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The Mobile Book
This is the Digital edition of our brand new printed Mobile Book. It features the most important things that you need to know as a designer, developer or mobile strategist for your websites. You’ll dive deep into the peculiarities of the mobile industry, explore responsive design strategy, design patterns and optimization techniques, learn about wireframing and prototyping for mobile as well as the guidelines for designing with gestures and touch. As an extra, the book provides insights into the popular platforms such as iOS, Windows Phone etc. as well as introduces developing and debugging techniques for advanced HTML5 Web applications.
334 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2012
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January 27, 2013
Mobile development, responsive web design, flexible layouts for devices. There are so many posts, articles and books coming out about this subject at the moment that is hard to follow. It’s definitely the trending topic of the moment in the web design business and the reason it’s pretty clear: more and more people are using their mobile devices as main way of browsing the web.
In this scenario, a new book arrives: The Mobile Book, a Smashing Media publication.
Personally, I was excited since the begining. After two below the average books and an excellent third installment, they managed to keep the pace of the latter and brought to the shelves a vast and comprehensive book. Just like the ones before, the Mobile Book reaches a broad audience. Its subjects go from design, ux and development, to business, market and statistics.
The Mobile Market: Numbers and Analysis
This chapter was to me the most interesting one. On one side it’s filled with data and statistics that will soon be outdated. But on the other side, it’s this kind of data you need to understand before making decisions on your projects. The author also talks about ‘mobile’ in terms of different devices connected (with or without screen). It’s an overview of current experiments and future ideas, giving a glimpse of how interconnected devices will be in a near future.
Responsive Web Design
This part of the book will please you depending on how much have you been reading about the subject lately. It doesn’t have anything new that you couldn’t find in most articles and blog posts. Also, as much as I like Ethan Marcotte and respect his work, it feels like there is an obligation to mention his name every time we talk about RWD. I know he coined the work in that ALA article, but it’s been 2 years already.
Design, Patterns & UX
I agree with the author when I read that we should “let the content define the break points of media queries, not the device width” and also when he advices “do not hide content or navigation from small screens”. In both cases I reckon it’s also important to have a look at the commercial side, since in the end we are here to make money.
The mobile UX and embracing the unknown. It’s funny to realise how little we know about the average user (if there’s such a thing like it) and the vast amount of possibilities and canvas to design for. The author also showcases several sketching and prototyping techniques including colaboration and interface origami (!).
Mobile Optimization and Performance
Since mobile site optimization IS the same as desktop optimization it means this chapter could be part of any book, couldn’t see anything new or exclusive to mobile. There are, however, some interesting techniques on cache and server side feature/browser detection that are worth looking.
Conclusion
The Mobile Book is as generalist as Smashing Magazine, which is a great thing. I am a strong believer that web professionals should trive to be open minded and embrace the different sides of our business and this book fits perfectly with this point of view. You can find it at the-mobile-book.com
In this scenario, a new book arrives: The Mobile Book, a Smashing Media publication.
Personally, I was excited since the begining. After two below the average books and an excellent third installment, they managed to keep the pace of the latter and brought to the shelves a vast and comprehensive book. Just like the ones before, the Mobile Book reaches a broad audience. Its subjects go from design, ux and development, to business, market and statistics.
The Mobile Market: Numbers and Analysis
This chapter was to me the most interesting one. On one side it’s filled with data and statistics that will soon be outdated. But on the other side, it’s this kind of data you need to understand before making decisions on your projects. The author also talks about ‘mobile’ in terms of different devices connected (with or without screen). It’s an overview of current experiments and future ideas, giving a glimpse of how interconnected devices will be in a near future.
Responsive Web Design
This part of the book will please you depending on how much have you been reading about the subject lately. It doesn’t have anything new that you couldn’t find in most articles and blog posts. Also, as much as I like Ethan Marcotte and respect his work, it feels like there is an obligation to mention his name every time we talk about RWD. I know he coined the work in that ALA article, but it’s been 2 years already.
Design, Patterns & UX
I agree with the author when I read that we should “let the content define the break points of media queries, not the device width” and also when he advices “do not hide content or navigation from small screens”. In both cases I reckon it’s also important to have a look at the commercial side, since in the end we are here to make money.
The mobile UX and embracing the unknown. It’s funny to realise how little we know about the average user (if there’s such a thing like it) and the vast amount of possibilities and canvas to design for. The author also showcases several sketching and prototyping techniques including colaboration and interface origami (!).
Mobile Optimization and Performance
Since mobile site optimization IS the same as desktop optimization it means this chapter could be part of any book, couldn’t see anything new or exclusive to mobile. There are, however, some interesting techniques on cache and server side feature/browser detection that are worth looking.
Conclusion
The Mobile Book is as generalist as Smashing Magazine, which is a great thing. I am a strong believer that web professionals should trive to be open minded and embrace the different sides of our business and this book fits perfectly with this point of view. You can find it at the-mobile-book.com
February 21, 2013
Really great book. Each chapter was covering a wide range of topics relating to mobile design, etc. very insightful and thorough in terms of range, with a healthy balance of depth and breadth. Read it!
December 25, 2012
Rating: 7/10
January 25, 2013
A great read. Must have for designers/developers!
June 16, 2013
Was pretty decent review/compilation of recent technology changes to mobile design for front end developers and digital designers.
March 21, 2013
"The Mobile Book"puts known & unknown know-how, best practices and connections together in one place. Simply delightful! #great
May 3, 2013
Very thorough, provides a nice roundup of problems, insights, techniques, etc. Definitely recommended for everyone who is interested in making responsively designed web sites.
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