Session

Ajax/JavaScript on Mobile Devices: A Pipe Dream?
Alex Russell, Project Lead, SitePen

Track: Web
Date: Wednesday, 20 September 2006
Time: 11:55 - 12:35
Location: Theatre Plaza

The mobile web is still only on the horizon for many developers today, but Moore's Law implies that it's more-or-less inevitable. This talk will explore the current state of mobile phone browsers, why the UI idioms of traditional web pages might not work, some alternatives, and a look at the constraints that shape both the platform and the content.

This talk will examine questions like: What do the carriers want? What about the device manufacturers? What features do mobile browsers need that desktop browsers don't?

Ample time will be set aside for discussion and Q&A.