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Web Everywhere
Web Everywhere
Charles McCathieNevile
Standards, Opera
chaals@opera.com
Where is the Web?
- In your hand
- Especially Japan and the "3rd World"
- In your office
- The "traditional" Web isn't going away
- In the living room (and home theatre)
- DTV, game systems, slides, ...
(i.e. at 1', 2', 10'. And more...)
"Mobile" means...
- Your fancy smart-phone
- A cheap basic phone (on a fishing boat)
- The information kiosk at 渋谷
- My girlfriend's house in Maraña
- The Web in your car (!!)
- or wherever else you go
Why mobile?
A lot of people carry a phone
- Cheap, realiable, multi-use
- Most phones can now run a browser
- do more with less
- put more power in the device
PDAs are turning into phones and vice versa
More than phones
The phone is A platform
- Screens are growing. But my hand isn't
- I can work efficiently at a desk
- I want to do things together
- More web-enabled devices available
Phones drive some innovations. And use some
Mobile web applications
- People want access to their key data
- Enterprises still need security
- A web-based extranet, not giving it up
- People move from device to device
- so should their data
It needs to work on the Phone.
But not just on the phone
The Web as platform
- Widespread adaptable technology
- Easier development for portability
- Still developing power and ease of use
- Ajax, SVG, ES4, Widgets, WebForms2, ...
Develop using the Web Standards you know!
Portability ⇔ Standards
- Put existing content on new platforms
- Make applications for new devices
- Ensure a variety of tools and platforms
- A solid base to support innovation
Standards is not about inventing technology
- it is about making it work better
The Keys...
- Standard content technology
- Design for adaptability
- Diversity is increasing
- But there is only One Web
Making your content mobile
Thank You
There are no foolish questions
just people too foolish to question
chaals@opera.com