Norwegian newspapers widgetMalik Muhammad Naeem

Robert LarsenKevan Qureshi24 February 2010 1

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Agenda

• Introduction• Current situation• Understanding users• Design• Prototype• Demo• Evaluation• Questions• Article

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Norwegian Newspapers Widget

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Current situation

• Mobile-widgets are not common• People use their mobile browser• Revolutionary phones• Platforms

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What we want to do

• Widget VS Browser• Use/users• Opera Widget technology• Application Store

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Understanding use and users

• User group• User demands• User survey

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Design

• Analyse and evaluate• Lab• Prototype

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Prototype

• High-fidelity prototype • HTML5 • CSS3• Javascript• Opera Widgets

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Demo

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Evaluation

• User surveys• User testing• Observation

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Achievements so far..

• Opera Widgets is capable • Hello World• User surveys (understanding users)

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Question?

Article

S. Boyera Can the Mobile Web Bridge the Digital Divide?

History • 1990

Inventor of the web• 1994

Established W3C (World Wide Web Consortium)• 1997

Web accessible for people with disabilities• 2005

MWI (Mobile Web Initiative) establishedMake web accessible from mobile phones

• 2007Time to think about new step(Why????)

Digital Divide

Many people are using the Web but a significant number of people still do

not have regular, effective access and the ability to use digital technologies.

This is known as the ”Digital Divide”.

Solution

• Agreed –making bridge

• Disagree – About the solutions

Solution

1. One laptop per child

Solution

2. Microsoft Windows Mobile with TV-OUT

Solution

3. Spreading mobile with web access (2.4 billion-plus)

W3C in action• Used the third alternative• Organized Workshop (Mobile web)

– Two communities participated1. Experts in inventing new technology 2. Experts in economic and social issues

Result:- Still a gap..

Good sign:- Workshops help them in further cooperation- Successful ICT projects rely on the cooperation of experts from both areas

Mobile web services

• These services will most likely succeed• support health• banking• government services• education• business

SMS based services • Most widespread • easy to use• low cost• available on nearly all phones

Negative:• text-based only

Challenges on mobile-web

• Browser availability• Configuration of internet settings• User interface• Cost of data service

Agreements in 2007

• Standardized platform• Inexpensive development and hosting• Large scope and wide audience• Easy availability and discoverability of existing

services

Situation in 2007

• Low-end phones are not supporting web-browsing capabilities well

• Web content is getting bigger in size

Suggestion for developing countries

• Text-based browser• Not create low-level web• One web (needs further work)• Develop local applications• Internationalization of content

Conclusion

• Need for public forum• Understand the software and hardware • Understand the global market• Can W3C pull this off?