On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 5:52 AM, Sachin Ghodke <[email protected]> wrote: > What rules should one follow while designing e-commerce websites for > the mobile? I understand that usability on mobile is extremely > primitive and very difficult. In such a case what are the usability > rules and GUI guidelines one needs to adhere to? >
You first have to decide which of four approaches you are taking: 1) Just let the desktop site do its thing. 2) Least common denominator (or at least XHTML-MP with no Javascript and few images) 3) High end devices only (iPhone, Android, Opera Mobile, Palm Pre, maybe Opera Mini) 4) Targeted. I've seen approaches 2, 3, and 4 work in practice, but it depends on your brand and your customers. We almost always do #4; many designers advise only #3. #4 involves device detection at a minimum ... I can talk about approaches for #4 for quite some time. In the meantime, there are lots of resources over at http://design4mobile.mobi ~~~~~ Barbara Ballard Skype: barbara_ballard Twitter, Delicious: barbaraballard email: [email protected] 1.785.838.3003 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
