Title :
The Mobile Web Comes of Age
Author :
Vaughan-Nichols, Steven J.
Author_Institution :
Freelance Technol., Mills River, NC
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;
DOI :
10.1109/MC.2008.471
