W3C (World Wide Web Consortium ) today announced new standards that will
make it easier for people to browse the web on mobile devices. Mobile Web Best
Practices 1.0, published as a W3C Recommendation. Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0
helps content authors face those challenges and develop content that works on a
wide array of mobile devices. Authors and other content producers will find
practical advice for managing user experience challenges such as data input and
page scrolling.
Until today, content developers faced an additional challenge
a variety of mobile markup languages to choose from. With the publication of
the XHTML Basic 1.1 Recommendation today, the preferred format specification of
the Best Practices, there is now a full convergence in mobile markup languages,
including those developed by the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA).
The W3C mobileOK checker (beta), when used with the familiar W3C
validator, helps developers test mobile-friendly Web content.
W3C is also developing resources to help authors understand how to create
content that is both mobile-friendly and accessible to people with
disabilities. A draft of Relationship between Mobile Web Best Practices (MWBP)
and Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) is jointly published by the The
Mobile Web Best Practices Working Group and WAI's Education & Outreach
Working Group (EOWG).