.mobi .Mobi Developers

[mykel241]

I am curious as to who here is an actual developer?

-Are you utilzing xHTML as opposed to the old WAP/WML methods? other?

-Do you utilize sessions? or cookies? or a combination of both?

-What scripting languages are you using?

-Any of you creating web apps that feature downloading media over-the-air?

-Any other comments or questions.

My answers:

I think if more of us share our experiences, methods, and maybe tool sets and code snippets we will all be better off.

I utilize xHTML with php, and mysql.

I use sessions only as they are browser independant.

I have several apps that feature downloads over-the-air and hope that more carriers and phones start to support these methdos.

Would anyone be interested in pooling resources to obtain a premium SMS short code for the US and Canadian markets?

Michael

 

[mykel241]

Has anyone used the mTLD emulator? I test using it as well as several handsets. I find that the emulator is alot more strict then the actual handsets? Has anyone else seen this? Or done similar testing especially with inline CSS styles overwriting the main CSS file?

 

[hedgefund]

If I click on a link on this site: http://options.mobi/main/index.php I am still directed to a non-compliant site. Thats the point I am making as it seems to be a diservice to direct someone to a site that they cannot properly view.

Michael

That's what I was saying, the site is not .mobi compliant yet. I tried to use phonifier but it did not give me a good result. What I plan to do is to modify phonifier so that it only returns the content user wants.

HF

 

[mykel241]

What I plan to do is to modify phonifier so that it only returns the content user wants.
HF

That would be a great tool then.

 

[Don_OKC]

If I click on a link on this site: http://options.mobi/main/index.php I am still directed to a non-compliant site. Thats the point I am making as it seems to be a diservice to direct someone to a site that they cannot properly view.

Michael

That's what I was saying, the site is not .mobi compliant yet. I tried to use phonifier but it did not give me a good result. What I plan to do is to modify phonifier so that it only returns the content user wants.

HF

That's right, you can modify the php and I did just that. I built one that was text only, stripping everything. I even replaced the XHTML 1.0 transitional with xhtmlmp. Everything was mobi compliant except I could never strip   thus the xhtmlmp would not validate. Another bigger problem was how it makes your site a proxyserver for whoever. Here is a pic of the Phonifier's inner workings.

 

[vcool]

Hi Don,

Thanks for posting about phonifer, I will give it a try sometime later.

I have not gone through the code yet but here is my quick suggestion to strip out   , you can use the php function below:

$text=str_replace(' ',' ',$text);

where $text is the string of the page. I will go throught he code again later to see if that can be used. Let me know if this works out or need more info.

regards,

Vcool

 

[Don_OKC]

Hi Vcool,

Your far more qualified to do the modifications. I need everything stripped to text and xhtmlmp doctype. Also disable Phonifier for being used as a proxy server to anything other than a specific/specified URL/domain.

Thanks!

 

[mykel241]

Has anyone used the mTLD emulator? I test using it as well as several handsets. I find that the emulator is alot more strict then the actual handsets? Has anyone else seen this? Or done similar testing especially with inline CSS styles overwriting the main CSS file?

Well after testing about 10 different handsets and multiple carriers I can say that 90% of most mobile browsers do support CSS and CSS overwrites posted by a user.

You may wonder why I asked the question in the first place but it is important for true user customization of a mobile webspace from a social networking perspective.

On that note we have made tremdous progress on our Social networking site for mobile devices. It is currently functional with friends, comments, messaging, music uploads (via web), photo uploads(via web), and video uploads (via web), people can also comment on photos, blogs, includes a forum, and many more feautes.

Today we are adding the rest of functionality to get us to closed BETA. This functionality includes multiple user-types, broadcast messaging to friends, search, expanded profile, user groups.

If anyone is interested in participating in our closed BETA please PM me or post here.

SIDE NOTE: if anyone is developing functional apps for mobile devices server side sessions are the only reliable way to track a users state. Less then 40% of the handsets we tested support cookies.

Comments welcome,

Michael

 

[cobo]

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As Always, Regards,
cobo