• DocumentCode
    983739
  • Title

    The Mobile Web Comes of Age

  • Author

    Vaughan-Nichols, Steven J.

  • Author_Institution
    Freelance Technol., Mills River, NC
  • Volume
    41
  • Issue
    11
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    15
  • Lastpage
    17
  • Abstract
    Early mobile browsers offered minimal functionality and thus were not that popular with users accustomed to desktop browsers´ capabilities. The mobile Web has moved forward largely because wireless-access technologies have advanced. Today´s mobile browsers work with the same Web-based technologies as PC-based browsers, including PDF code and JavaScript.
  • Keywords
    Internet; mobile computing; online front-ends; JavaScript; PDF code; mobile Web browser; wireless-access technology; Graphics; Handheld computers; Internet; Java; Land mobile radio cellular systems; Mobile computing; Operating systems; Read-write memory; Rendering (computer graphics); Wireless application protocol; Wireless Application Protocol; microbrowsers; mobile browsers; rendering engines;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computer
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9162
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MC.2008.471
  • Filename
    4668675