1. Do you know what a Magic 8 Ball is?
2. Cell phones have changed how we consume the web. Here are the 12 phones that changed the world.
Google and Facebook, not in the hardware business, are now into mobile phones. Check out Google’s first answer to the iPhone here. Also, Facebook is rumored to make an announcement today about a “Facebook phone.”
A little bit about the mobile web:
3. How do we design websites to ensure they are functional on a variety of screen sizes? Consider the following solutions: responsive design vs mobile website vs an app. When is it appropriate to use one or more solutions? Does it depend on the website? Why?
Should you go crazy worrying about your website looking the same in every browser in every operating system on every device? Answer here.
Go to this cool site. Draw something. Do you notice anything else appear on the screen after you start drawing?
4. We are going to focus on mobile design through the end of the year. You will create a responsive website using a template, a mobile website using Dreamweaver CS6, and an app using App Inventor.
Responsive Design
What is it?
Hall Internet Marketing – Responsive Website Design – What is it?
Examples:
Mobile Website
Check out example I made over the summer (for Android phone)
Apps (Applications)
What are they? What are some of your favorites? Why do you use them? What kind of app would you like to see or create? How do you even begin to create an app?
Later in the year we will use this free website from MIT to build an app for an Android phone.