A Guide to Mobile Emulators In a previous article, I put forward a three-point plan for testing mobile Web sites. One of the points involved the use of emulators for first-pass device testing. This article concentrates on configuring emulators for mobile site testing (it also highlights emulators that can be used to test mobile applications too). It outlines the different types of emulator available, the best ones to use, and the various ways in which they can be used. For the uninitiated, an emulator is a software program that aims to replicate the functions of a specific piece of hardware or software. About Device-Specific Testing Desktop Web developers have it relatively easy – build in support for four or five browsers, and it’s job done. The simple answer is – you can’t. Types of Mobile Emulator Mobile emulators fall into three main categories: Device emulators – These are generally provided by device manufacturers and simulate the actual device. Problems with Emulators Popular Emulators Opera MiniOpenwave Openwave
The Google Places API (Developer Preview) - Google Maps API Web Services - Google Code Looking to use this service in a JavaScript application? Check out the Places Library of the Google Maps API v3. The Google Places API is a service that returns information about Places — defined within this API as establishments, geographic locations, or prominent points of interest — using HTTP requests. The following Place requests are available: Place Searches return a list of Places based on a user's location or search string. Each of the services is accessed as an HTTP request, and returns either an JSON or XML response. Authentication The Google Places API uses an API key to identify your application. Visit the Google APIs Console at and log in with your Google account. Places API Enterprise Customers Some features of the Places API — such as review summaries, and certain request filters — requires additional licensing, available as part of a Places API enterprise license. Visit the APIs Console and log in with your Google Account.
20 tools to help you create responsive web designs Building responsive design has become a huge trend in the web design world. There is a good reason for that: responsive websites are much more relevant than fixed web designs in a time where a lot of internet traffic comes from mobile devices. In this article we take a look at some of the most useful tool to help you with the creation of responsive designs. Sketching / wireframing tools First things first, responsive design need to be well-thought or you’ll get much more work than you would have otherwise. These tools will help you to make planning decisions and sketch your responsive website. 1. A common problem you’ll run into when planning a responsive web design is to chose which devices and sizes you’ll design for. 2. Simple PDF templates to help you map out how layout sections will change in different resolutions. 3. Quickly get the CSS for creating your fluid grid website with this simple tool. 4. Responsive design elements 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Templates and grids 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.
TAW. Web Accessibility Test You are: Home TAW Online Stop Merkur Adapta páginas a dispositivos móviles de forma fácil y sencilla sin necesidad de hacer cambios en la web....más información Seleccione la normativa sobre la que desea analizar su web, introduzca la URL de la página y el nivel de análisis que desee validar. Mobile Emulators DotMobi strongly encourages the use of mobile phone emulators during the development of any mobile site since they allow you to get a rough idea of how the site will look without having to purchase multiple devices or incurring data charges. Be sure to read our guide to mobile emulators here. The following emulators are very usful for testing mobile applications without incurring data charges.iPhone Simulator - bundled as part of the iPhone SDK. Jason Grigsby’s DOs and DON’Ts of Mobile Strategy Last week Jason Grigsby visited Google as part of our Web Exponents speaker series which highlights innovations in web technology. Jason is a tech leader in mobile web development. In addition to spotting trends in the mobile space, Jason is at the front lines building mobile apps at Cloud Four. Jason’s mobile strategy counterexamples include Chanel (they have an iPhone app but their website is unusable on the iPhone) and the difficulties of finding an Apple Store on the iPhone. DOs: Know your customers and what devices they use. DON’Ts: Don’t assume customers have downloaded your app. These all ring true for anyone with experience building for mobile. integrated image resizingvideo conversion and resizingseparation of content from markup so content can be used in native appsprioritization of content based on contextfull-featured APIs The challenge in my opinion is in the steps of breaking out content from markup and determining which content is appropriate for a given device.
Testing on Mobile Devices using Emulators With mobile devices becoming more and more popular each year, it is about time for the state-of-the-art Web Developer to not only test the sites he is building on a desktop/laptop computer, but also on mobile phones and PDAs. But there are so many out there! Do you need to buy each and every model to be able to test? Well, for a start device emulators can give you a helping hand. For a couple of years we have heard from experts that using mobile devices for using the Internet will become increasingly popular and will move peoples using habits away from the desktop and into the mobile world. From a developers point of view, it is not only time consuming, but also expensive to consider a fair share of devices out there for testing. That is where device emulators and browser simulators come in handy. Below you can find a list of emulators and simulators which let you inexpensively test how your site will be displayed on the device. Windows Mobile Emulator Installation Network Configuration
A Guide to Mobile Web Design Tips and Tricks Having a mobile-optimized web site can really make your site stand apart from the pack. Even though smartphones like the iPhone and Google Android devices can display "the full web," having a web page formatted for smaller screens and with features that can take advantage of a touch screen, geolocation, or address book functionality can make the mobile web browsing experience that much better. Even just a few years ago, optimizing websites for mobile browsers was a painful and difficult process, in part because of the limitations of most mobile browsers. Today, thanks to the proliferation of WebKit (which powers the browsers on the iPhone, Android and webOS devices, with BlackBerry expected to join the mix next year), it's much easier to decide on a strategy for making your website pop on mobile platforms. We've put together a toolkit of resources for the designer and non-designer alike to get you started. Did we miss your favorite tool or service? Tools for Designers Other Resources
Emulator The Android SDK includes a mobile device emulator — a virtual mobile device that runs on your computer. The emulator lets you develop and test Android applications without using a physical device. This document is a reference to the available command line options and the keyboard mapping to device keys. For a complete guide to using the Android Emulator, see Using the Android Emulator. Keyboard Commands Table 1 summarizes the mappings between the emulator keys and the keys of your keyboard. Table 1. Command Line Parameters The emulator supports a variety of options that you can specify when launching the emulator, to control its appearance or behavior. emulator -avd <avd_name> [-<option> [<value>]] ... Table 2. s
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