Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0
Basic Guidelines
W3C Recommendation 29 July 2008
Abstract
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.
The recommendations refer to delivered content and not to the processes by which it is created, nor to the devices or user agents to which it is delivered.
It is primarily directed at creators, maintainers and operators of Web sites. Readers of this document are expected to be familiar with the creation of Web sites, and to have a general familiarity with the technologies involved, such as Web servers and HTTP. Readers are not expected to have a background in mobile-specific technologies.
Status of this Document
This section describes the status of this document at the time of its publication. Other documents may supersede this document. A list of current W3C publications and the latest revision of this technical report can be found in the W3C technical reports index at http://www.w3.org/TR/.
This document was developed by the Best Practices Working Group (BPWG) as part of the Mobile Web Initiative.
Please see the Working Group's implementation report. Changes since the previous version of the document are editorial. A complete list of changes made to this document is available. Note the document stayed in Proposed Recommendation for more than a year as it depended on the progress of XHTML Basic 1.1 on the Recommendation track.
Please send comments about this document to public-bpwg-comments@w3.org (with public archive).
This document combines the experience of many mobile Web stakeholders into one set of best practices, regarded as essential by the participants of the Working Group.
This document has been reviewed by W3C Members, by software developers, and by other W3C groups and interested parties, and is endorsed by the Director as a W3C Recommendation. It is a stable document and may be used as reference material or cited from another document. W3C's role in making the Recommendation is to draw attention to the specification and to promote its widespread deployment. This enhances the functionality and interoperability of the Web.
This document was produced by a group operating under the 5 February 2004 W3C Patent Policy. This document is informative only. W3C maintains a public list of any patent disclosures made in connection with the deliverables of the group; that page also includes instructions for disclosing a patent. An individual who has actual knowledge of a patent which the individual believes contains Essential Claim(s) must disclose the information in accordance with section 6 of the W3C Patent Policy.
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W3C Recommendation 29 July 2008
Abstract
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.
The recommendations refer to delivered content and not to the processes by which it is created, nor to the devices or user agents to which it is delivered.
It is primarily directed at creators, maintainers and operators of Web sites. Readers of this document are expected to be familiar with the creation of Web sites, and to have a general familiarity with the technologies involved, such as Web servers and HTTP. Readers are not expected to have a background in mobile-specific technologies.
Status of this Document
This section describes the status of this document at the time of its publication. Other documents may supersede this document. A list of current W3C publications and the latest revision of this technical report can be found in the W3C technical reports index at http://www.w3.org/TR/.
This document was developed by the Best Practices Working Group (BPWG) as part of the Mobile Web Initiative.
Please see the Working Group's implementation report. Changes since the previous version of the document are editorial. A complete list of changes made to this document is available. Note the document stayed in Proposed Recommendation for more than a year as it depended on the progress of XHTML Basic 1.1 on the Recommendation track.
Please send comments about this document to public-bpwg-comments@w3.org (with public archive).
This document combines the experience of many mobile Web stakeholders into one set of best practices, regarded as essential by the participants of the Working Group.
This document has been reviewed by W3C Members, by software developers, and by other W3C groups and interested parties, and is endorsed by the Director as a W3C Recommendation. It is a stable document and may be used as reference material or cited from another document. W3C's role in making the Recommendation is to draw attention to the specification and to promote its widespread deployment. This enhances the functionality and interoperability of the Web.
This document was produced by a group operating under the 5 February 2004 W3C Patent Policy. This document is informative only. W3C maintains a public list of any patent disclosures made in connection with the deliverables of the group; that page also includes instructions for disclosing a patent. An individual who has actual knowledge of a patent which the individual believes contains Essential Claim(s) must disclose the information in accordance with section 6 of the W3C Patent Policy.
Click to read the full document
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