Owltastic Sometime in the chaos of the last couple months, I was asked to speak at this year’s Future of Web Design in London, on April 30 – May 1. I’m honored to be speaking alongside so many of my web design heroes, and I’m so pumped to be going back to London!
At the conference I’ll be doing a mid-morning slot about Mobile Web Design (following up Jim Coudal! *nervous shaking kicks in*). Thanks to devices such as the iPhone and the G1, the web is getting smaller and more portable each year. Smart clients recognize the need to make their websites and web apps compatible with mobile browsers, and having a handful of tips under your belt about mobile web design will give you an advantage. I’m approaching the subject as a designer who is comfortable and confident with creating interfaces for the web, but feels somewhat mystified when it’s time to make those same interfaces work well in a 320×480 space.
The presentation will be built around a mobile interface I’m working on for SimpleBits. I don’t want to say too much about that now, but just know that there are some amazing things going down here on the North Shore. But more on that later.
In the meantime, can you guys help me out? What do you want to know about mobile web design? I’d love to hear more about what you think, so please drop your suggestions in the comments below, or send me a tweet.
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That’s seriously great news! Congrats.
Can’t wait to see you rock the house!
Looking foward to see what you come up with at the conference.
The question I always have about mobile web is that although I understand it’s important to consider, with the the majority of mobile web users moving to devices like the iPhone that provide near desktop experiences is it necessary to do anything specific for the smaller screen size anymore?
Ahhh, I’m so excited for you! I wish I could go, but doubt I’ll be able to. I’d love to hear what you’ll be talking about, and as far as suggestions or starting points, might I point you to this article SND Update did recently. The list of links at the end of the article is a great repository of resources on mobile web design from the past year: http://update.snd.org/update/entry/no-9-untangling-the-migration-to-mobile/
(I swear I’m not highlighting that because I’m quoted in it.
It’s a good round-up and again, those links are pretty solid.)
Love the look of your blog, Meagan!!
I’m so proud of you Meagan!
Love you,
Aunt Marsha
Hi,
Hope you enjoy the talk and LDN, would love to but cant make it. I work in a University so have been interested in how students use mobiles. So if you hadnt yet considered its educational uses, thats something that maybe you could research/touch on.
The BBC have just released a BETA of their new mobile version which may interest you. http://bbc.co.uk/mobile/betahome/
Cheers
Zak
Hey Meagan,
I love your design and will be following you on your blog and twitter. Awesome work!
Quest
I’d love to know where mobile web design is going in the next few years. Already it’s proven to be a different user experience in regards to how one interacts with a mobile device and where they are when they interact with it. I mostly am drawn to mobile apps that have preset user paths that allow one to follow through a set path with a predefined goal, for example, finding a recipe on the iphone, or looking at todays news from NYT. Best of luck at the conference & lovely work all around!