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| [[.dc:description::This document specifies Best Practices for delivering Web content to mobile devices. The principal objective is to improve the user experience of the Web when accessed from such devices.
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| | -->[[{{NAMESPACE}}:Mobile Web Initiative]]<!-- |
| | --><span style='padding-left:.3em;font-variant:small-caps'><small>broader topics: </small></span><!-- |
| | -->[[Subject:LCSH:Computer Applications|Web Applications]]<!-- |
| | --><span style='padding-left:.3em;font-variant:small-caps'><small>narrower topics: </small></span><!-- |
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| <small>[[help:Audience|audiences]]: </small>
| | <div style='margin:0'><big>'''General ''"Rules of Thumb"'' Advice</big></div> |
| <br/><small>[[help:Industry|industries]]: </small> | | --><nowiki/> |
| <br/><small>[[help:Location|locations]]: </small> | | ===General ''"Rules of Thumb"'' Advice=== |
| <br/><small>[[help:Job|jobs]]: </small> | | ---- |
| <br/><small>[[help:Size|sizes]]: </small> | | *[[Rule:Rule #272|<small style='float:right'>(Stated)</small>]]<!-- |
| <br/><small>[[help:Time|times]]: </small> | | -->[THEMATIC_CONSISTENCY] Ensure that content provided by accessing a URI yields a thematically coherent experience when accessed from different devices. |
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| | *[[Rule:Rule #272|<small style='float:right'>(Stated)</small>]]<!-- |
| <small>[[help:Source|source]]: </small>
| | -->[CAPABILITIES] Exploit device capabilities to provide an enhanced user experience. |
| <br/><small>[[help:Tag|tags]]: </small> | | *[[Rule:Rule #272|<small style='float:right'>(Assumed)</small>]]<!-- |
| <br/><small>[[help:Status|status]]: </small> | | -->[DEFICIENCIES] Take reasonable steps to work around deficient implementations. |
| <br/><small>[[help:Notes|notes]]: </small> | | *[[Rule:Rule #272|<small style='float:right'>(Discussing)</small>]]<!-- |
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| | -->[TESTING] Carry out testing on actual devices as well as emulators. |
| <br/><small>[[help:Identifier|identifiers]]: </small>
| | *[[Rule:Rule #273|<small style='float:right'>(Agreed)</small>]]<!-- |
| <br/><small>[[help:Date|version]]: </small> | | -->[URIS] Keep the URIs of site entry points short. |
| <br/><small>[[help:Author|author]]: </small> | | *[[Rule:Rule #274|<small style='float:right'>(Tabled)</small>]]<!-- |
| <br/><small>[[help:Contributor|contributors]]: </small> | | -->[NAVBAR] Provide only minimal navigation at the top of the page. |
| <br/><small>[[help:Editor|editor]]: </small> | | *[[Rule:Rule #274|<small style='float:right'>(Voting)</small>]]<!-- |
| <br/><small>[[help:Publisher|publisher]]: </small> | | -->[BALANCE] Take into account the trade-off between having too many links on a page and asking the user to follow too many links to reach what they are looking for. |
| <br/><small>[[help:Rights|rights]]: </small> | | *[[Rule:Rule #261|<small style='float:right'>(Withdrawn)</small>]]<!-- |
| | -->[NAVIGATION] Provide consistent navigation mechanisms. |
| | *[[Rule:Rule #109|<small style='float:right'>(Discussing)</small>]]<!-- |
| | -->[ACCESS_KEYS] Assign access keys to links in navigational menus and frequently accessed functionality. |
| | *[[Rule:Rule #280|<small style='float:right'>(Presumed)</small>]]<!-- |
| | -->[LINK_TARGET_ID] Clearly identify the target of each link. |
| | *[[Rule:Rule #282|<small style='float:right'>(Finalized)</small>]]<!-- |
| | -->[LINK_TARGET_FORMAT] Note the target file's format unless you know the device supports it. |
| | *[[Rule:Rule #283|<small style='float:right'>(Constructing)</small>]]<!-- |
| | -->[IMAGE_MAPS] Do not use image maps unless you know the device supports them effectively. |
| | *[[Rule:Rule #283|<small style='float:right'>(Re-stated)</small>]]<!-- |
| | -->[POP_UPS] Do not cause pop-ups or other windows to appear and do not change the current window without informing the user. |
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| | -->[AUTO_REFRESH] Do not create periodically auto-refreshing pages, unless you have informed the user and provided a means of stopping it. |
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| | -->[EXTERNAL_RESOURCES] Keep the number of externally linked resources to a minimum. |
| | *[[Rule:Rule 301|<small style='float:right'>(Re-agreed)</small>]]<!-- |
| | -->[SUITABLE] Ensure that content is suitable for use in a mobile context. |
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| <span style='display:block;padding-bottom:.5em;font-size:large'>{{#show::{{FULLPAGENAME}}|?.dc:description=|mainlabel=-|default= no description found}}</span> | | <div style='font-size:medium;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;padding:.5em 0 0 0'>Expert Opinions</div> |
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| ===''"Rules of Thumb"'' Advice===
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| *[THEMATIC_CONSISTENCY] Ensure that content provided by accessing a URI yields a thematically coherent experience when accessed from different devices.
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| *[CAPABILITIES] Exploit device capabilities to provide an enhanced user experience.
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| *[DEFICIENCIES] Take reasonable steps to work around deficient implementations.
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| *[TESTING] Carry out testing on actual devices as well as emulators.
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| *[URIS] Keep the URIs of site entry points short.
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| *[NAVBAR] Provide only minimal navigation at the top of the page.
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| *[BALANCE] Take into account the trade-off between having too many links on a page and asking the user to follow too many links to reach what they are looking for.
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| *[NAVIGATION] Provide consistent navigation mechanisms.
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| *[ACCESS_KEYS] Assign access keys to links in navigational menus and frequently accessed functionality.
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| *[LINK_TARGET_ID] Clearly identify the target of each link.
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| *[LINK_TARGET_FORMAT] Note the target file's format unless you know the device supports it.
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| *[IMAGE_MAPS] Do not use image maps unless you know the device supports them effectively.
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| *[POP_UPS] Do not cause pop-ups or other windows to appear and do not change the current window without informing the user.
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| *[AUTO_REFRESH] Do not create periodically auto-refreshing pages, unless you have informed the user and provided a means of stopping it.
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| *[REDIRECTION] Do not use markup to redirect pages automatically. Instead, configure the server to perform redirects by means of HTTP 3xx codes.
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| *[EXTERNAL_RESOURCES] Keep the number of externally linked resources to a minimum.
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| *[SUITABLE] Ensure that content is suitable for use in a mobile context.
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| *[CLARITY] Use clear and simple language.
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| *[LIMITED] Limit content to what the user has requested.
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| *[PAGE_SIZE_USABLE] Divide pages into usable but limited size portions.
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| *[PAGE_SIZE_LIMIT] Ensure that the overall size of page is appropriate to the memory limitations of the device.
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| *[SCROLLING] Limit scrolling to one direction, unless secondary scrolling cannot be avoided.
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| *[CENTRAL_MEANING] Ensure that material that is central to the meaning of the page precedes material that is not.
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| *[GRAPHICS_FOR_SPACING] Do not use graphics for spacing.
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| *[LARGE_GRAPHICS] Do not use images that cannot be rendered by the device. Avoid large or high resolution images except where critical information would otherwise be lost.
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| *[USE_OF_COLOR] Ensure that information conveyed with color is also available without color.
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| *[COLOR_CONTRAST] Ensure that foreground and background color combinations provide sufficient contrast.
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| *[BACKGROUND_IMAGE_READABILITY] When using background images make sure that content remains readable on the device.
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| *[PAGE_TITLE] Provide a short but descriptive page title.
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| *[NO_FRAMES] Do not use frames.
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| *[STRUCTURE] Use features of the markup language to indicate logical document structure.
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| *[TABLES_SUPPORT] Do not use tables unless the device is known to support them.
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| *[TABLES_NESTED] Do not use nested tables.
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| *[TABLES_LAYOUT] Do not use tables for layout.
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| *[TABLES_ALTERNATIVES] Where possible, use an alternative to tabular presentation.
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| *[NON-TEXT_ALTERNATIVES] Provide a text equivalent for every non-text element.
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| *[OBJECTS_OR_SCRIPT] Do not rely on embedded objects or script.
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| *[IMAGES_SPECIFY_SIZE] Specify the size of images in markup, if they have an intrinsic size.
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| *[IMAGES_RESIZING] Resize images at the server, if they have an intrinsic size.
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| *[VALID_MARKUP] Create documents that validate to published formal grammars.
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| *[MEASURES] Do not use pixel measures and do not use absolute units in markup language attribute values and style sheet property values.
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| *[STYLE_SHEETS_USE] Use style sheets to control layout and presentation, unless the device is known not to support them.
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| *[STYLE_SHEETS_SUPPORT] Organize documents so that if necessary they may be read without style sheets.
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| *[STYLE_SHEETS_SIZE] Keep style sheets small.
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| *[MINIMIZE] Use terse, efficient markup.
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| *[CONTENT_FORMAT_SUPPORT] Send content in a format that is known to be supported by the device.
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| *[CONTENT_FORMAT_PREFERRED] Where possible, send content in a preferred format.
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| *[CHARACTER_ENCODING_SUPPORT] Ensure that content is encoded using a character encoding that is known to be supported by the device.
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| *[CHARACTER_ENCODING_USE] Indicate in the response the character encoding being used.
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| *[ERROR_MESSAGES] Provide informative error messages and a means of navigating away from an error message back to useful information.
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| *[COOKIES] Do not rely on cookies being available.
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| *[CACHING] Provide caching information in HTTP responses.
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| *[FONTS] Do not rely on support of font related styling.
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| *[MINIMIZE_KEYSTROKES] Keep the number of keystrokes to a minimum.
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| *[AVOID_FREE_TEXT] Avoid free text entry where possible.
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| *[PROVIDE_DEFAULTS] Provide pre-selected default values where possible.
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| *[DEFAULT_INPUT_MODE] Specify a default text entry mode, language and/or input format, if the device is known to support it.
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| *[TAB_ORDER] Create a logical order through links, form controls and objects.
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| *[CONTROL_LABELLING] Label all form controls appropriately and explicitly associate labels with form controls.
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| *[CONTROL_POSITION] Position labels so they lay out properly in relation to the form controls they refer to.
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