- 20. Time out XHRs yourself
- 21. Make sure there's a try again option
- 22. What you see is where you left it – pick up a call and phone killed your app.
- 23. Minimise HTTP Requests CSS sprites #panel1b a:hover { background: transparent url(test-3.jpg) 0 -200px no-repeat;} #panel2b a:hover { background: transparent url(test-3.jpg) -96px -200px no-repeat;} www.alistapart.com/articles/sprites/
- 24. Data URLs data:image/x-icon,%00%00%01%00%02%00%10%10%00%00%00%00%00%00h%05%00%00%26%00%00%00%20%20%00%00%00%00%00%00%A8%08%00%00% 8%05%00%00(%00%00%00%10%00%00%00%20%00%00%00%01%00%08%00%00%00%00%00%40%01%00%00%00%00%00%00%00%00%00%00%00%00%00%00%00%00%00%00%00%00%00%00%FF%FF%FF%00u%7D%8C%00%B1%BF%CF%00%3D%3FG%00%D0%DF%F3%00%9E%9F%A1%00%1A%1E%26%00Z%60g%00%D6%D8%D1%00%EC%EC%EB%00%B2%B2%AD%00%88%8D%9E%00rpt%00KNZ%00%2C.%3E%00%C2%C2%BC%00%C6%C9%D8%00%06%09%14%00%A9%AD%C1%00%9A%9E%B6%00%86%88%87%00%7C%80z%00%CF%D4%E3%00%CB%CE%C7%00%E2%E2%E1%00%11%14%1C%00%E3%E8%F8%00dht%00(.%2F%00%A5%AB%B0%00%F6%F7%F6%00TTd%00ov%80%00%91%93%96%00%B1%B6%C4%00%00%02%0C%00%8C%98%A1%00%C3%C4%CE%00%BB%BE%D4%00%7F%81%8D%00lkm%00%D5%DA%E9%00%A6%A6%A7%00AHJ%00TVZ%00%96%97%A0%007%3B%40%00%89%8E%93%00%DC%DC%DC%00ip%7B%00%C6%C6%C5%00%FC%FF%F6%0015%3A%00%DE%E3%F2%00%85%87%97%00wt%7D%00%5BV_%00xy%85%00%B7%BE%C9%0079H%00%A5%A9%BB%00acj%00%CA%CF%DF%00%B5%B8%CF%00%CC%D3%EA%00%9E%A8%B1%00jmt%00%BF%C7%D9%00%E9%E8%E6%00%85%89%90%00%8B%92%9A%00%7Bz%7D%00%D6%DF%F6%00y%81%90%00(*4%00%CC%CC%CD%00%5B%5Bc%00%BF%C4%D3%00%BE%BF%C0%00%F6%F5%F0%00chm%00%AB%B2%BE%00qr%7C%00%D4%D7%EE%00%C3%CA%D3%00%BA%BF%CE%00%9E%A3%B4%00%8C%93%A4%00tt%82%00V%5Cg%00BCL%00%00%00%07%00%F0%EF%ED%00%3BCJ%00GLW%00%D4%D4%D4%00%B4%BD http://software.hixie.ch/utilities/cgi/data/data
- 25. Markup for mobiles W3C Best Practices MWABP draft: Enable incremental rendering: Place JavaScript tags at the bottom of the page
- 26. Don't use layout <table>s
- 27. Declare image sizes in HTML
- 28. Consider SVG for illustrations, <canvas> for dynamic images
- 29. Understand accessibility Lots of similarities with accessibility techniques: Relationship between Mobile Web Best Practices (MWBP) and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG)
- 30. No images?
- 33. CSS for mobiles ems instead of px for fonts
- 34. CSS sprites
- 35. Fluid layouts: remember motion sensors
- 36. Media queries for different screen sizes
- 37. background-size / SVG background images
- 38. A little goes a long way Use a minimum amount of graphics
- 39. Avoid active, focus, mousedown, and other events that are meaningless or unnecessary on mobile.
- 40. Be prepared for HTML5 Form validation is free
- 41. Client-side persistent storage of key/value pairs and support for embedded SQL databases
- 42. Server-sent events and <event-source> element reduce need for polling in web applications
- 43. Opera Widgets SDK documentation
- 44. emulator
- 45. Libraries (animation library etc) http://dev.opera.com/sdk/
- 46. Opera Dragonfly In a hostile environment, work remotely Right click > Inspect Element
- 47. Test with “OMOD” Opera Mobile on Desktop (coming soon) http://www.perfectomobile.com/portal/cms/opera.xhtml?key=OP631R89YL2
- 48. Opera Software ASA [email_address] twitter.com/brucel Open for questions.