Second Edition

W3C Mobile Web Initiative & Mobile Browsers

Tim Berners-Lee announced that the W3C has started a Mobile Web Initiative (W3C MWI). The purpose of this group is to improve the quality of the web experience for mobile devices and to make "Web access from a mobile device as simple, easy and convenient as Web access from a desktop device".

As you begin to develop web pages, you may want to test them with mobile browsers. Links to mobile browser simulators are below:

• Opera for Mobile
• WinWap SmartPhone Browser Emulator
• OpenWave Phone Simulator
• Nokia Mobile Internet Toolkit
• Microsoft SmartPhone SDK

XHTML/HTML Developers Helping Each Other

Web development is a field that is ever-changing. What's a web developer to do?

Some web developers consider joining an organization such as the HTML Writer's Guild which recently merged with the International Association of Webmasters. This organization offers online classes in technologies related to web development. It also provides listservs for members to discuss issues related to the web world including HTML, XML, CSS, and the business of web development.

Other professional organizations that target web developers include the Association of Internet Professionals and the World Organization of Webmasters. Visit the web sites of these organizations to find out if there is a local chapter near you. If there are no local chapters, perhaps you can join the national organization and be a founder of a new local chapter right in your area.

Meeting with other information technology students and professionals can help you develop skills and may even open some doors for you when you are ready for your first (or next) job.

XHTML Resources

The XHTML Web Design for Beginners Tutorial from MIS Web Design offers another look at some of the topics in this chapter. Explore the site and discover other informative articles and tutorials.

Chapter Updates

Page 56 - To correspond with Figure 2.29, the content area on the web page should not be configured to font size="4" -- it should use the default font size.

Thank you to the folks at North Seattle Community College for pointing out the following:

Page 44 - The last line on the page should read:

<h2><font face="Arial, sans-serif">Web Design Steps</font></h2>

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