W3C publishes new standards for mobile Web (World)The W3C, an international consortium which develops guidelines for website has published new detailed standards that will make it easier for people to browse the Web on mobile devices. Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0, a W3C recommendation, puts down the experience of many mobile Web stakeholders into practical advice on creating mobile-friendly content.
People who want to use the Web while “on the go” face several challenges, including hardware and software diversity, device constraints, and bandwidth limitations. Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0 helps content authors face those challenges and develop content that works on a wide array of mobile devices. Authors and other content producers will find practical advice for managing user experience challenges such as data input and page scrolling.
With the publication of the XHTML Basic 1.1 Recommendation, the preferred format specification of the Best Practices, there is now a full convergence in mobile markup languages, including those developed by the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA).
W3C is also developing resources to help authors understand how to create content that is both mobile-friendly and accessible to people with disabilities. A draft of Relationship between Mobile Web Best Practices (MWBP) and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) is jointly published by the The Mobile Web Best Practices Working Group and WAI’s Education & Outreach Working Group (EOWG).
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