02 XDA - Writing a web page for it

[Anonymous]

Does anybody have a list of guidelines to follow when writing a web page for the 02 XDA.

It would seem obvious to not make it graphics intensive, and size it appropriately for the screen, but I'm looking for the more subtle tips.......not using javascript etc.....

Many Thanks

Alex Stevens

[Peter Poelman]

Does anybody have a list of guidelines to follow when writing a web page for the 02 XDA.

Just rather obvious ones:

Strip everything unnecessary from the HTML
Minimize graphics, both in size and complexity
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for GIF's: less colors in palette
for JPG's, higher compression

Try to accomplish cool graphic effects using stylesheet tricks instead of images whenever possible
GPRS is slow, so images may take a while. So specify sizes for all images, so the layout looks right immediately.
Make sure it's viewable with graphics turned off (sensible alt-texts, one gif per button, etc...)
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There's many more things one could do. I guess when you've done the above, it all comes down to UI design: trying to estimate how much to cram in one screen, based on various properties of your target audience and many other factors.

[jrom]

Try to accomplish cool graphic effects using stylesheet tricks instead of images whenever possible
Stylesheets are not supported on Pocket Internet Explorer 2002. There is also a section in the Pocket PC 2002 SDK dedicated to building web application for PPC2002.

[Peter Poelman]

Stylesheets are not supported on Pocket Internet Explorer 2002.

Whoops, I stand corrected. Thanks...

[gypsy]

Does anyone know if XDAs will ever have stylesheet capability and if so when :?: ?

[Pete K]

WM2003 supports CSS as we use them heavily in an app. Annoying things that you often forget about are no on mouse over (hover) - logical. when you think about it, but annoying if you forget!

Pete