In a society with strong diversity, you design the system to be flexible enough for everyone. Often it means to find the sweet spot where you maximize the experience and the access whatever your requirements are. The work of Web standards is part of this system to maximize the experience.
The mobile devices are bringing a lot of diversity to the Web world. That is good. It should encourage universal design, respect of Web standards and not designing… …
This post is a position paper for the upcoming Mobile Augmented Reality Summit. Pheromone, as company developing Web services and applications, and online social networks in particular, will be joining this summit to observe the upcoming technological trends in Augmented Reality, and lay out its vision of MAR beyond the usual scenarios of the glorified tour guide and the dystopian overflow of information without any concern for privacy: a vision of MAR as a very personal tool for egocasting, serendipity and discovery.
Simon St.Laurent believes that the iPad is a great opportunity for Web developers. It seems somewhat counter-intuitive. Shouldn’t Web developers be cheering for platforms such as Palm’s WebOS or Symbian, both holding great promises for Web technologies and basing their applications on HTML, CSS and Javascript?
Why cheer upon seeing the iPhone sales skyrocket in the last quarter, or the latest Android device releases boosting that platform, too? After all, both Apple and Google push their… …