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Norwegian newspapers widget

Norwegian newspapers widget. Malik Muhammad Naeem Robert Larsen Kevan Qureshi. Agenda. Introduction Current situation Understanding users Design Prototype Demo Evaluation Questions Article. Norwegian Newspapers Widget. Current situation. Mobile-widgets are not common

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Norwegian newspapers widget

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  1. Norwegian newspapers widget Malik Muhammad Naeem Robert Larsen Kevan Qureshi

  2. Agenda • Introduction • Current situation • Understanding users • Design • Prototype • Demo • Evaluation • Questions • Article

  3. Norwegian Newspapers Widget

  4. Current situation • Mobile-widgets are not common • People use their mobile browser • Revolutionary phones • Platforms

  5. What we want to do • Widget VS Browser • Use/users • Opera Widget technology • Application Store

  6. Understanding use and users • User group • User demands • User survey

  7. Design • Analyse and evaluate‏ • Lab • Prototype

  8. Prototype • High-fidelity prototype • HTML5 • CSS3 • Javascript • Opera Widgets

  9. Demo

  10. Evaluation • User surveys • User testing • Observation

  11. Achievements so far.. • Opera Widgets is capable • Hello World • User surveys (understanding users)

  12. Question?

  13. Article S. Boyera Can the Mobile Web Bridge the Digital Divide?

  14. History • 1990 Inventor of the web • 1994 Established W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) • 1997 Web accessible for people with disabilities • 2005 MWI (Mobile Web Initiative) established Make web accessible from mobile phones • 2007 Time to think about new step(Why????)

  15. Digital Divide Many people are using the Web but a significant number of people still do not have regular, effective access and the ability to use digital technologies. This is known as the ”Digital Divide”.

  16. Solution • Agreed • making bridge • Disagree • About the solutions

  17. Solution • One laptop per child

  18. Solution • Microsoft Windows Mobile with TV-OUT

  19. Solution • Spreading mobile with web access (2.4 billion-plus)

  20. W3C in action • Used the third alternative • Organized Workshop (Mobile web) • Two communities participated • Experts in inventing new technology • Experts in economic and social issues Result: - Still a gap.. Good sign: - Workshops help them in further cooperation - Successful ICT projects rely on the cooperation of experts from both areas

  21. Mobile web services • These services will most likelysucceed • support health • banking • government services • education • business

  22. SMS based services • Most widespread • easy to use • lowcost • availableonnearly all phones Negative: • text-basedonly

  23. Challenges on mobile-web • Browser availability • Configuration of internet settings • User interface • Cost of data service

  24. Agreements in 2007 • Standardized platform • Inexpensive development and hosting • Large scope and wide audience • Easy availability and discoverability of existing services

  25. Situation in 2007 • Low-end phones are not supporting web-browsing capabilities well • Web content is getting bigger in size

  26. Suggestion for developing countries • Text-based browser • Not create low-level web • One web (needs further work) • Develop local applications • Internationalization of content

  27. Conclusion • Need for public forum • Understand the software and hardware • Understand the global market • Can W3C pull this off?

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