Hi
I'm a designer for chat communities on mobile, working for platforms
like SMS, WAP, Symbian and J2ME. I'm looking for a software that can
be used to generate (medium-fidelity) navigation flows and also
generate test cases automatically.
I've tried using Steeltrace Enterprise v4.20 but though it's a good
software for project management, bug tracking, change management, and
QA it's pretty basic as a design tool.
Has anyone used a software that can give the flexibility of Visio for
creating design flows, design screen wireframes and also generate test
cases?
Thanks,
Soo

Sunandini Basu
Sr. UI Designer

Hi,

This is Ashish and I work as an Information Architect in India.
Primararily I had worked on web applications from concept design to
wireframming.

May be soon, I need to work for some clients for mobile applications
for which I need to know where can I start with.

I beleive some people here are the pioneers in this domain, thus there
  guidance would be highly appreciated.

Thanks
Ashish

I will be giving a workshop on Designing for Mobile this year at WebVisions.
This
workshop is intended to bridge the gap, introducing traditional and interactive
designers
into the burgeoning field of mobile design. See the workshop details below:

Designing for Mobile: Bringing Design Down to Size?
workshop cost: $225

Thursday, July 20, 9:30 am – 1:00 pm?
Category: Mobile/iTV/PDA

Long promised and way overdue, mobile technology is finally moving beyond simply
making telephone calls to a being a fundamental of our technology-infused lives.
In fact
mobile is poised to revolutionize the web as we know it.

But beyond the hype, rumors and billions of investment dollars in the mobile
industry lies
a fairly simple concept: mobile devices, which first connected us with people,
can now
connect us with information, anytime or anywhere.

With mobile devices outnumbering personal computers 3-to-1 and networks
approaching
broadband speeds, it is inevitable that we will see a convergence of the web and
mobile.
But what will this paradigm shift look like, and what does it mean to us?

Unfortunately mobile is a difficult arena to enter, certainly unlike the web
where simple
experimentation can often create results, mobile requires understanding of it's
present
politics, patience of legacy and diverse systems and true people-centered
thinking.
In this workshop we will help you get mobile, the basic landscape of the
technology, the
differences of the various solutions as well as some samples uses and
techniques.

In this workshop you will learn:
- The fundamentals of the Mobile Ecosystem
- About how Mobile is Transforming the Web
- Importance of People-centered Mobile Solutions
- How to create a Mobile Strategy
- The Hierarchy of the Mobile Experience
- The importance of Mobile information architecture
- Tips & Tricks for Designing for Small Screens
- Tips & Tricks for Developing for the Mobile Web

http://www.webvisionsevent.com/schedule/detail/?evtloc=mobile_web

I hope to see you there!

-Brian

For those of us unable to attend, will there be some post event pod
cast / notes? Please :-)

Cheers, Jon

--- In mobiledesign@yahoogroups.com, "Brian Fling" <bfling@...> wrote:
>
> I will be giving a workshop on Designing for Mobile this year at
WebVisions. This
> workshop is intended to bridge the gap, introducing traditional and
interactive designers
> into the burgeoning field of mobile design. See the workshop details
below:
>
> Designing for Mobile: Bringing Design Down to Size?
> workshop cost: $225
>
> Thursday, July 20, 9:30 am – 1:00 pm?
> Category: Mobile/iTV/PDA
>
> Long promised and way overdue, mobile technology is finally moving
beyond simply
> making telephone calls to a being a fundamental of our
technology-infused lives. In fact
> mobile is poised to revolutionize the web as we know it.
>
> But beyond the hype, rumors and billions of investment dollars in
the mobile industry lies
> a fairly simple concept: mobile devices, which first connected us
with people, can now
> connect us with information, anytime or anywhere.
>
> With mobile devices outnumbering personal computers 3-to-1 and
networks approaching
> broadband speeds, it is inevitable that we will see a convergence of
the web and mobile.
> But what will this paradigm shift look like, and what does it mean
to us?
>
> Unfortunately mobile is a difficult arena to enter, certainly unlike
the web where simple
> experimentation can often create results, mobile requires
understanding of it's present
> politics, patience of legacy and diverse systems and true
people-centered thinking.
> In this workshop we will help you get mobile, the basic landscape of
the technology, the
> differences of the various solutions as well as some samples uses
and techniques.
>
> In this workshop you will learn:
> - The fundamentals of the Mobile Ecosystem
> - About how Mobile is Transforming the Web
> - Importance of People-centered Mobile Solutions
> - How to create a Mobile Strategy
> - The Hierarchy of the Mobile Experience
> - The importance of Mobile information architecture
> - Tips & Tricks for Designing for Small Screens
> - Tips & Tricks for Developing for the Mobile Web
>
> http://www.webvisionsevent.com/schedule/detail/?evtloc=mobile_web
>
> I hope to see you there!
>
> -Brian
>

For those of us unable to attend, will there be some post event pod
cast / notes? Please :-)
Cheers, Jon
--- In mobiledesign@yahoogroups.com, "Brian Fling" <bfling@...> wrote:

I will be giving a workshop on Designing for Mobile this year at

WebVisions. This 

workshop is intended to bridge the gap, introducing traditional and

interactive designers 

into the burgeoning field of mobile design. See the workshop details

below:

Designing for Mobile: Bringing Design Down to Size?
workshop cost: $225
Thursday, July 20, 9:30 am – 1:00 pm?
Category: Mobile/iTV/PDA
Long promised and way overdue, mobile technology is finally moving

beyond simply 

making telephone calls to a being a fundamental of our

technology-infused lives. In fact 

mobile is poised to revolutionize the web as we know it.
But beyond the hype, rumors and billions of investment dollars in

the mobile industry lies 

a fairly simple concept: mobile devices, which first connected us

with people, can now 

connect us with information, anytime or anywhere.
With mobile devices outnumbering personal computers 3-to-1 and

networks approaching 

broadband speeds, it is inevitable that we will see a convergence of

the web and mobile. 

But what will this paradigm shift look like, and what does it mean

to us?

Unfortunately mobile is a difficult arena to enter, certainly unlike

the web where simple 

experimentation can often create results, mobile requires

understanding of it's present 

politics, patience of legacy and diverse systems and true

people-centered thinking.

In this workshop we will help you get mobile, the basic landscape of

the technology, the 

differences of the various solutions as well as some samples uses

and techniques.

In this workshop you will learn:
- The fundamentals of the Mobile Ecosystem
- About how Mobile is Transforming the Web
- Importance of People-centered Mobile Solutions
- How to create a Mobile Strategy
- The Hierarchy of the Mobile Experience
- The importance of Mobile information architecture
- Tips & Tricks for Designing for Small Screens
- Tips & Tricks for Developing for the Mobile Web
http://www.webvisionsevent.com/schedule/detail/?evtloc=mobile_web
I hope to see you there!
-Brian

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Hi All,

I'm new to the group so I wanted to say hi. I also just posted a link to the W3C
Mobile Web
Best Practices. It's in the Links section of the Yahoo Groups site. There are
some interesting
concepts in there worthy of a read by anyone in the field.

I've been in the field of IA/UE for about 10 years. Feel free to give me a shout
for any reason.

Regards,
Kevin

Hello,

I'd like to show my project:

Cell Computer Project

http://geocities.com/gene_technics

The design is based on the "Compact QWERTY Keyboard" which also has
another name "Honeycomb Keyboard".

The key features are:

- Compliance to the US keyboard layout
- Localization for any languages
- Ergonomic and fast one-hand typing
- Compact size - 54x98 mm (2.8" display)


Regards,

Mihail Molin

GeneTechnics Company

Hi All

I'll start by introducing myself. My name is Vince and I have a keen interest in the mobile web and have had so for a few years now.
I have not built anything on it yet but now have a couple of projects I am working on that will when finished will be mobile ready.

I am a partner in Southbourne Internet  (SoNet) a new media agency, and we run our development blog at SoNet Journal  my main job function with SoNet is web project author and SEO.
As the market has been moving on we are now looking at mobile web design more seriously. I am particularly interested in mSEO optimisation on the mobile web platform and finding the best way forward.

Recently I opened a small site M3W  that will feature news and discussion relating to the mobile web.  It is a blog that also features the latest news regarding mobile technologies. It is still very new and it is open to all. I have a lot of work to dow ith it yet and want it to be a good piece for the community.

I'm here to learn and discuss as much as the next person as we tackle this up-and-coming technology.

Can anyone here settle for me which is the correct Doctype to use in a
mobile ready site. I'm talking about for a current website that will
be fixed for the mobile web readiness and a mobile landing page?

Is this one outdated now:

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//WAPFORUM//DTD XHTML Mobile 1.0//EN"
"http://www.wapforum.org/DTD/xhtml-mobile10.dtd">

Thanks

Hello,

I found this group through a post by Brian Fling over at
blueflavor.com.  I am an independant mobile website developer and I'm
building a site called Wampad at http://wampad.com.

I am a web applications programmer by nature and profession and web
designer by necessity.  I have 10 years experience in building and
maintaining an enterprise web infrastructure.

The site I'm building started as a way for me to make better use of my
phones browser during my son's football practices.  After playing with
it, I started expanding it past what I needed so I purchased a domain
name and some space to see if I could make it into something more then
a pet project.

Shawn McCollum

Hi

I'm a designer from India, and am working on a handheld device (not a
mobile phone) for a specific function. In the first cut prototypes we do
not want to invest too much time in creating icons. I was wondering if
an icon library were available someplace on the Internet for free/
licensed usage.

Responses/ Advice/ Links would be much appreciated.

Best Wishes
Vinay

Vinay,

You can try http://www.iconbuffet.com/. They do offer some free icons,
but many of the pay ones are very nice.

--- In mobiledesign@yahoogroups.com, Vinay Rao <vr@...> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I'm a designer from India, and am working on a handheld device (not a
> mobile phone) for a specific function. In the first cut prototypes
we do
> not want to invest too much time in creating icons. I was wondering if
> an icon library were available someplace on the Internet for free/
> licensed usage.
>
> Responses/ Advice/ Links would be much appreciated.
>
> Best Wishes
> Vinay
>

Here are a few hundred, excellent and completely free for any use:

http://www.famfamfam.com/lab/icons/silk/

Brian, Bryan, Jeff and Eric,

Many thanks for the links. I found some icons in our previously
purchased libraries that I could use in the short term with some
modifications. However all the links look like they would be very useful
in the future.

Thanks Again

Best
Vinay

Bryan J Busch wrote:
>
>
> Here are a few hundred, excellent and completely free for any use:
>
> http://www.famfamfam.com/lab/icons/silk/
> <http://www.famfamfam.com/lab/icons/silk/>
>
>

It figures. Literally the day after I turned off moderation of the
list, we get our first Spam. Sorry about that.

I'm going to leave it open for members to post for a little while
longer. If we get inundated with Spam I will turn moderation back on.

-Brian

Hi

I'm curious to know how you design mobile phone interfaces. Do you
conceptualize on photoshop first, and then make interactive flash
prototypes?

Do you conceptualize based on themes, or are initial concepts restricted
to placeholders and navigation possibilities? How do you include
multiple theme selection in a final demonstration?. And given the myriad
features/ tasks, are there any tools to help you weave it all together?

Cheers
Vinay Rao

http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/aug2006/tc20060821_810437.htm?cha\
n=technology_technology+index+page_more+of+today's+top+stories

Pilotfish, a design company in taiwan partnered with Synaptics to create
a phone that works on gestures, and no buttons. While gesture-driven
operations have been talked about before (including projects at the
Media Labs Ireland a few years ago), one wonders what implications such
developments (and demonstrations) have to the approach to a mobile phone
design task.

Best
Vinay

Hi Brian

I'm currently working on a device where for cost reasons the display
technology is far behind in resolution compared to the in-market mobile
phones.

I'm debating on how to accurately represent the end feel of the icons
and text on the interface during the design and testing phase. My plan
is to create an HTML file for the entire interface.

Best

Vinay

Am packaging an event  for  a Talent hunt.Want participatant to send
their videos through a pre-paid card to a dedicated connecting all
three major Networks in my country such as Celtel,Mtn and Glo .Please
like to know how i can do this linking to a website?

Am packaging an event for a Talent hunt.Want participatants to send
their videos through a pre-paid/scratch  card  with generated pin
codes to a dedicated  website connecting all
three major Networks in my country such as Celtel,Mtn and Glo .Please
like to know how i can do this linking to a website?










--- In mobiledesign@yahoogroups.com, "ALERO" <dorothy_okpa@...> wrote:
>
> Am packaging an event  for  a Talent hunt.Want participatant to
send
> their videos through a pre-paid card to a dedicated connecting all
> three major Networks in my country such as Celtel,Mtn and
Glo .Please
> like to know how i can do this linking to a website?
>

Sounds like a big project, you might consider guru.com or similar
service to find a developer who specializes in those areas.

--- In mobiledesign@yahoogroups.com, "ALERO" <dorothy_okpa@...> wrote:
>
> Am packaging an event  for  a Talent hunt.Want participatant to send
> their videos through a pre-paid card to a dedicated connecting all
> three major Networks in my country such as Celtel,Mtn and Glo .Please
> like to know how i can do this linking to a website?
>

In an attempt to improve the mobile web experience, CSS Design students in the
Graphics
Technology Program at Valencia Community College are conducting a survey to help
gather information about how the public uses the web with mobile devices. With
the
steady increase in the use of mobile devices (there are three times as many
mobile phones
as PC's worldwide!), we are certain that responses from this survey will allow
us to better
understand various aspects that affect the way we design and develop web sites
for mobile
devices.

Please take a moment to answer questions in this brief survey. Prior to the end
of the
semester we will share the results of this survey with the public.

To take the survey visit:
http://CTLSilhouette.wsu.edu/surveys/ZS54129

We encourage you to share this survey with others. Thanks in advance for your
time!

Amanda Kern
Professor, Graphics Technology
Valencia Community College
P. O. Box 3028
Orlando, FL 32802
407-582-2720
web site: http://multimedia.valenciacc.edu
blog: http://vccgraphics.wordpress.com
flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/vccgraphics/

On 9/20/06, vccgraphics <akern@...> wrote:
> In an attempt to improve the mobile web experience, CSS Design students in
> the Graphics
>  Technology Program at Valencia Community College are conducting a survey to
> help
>  gather information about how the public uses the web with mobile devices.

Unfortunately, this group will be far from typical.  We are not "the
public", and your results will not be valid. Further, the carrier
question is not compatible with the location question.


--
Barbara Ballard
barbara@... 1-785-550-3650

Barbara,
Thanks for the feedback.

Although you may not feel you are part of the public - you are, even if you are
a subject
matter expert. Trust me I am working on releasing this to a variety of locations
so that we
recieve a mass response from the public (and not just subject matter experts),
thus far this
includes:

Posting in the public news on www.stylegala.com

Posting in the mobile web yahoo group

It has been posted in a campus wide email at Valencia Community College
(50,000+)

I sent it to the digital media staff at UCF and I plan to see if I can also get
it sent out
campus wide there.

I've posted it on our graphics program blog.

I've sent the link/announcement out to several professionals that are very
involved in
educating the design community about mobile web.

Students will be sending this message out to friends, family, etc.

One student has posted this in his myspace account (as much as I hate myspace,
it is very
popular these days and will probably receive a lot of response from those users)

I plan to look into other ways to publicize this such as newspapers, news web
sites, etc.

I am open to hearing any other ideas to get a more wide response from users. I
would
definitely like to also target users in other locations than the US so whatever
ideas you
guys have in in publicizing this are certainly welcomed.

Thanks again for your input!
Amanda

--- In mobiledesign@yahoogroups.com, "Barbara Ballard" <bballa01@...> wrote:
>
> On 9/20/06, vccgraphics <akern@...> wrote:
> > In an attempt to improve the mobile web experience, CSS Design students in
> > the Graphics
> >  Technology Program at Valencia Community College are conducting a survey to
> > help
> >  gather information about how the public uses the web with mobile devices.
>
> Unfortunately, this group will be far from typical.  We are not "the
> public", and your results will not be valid. Further, the carrier
> question is not compatible with the location question.
>
>
> --
> Barbara Ballard
> barbara@... 1-785-550-3650
>