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Adam Connors, Google
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This document specifies Best Practices for the development and delivery of Web
applications on mobile devices. The recommendations expand upon statements
made in the Mobile Web Best Practices (BP1) [MWBP], especially those that relate to
the exploitation of device capabilities and awareness of the delivery context.
Furthermore, since BP1 was written, networks and devices have continued to evolve,
with the result that a number of Best Practices that were omitted from BP1 can now
be included.
This section describes the status of this document at the time of its publication. Other
documents may supersede this document. A list of current W3C publications and the
latest revision of this technical report can be found in the W3C technical reports index
at http://www.w3.org/TR/.
This is a Last Call Working Draft of Mobile Web Application Best Practices, expected
to become a W3C Recommendation. The W3C Membership and other interested
parties are invited to review the document and send comments to public-
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This document was developed by the Mobile Web Best Practices Working Group as
part of the Mobile Web Initiative. A complete list of changes since publication as a
Working Draft on 7 May 2009 is available. Main changes are:
3.6 Handling Variations in the Delivery Context was re-worded to clarify that
server-side detection should be preferred where possible.
3.5.10 Consider Use of Canvas Tag or SVG For Dynamic Graphic was
re-worded to detail the respective benefits of Canvas and SVG.
3.3.4 Enable Automatic Sign-in was completed.
This document was produced by a group operating under the 5 February 2004 W3C
Patent Policy. This document is informative only. W3C maintains a public list of any
patent disclosures made in connection with the deliverables of the group; that page
also includes instructions for disclosing a patent. An individual who has actual
knowledge of a patent which the individual believes contains Essential Claim(s) must
disclose the information in accordance with section 6 of the W3C Patent Policy.
1 Introduction
1.1 Purpose of the Document
1.2 Audience
1.3 Scope
1.3.1 Best Practices
1.3.2 Web Application
1.3.3 Mobile Context
1.3.4 Delivery Context
1.4 Relationship to other Best Practices and recommendations
1.5 Terminology
2 Structure of Best Practice Statements
3 Best Practice Statements
3.1 Application Data
3.1.1 Use Cookies Sparingly
3.1.2 Use Appropriate Client-Side Storage Technologies for Local Data
3.1.3 Replicate Local Data
3.2 Security and privacy
3.2.1 Do not Execute Unescaped or Untrusted JSON data
3.3 User Awareness and Control
3.3.1 Inform the User About Automatic Network Access
3.3.2 Provide Sufficient Means to Control Automatic Network Access
3.3.3 Ensure the User is Informed About Use of Personal and Device
Information
3.3.4 Enable Automatic Sign-in
3.4 Conservative use of resources
3.4.1 Use Transfer Compression
3.4.2 Minimize Application and Data Size
3.4.3 Avoid Redirects
3.4.4 Optimize Network Requests
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The following Best Practices are discussed in this document and listed here for
convenience.
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7. Ensure the User is Informed About Use of Personal and Device Information
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1.2 Audience
Readers of this document are expected to be familiar with the creation of Web
applications, and to have a general familiarity with the technologies involved, but are
not expected to have a background in mobile technologies or previous experience
with Mobile Web Best Practices (BP1) [MWBP].
The document is not targeted solely at developers; others, such as interaction and
graphic designers, site administrators, and tool developers are encouraged to read it.
1.3 Scope
These recommendations expand on the recommendations of BP1. Where the focus
of BP1 is primarily the extension of Web browsing to mobile devices, this document
considers the development of Web applications on mobile devices.
The approach in writing this document has been to collate and present the most
relevant engineering practices prevalent in the development community today and
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identify those that: a) facilitate the exploitation of device capabilities to enable a better
user experience; or b) are considered harmful and can have non-obvious detrimental
effects on the overall quality of the application.
The goal of this document is not to invent or endorse future technologies. However,
there are a number of cases where explicitly omitting a Best Practice that referred to
an emerging technology on the grounds that it was too recent to have received wide
adoption would have unnecessarily excluded a valuable recommendation. As such,
some Best Practices have been included on the grounds that the Working Group
believes that they will soon become fully qualified Best Practices (e.g. in prevalent
use within the development community).
In building a Web application, it's not necessary to implement all Best Practices in
order to avoid pathological behaviour. Instead, each Best Practice should be
considered as a possible measure that might be implemented towards the goal of
providing as rich and dynamic an experience as possible on a mobile Web browser.
For the purposes of this document, the term "Web application" refers to a Web page
(XHTML or a variant thereof + CSS) or collection of Web pages delivered over HTTP
which use server-side or client-side processing (e.g. JavaScript) to provide an
"application-like" experience within a Web browser. Web applications are distinct from
simple Web content (the focus of BP1) in that they include locally executable
elements of interactivity and persistent state.
While the focus of this document is to document Best Practices that apply to
applications running in a Web browser, in many cases these recommendations are
equally applicable to other kinds of Web run-time, such as the widget frameworks as
part of the Web Widgets Effort [WIDGETS] and also in a number of vendor-specific
initiatives.
Requirements on delivery context have not been made explicitly, but most Best
Practices assume devices with support for standard XHTML, JavaScript, and CSS
capability. At the time of writing, developers of relatively complex Web applications
targetting mid- to high-end devices are most likely to benefit from these Best
Practices, but as the technology evolves it is expected that the range of relevant
devices will increase.
Additionally, some Best Practices are relevant only if the device exposes certain
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Implied by this discussion is that some level of device knowledge and content
adaptation is required. For Best Practices specifically related to this area, see 3.6
Handling Variations in Delivery Context.
This document builds on some of the concepts described by the Ubiquitous Web
Applications Working Group (UWA) and the Device Independence Principles [DIP]. It
also discusses device and delivery channel characteristics, which the UWA has
named "Delivery Context" [DCODI]. In addition, the document uses some terminology
from UWA's Glossary of Terms for Device Independence [DIGLOSS].
1.5 Terminology
Note that the term "JavaScript" is used in place of the (arguably more correct) term
"ECMAScript" in order to provide consistency with the companion Web application
technologies (JSON and AJAX) which are in common use and both implicitly refer to
JavaScript in their names.
Also, the terms "AJAX" and XMLHttpRequest (XHR) are used to refer to any
asynchronous browser request. The implicit reference to XML suggested by the
names is commonly accepted to be an historical anomaly.
The Heading
A summary of the functional area to be addressed by these statements
What it means
An explanation of the intention of the Best Practice statement.
How to do it
A discussion of the techniques and device capabilities required to implement
this Best Practice.
Requires
A summary of device capabilities required in order for this Best Practice to
apply.
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Most applications have the need to store data of various forms, both intrinsic content
(e.g. the emails of an email application, the calendar events of a calendar application)
and supplementary personalization settings (e.g. preferred theme, default view, etc).
These Best Practices relate to the appropriate technologies and techniques to use for
managing a Web application's data.
Cookies are a common and effective means to store small amounts of state on the
client. They are appropriate for simple personalization data and are commonly used
to store a token representing user identity in order to enable automatic sign-in.
Information stored in cookies, however, is sent to the server for every request and so
using them for excessive amounts of data can negatively impact performance,
particularly on a mobile network.
Also, in the mobile context, cookie support cannot be relied upon since it may be
disabled either in the device configuration or by the mobile network. For this reason,
applications should endeavour to remain functional even if cookies are unavailable.
See BP1 [COOKIES] Do not rely on cookies being available for more cookie related
caveats.
By making updates locally at first and replicating changes back to the server in
the background when connectivity is available Web applications can continue to
operate responsively even when the network signal is unreliable.
3.1.2.2 How to do it
Each technology offers a variety of storage facilities that range from simple "key =
value" models appropriate for relatively simple, unstructured data, to full SQL
Database APIs appropriate for more extensive and structured content. For a good
technical discussion of these facilities in the context of HTML5 see Offline Web
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Applications [OFFLINE].
If a client-side storage API is being used the data in it is not visible to other devices.
Whilst this is appropriate for some forms of data (e.g. preferences and state relevant
only to a given device), it is often necessary to replicate this data back to a server in
order to provide a consistent view across devices and make it possible to recover data
if the device is lost or damaged. See 3.5.10 Ensure Consistency Of State Between
Devices for further discussion on this topic.
As a rule of thumb, data that needs to be shared with other devices or recovered in
the case of a lost or damaged device, should be replicated back to the server as soon
as possible.
3.1.3.2 How to do it
The technologies that provide client-side storage APIs provide facilities to detect the
current network connectivity. For example, HTML5 provides a property on the
navigator object (navigator.onLine) to indicate whether the client is currently
online, and dispatches two events on the Window object to indicate a change of
network state (online and offline).
However, these APIs should be used with caution. Even if the browser is reporting an
online state, on an intermittant network this is no guarentee that a subsequent
connection will succeed. The most effective approach is to fail gracefully in the event
of a connection failure, store unsaved data in a queue of uncommitted changes, and
set a timer to try again later.
A common pattern is to use JSON to transfer data to a client and then use
JavaScript's eval() function to parse it. This is a powerful technique, since on
constrained devices eval() can execute more quickly than the alternatives.
However, direct execution of a datafeed that contains unescaped user-generated
data represents a significant security risk and should be avoided.
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3.2.1.2 How to do it
Where possible, instead of parsing JSON data by executing it with the eval()
function, use a JSON parser (for example: http://www.json.org/json_parse.js).
If this is impractical (JSON parsers are approximately x10 slower than eval()and
may be impractical for large datafeeds) ensure that the data contains no
user-generated content (e.g. the server is responsible for the content of all fields in
the datafeed) or that any user-generated content is correctly escaped.
See RFC4627 for details on how to ensure a JSON datafeed is suitably escaped and
can be safely passed into JavaScript's eval() function.
Network traffic on a mobile device incurs a cost (both in terms of data-charges and
battery life) and so it is important to inform the user when this happens. Whenever an
application makes asynchronous XHR data requests, whether automatic (on a timer
or in response to an external trigger) or secondary to some user action, this should
be indicated to the user in an appropriate manner so that the user..
3.3.1.2 How to do it
Applications should disclose how they use network resources. A simple icon
indicating background activity is usually sufficient and does not interrupt the flow of
the application. If extensive background network activity is required the user should
be informed when they first visit the site, when they first sign-in, or in associated help
pages.
The kinds of detailed information that could be disclosed in associated help pages or
terms of service are:
how often the application will interact with the Internet - e.g. every 5 minutes,
hourly, daily;
how long the automatic behavior will continue;
how heavy the overall usage is expected to be or the type of service plan
recommended.
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If an application makes automatic network requests (e.g. to poll the server for
updates or to automatically store an updated client state) a means to control this
activity should be provided.
3.3.2.2 How to do it
All applications that access the network automatically must provide a means for the
user to disable that activity. When automatic network activity is disabled, periodically
prompt the user to make network requests.
Consider allowing the user to adjust the polling schedule and to control which
activities are allowed to initiate network requests.
3.3.3 Ensure the User is Informed About Use of Personal and Device
Information
Ensure that the user is informed if the application needs to access personal or device
information. The user should be informed of the types of information that will be used
by the application and whether / how that data will be exchanged with the server.
These notices should be provided when the user first accesses the Web application,
on first access to user information, or in help pages. It should provide the user with
enough information to reasonably judge whether or not they want to allow the
application access to their data.
3.3.3.2 How to do it
In many cases use of APIs that provide access to personal or device information
causes a native confirmation dialog to be presented to the user. In this case the
application should not force the user to confirm again at the application level, but
should make clear in the UI that displayed data has been accessed from the device.
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(username and password) and provide the option to sign-in automatically on next
usage session. This is especially important on a mobile device where data input is
more painful than on a desktop.
3.3.4.2 How to do it
3.4.1.2 How to do it
HTTP 1.1 compression, which uses the gzip and DEFLATE algorithms is widely
supported. Web servers should be configured to serve appropriately compressed
responses.
Note however, that the cost (in time and battery usage) of decompressing data
should be balanced against the gains in transport efficiency. When configuring HTTP
1.1 compression note that:
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3.4.2.2 How to do it
Process HTML, JavaScript and CSS files to remove whitespace and minify before
delivery. A number of freely available whitespace strippers and JavaScript / CSS
optimizers are available online.
Note that "minification" / "optimization" can take a number of forms from simple
removal of whitespace and comments, to the global substitution of tokens (variables,
method names, selector names) with shorter alternatives.
In general, minification that parses the source file and makes substitutions based on
a lexical / grammatical understanding of that source are less fragile and should be
preferred to simple regular-expression based tools.
3.4.3.2 How to do it
Try not to use redirects. If more than two redirects are required consider using an
interstitial page to communicate to the user that the application is still working.
Network operations are costly in terms of battery usage, application latency, and
potential network traffic expenses, and should not be made unnecessarily. The
latency cost of setting up a HTTP request is much higher than the bandwidth
limitations on a mobile network and so fewer, larger requests are preferred.
3.4.4.2 How to do it
Batching requests:
A single request for more data is considerably more efficient than several
smaller requests. Wherever possible, batch up multiple requests at the
application level.
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Device Context:
If supported by the device, use awareness of current connectivity (e.g. WiFi) to
select an appropriate level of interaction.
3.4.5.2 How to do it
As far as makes sense after taking into account 3.5.2 Minimize Perceived Latency
combine all style sheets into a single resource and all scripts into a single resource. If
multiple scripts and style sheets are required as part of the authoring process, then
try to arrange that they are merged before the page is served.
3.4.6.2 How to do it
To optimize efficiency:
For PNG and GIF files, combine images with similar sizes and color palettes;
Endeavour to sprite JPEGs on 8x8 boundaries in order to minimize the size of
the combined JPEG.
Combine images that do not change often. If one of the component images
changes, the entire combination image will need to be downloaded.
Background images are often used as gradients to improve the look and feel of an
application. These can be included in the CSS as base64 encoded strings in order to
avoid an additional HTTP round trip.
Note that base64 encoding adds around 10% to the image size after gzip
compression and this additional cost should be weighed against the benefits of less
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requests.
3.4.7.2 How to do it
Dynamic resources that change occasionally (e.g. a user's avatar) can still be cached
by identifying them with a URI that includes a Hash of the resource content. Using
this technique means that the browser does not need to check the resource headers
in order to validate its cache, instead, any change in the resource will lead naturally
to a corresponding change in the resource reference.
3.4.8.2 How to do it
Set the resource caching policy to "never expire" by setting the Expires header
to a date in the far future.
Reference the resource using a URI that contains a Hash of the content. If the
content changes, this reference will change and the browser will fetch the
updated data.
If possible, data designed to be accessed by AJAX requests from the client should be
cached in the same way as primary content.
3.4.9.2 How to do it
Static resources don't need cookie information and so performance can be improved
by serving these from a path or sub-domain for which the application's cookies are
out of scope.
3.4.10.2 How to do it
Use a different domain, sub-domain, or path name for static resources to the main
application, and restrict the valid path of cookies such that they will not be exchanged
when they are not needed.
For example:
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Static data served from /static will not receive unneeded cookie information.
The permitted size of the Document Object Model (DOM) is more constrained on
mobile devices and can be exceeded by large / complex pages. Keep the DOM size
below 10MB to avoid browser crashes.
3.4.11.2 How to do it
Clip content and separate content onto separate pages to keep the DOM size
manageable.
Offline Web application technologies like HTML5 AppCache bring Web applications
into parity with native applications in terms of their start-up time and their ability to be
used under intermittent network coverage. The following steps should be considered
to minmize the start time of a Web application.
3.5.1.2 How to do it
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Use Local Storage: Where appropriate, store a snapshot of the last application
state so it can be displayed immediately on start-up without requiring a server
roundtrip.
Minimize Number of Local Storage Queries: After JavaScript parse time the
number of local storage queries required to generate the initial view is the next
most significant contribution to start-up latency. Try to minimize the number of
local storage queries required before the first view can be displayed.
The Best Practices covered in section 3.4 Conservative use of resources will help to
minimize the latency of a Web application, but a number of measures can also be
used to further minimize the perceived latency. Lowering perceived latency is an
important factor in improving the overall usability of a Web application, improving
user's perception of Web site credibility and decreasing bail out rates.
3.5.2.2 How to do it
Interaction methods vary across devices. Three main interaction methods should be
considered when designing the UI:
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method used by the device. Ideally, the UI should be adapted based on a knowledge
of the interaction methods supported by the target device. If this is not possible, then
the UI should be carefully designed in order to provide a good experience in each of
these different interaction methods.
3.5.3.2 How to do it
Focus Based:
Selectable elements (e.g. links) can be widely spaced since the focus area will
jump automatically from link to link;
The current focus of the page is easily determined because that element will be
highlighted.
Pointer Based:
Selectable elements that are associated need to be near each other as scrolling
the pointer can be slow;
Selectable elements need to be large enough to be easily selected -- since the
pointer often moves in steps of approximately 5 - 10 pixels;
Selectable elements should have rollovers to make it clear when the pointer has
entered their active area.
Touch Based:
Selectable elements can be widely spaced as the user can select them directly;
Selectable elements must be large enough to be easily selected (e.g. list items
should have a height of at least 30px).
No elements are in focus until they are selected so extra information cannot be
passed to the user (e.g. rollovers will not work).
The JavaScript focus method can be used to move the focus to the part of a page
that has changed. However, if unexpected, this can confuse or irritate the user,
especially if returning to the previous focus is not easy.
3.5.4.2 How to do it
Use the JavaScript focus method only if it is essential to the use of the application,
and does not inhibit user control/interaction.
Web applications can switch views without a full page reload by showing and hiding
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sections of content. However, this means that the browser <back> button doesn't
work by default, and it is not possible to link directly to specific views within an
application. Usability is enhanced by enabling both of these features:
Enabling deep links (e.g. to the content of a specific email) means the user can
still bookmark this view and return to it quickly;
Enabling the browser history provides a natural method to navigate application
views that is natively supported by the browser.
3.5.5.2 How to do it
Each view within an application should have a URI with a distinguishing fragment
identifier (e.g. http://myapp.example.org/myapp#view) and JavaScript used to
interrogate the browser location in order to determine which view to display.
Note that showing and hiding content in this way can have adverse affects on
accessibility if not carefully handled. See ARIA for more information on writing
accessible rich Web applications.
Standardized URI schemes have been defined for some common device functions,
e.g. making phone calls and managing address books. These URI schemes, if
supported, can enable users to easily use these functions from Web applications.
3.5.6.2 How to do it
The most broadly supported scheme is tel: as described in [RFC3966]. Code such as
the following can be used to enable "Click-to-Call":
<a href="tel:[PHONE-NUMBER]">[PHONE-NUMBER]</a>
On small screens it is important that paragraph text flows so that it doesn't require
horizontal scrolling and so that it will reflow if the view orientation is changed. See
BP1 [MEASURES] for more details.
3.5.7.2 How to do it
Use percentage and measures for containers so that text can reflow automatically.
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User credentials valid on one device should be valid on other devices. User
preferences captured on one device should be accessible on other devices. Data
updated on one devices should be viewable consistently on other devices.
The most valuable example of this would be in offering a consistent experience where
information entered during a desktop session is accessible in a mobile session and
vice-versa.
3.5.8.2 How to do it
For any application data that is not exclusively relevant to the current device, favor
storing it on the server so it can be shared by other devices. See 3.1 Application Data
for more details.
3.5.9.2 How to do it
Push method support may be disclosed through a User Agent Profile document if
published by the device vendor, or through other device classification repositories.
Canvas and SVG provide alternative options for incorporating graphics in a Web
application. Support for these technologies varies across devices so in many cases
the choice of which technology to use will depend on the target devices for a given
application.
The Canvas element defines a drawable bitmap region onto which JavaScript can be
used to render simple graphic primatives. In contrast, SVG is an XML language for
defining vector graphics -- the nodes and elements are added to a DOM and can be
modified later using JavaScript.
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SVG is well-suited for graphics that must be scalable and whose components need
to be modified (e.g. panning and zooming a map) whereas Canvas is best suited for
cases where a static bitmap is sufficient (e.g. drawing a scatter-chart, visual effects,
reflections etc).
3.5.10.2 How to do it
3.5.11.2 How to do it
and should be inserted into the <head> of the HTML document. This setting informs
the browser to always render the page at 100% (e.g. no browser based scaling) and
explicitly disallows scaling of the page.
The setting above is appropriate for pages specifically designed for the target
screen-size.
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Where possible, use the evidence available on the server to determine the properties
of the delivery context, and adapt the responses to the client before transmission,
thus improving the user experience and avoiding transmission of unnecessary or
incompatible data.
3.6.1.2 How to do it
In its most basic form, the minimum evidence from the client device is the HTTP
request header. Typically, the following header fields provide evidence of device
capabilities:
Accept: this list of MIME types can aid in the selection or creation of alternative
content representations to suit the requesting device. This field is not always
reliable however, and its value often includes "*/*", suggesting that clients can
accept every MIME type.
User-Agent: as a generally unique (albeit opaque) string it can be used as a
key into a device descriptions repository (DDR). The set of properties recorded
in these repositories varies from implementation to implementation. The W3C
DDR Simple API defines a common interface and a means of expressing the
vocabulary of properties for such repositories.
X-Wap-Profile: this is a reference to the User Agent Profile (UAProf) for the
requesting device. In practice, the referenced profile is not always guaranteed
to be available, valid or up-to-date, so the value of this field is sometimes used
with a DDR where corrections to the profiles are stored. Some devices may
send an additional field X-Wap-Profile-Diff advertising temporary or permanent
variations of a specific terminal with respect to its standard profile.
Where it is not possible to determine certain properties of the delivery context from
the server, this information may be available at the client. Once obtained at the client,
the information can be used directly to adapt the presentation, or it can used to
request alternative, adapted content from the server.
3.6.2.2 How to do it
JavaScript: this is the most common solution. A script determines the device /
browser properties and manipulates the content and behaviour of the application
accordingly. This can be done in two ways:
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If a large number of devices are being targeted, or if the application is sensitive to the
permutations of a large number of configuration properties, the number of application
variants required might quickly become unmanageable.
To combat this, classify target devices into different device classes and build a single
application variant for each.
This will keep the amount of device-specific code to a minimum without unduly
encouraging a "lowest common denominator" solution.
3.6.3.2 How to do it
Identify the target devices for the application and assign these to device classes of
varying capability. Focus on application variants that work in each class rather than
building device-specific exceptions for every variation in device configuration.
Class 1: Basic XHTML support, no or very basic scripting. No XHR support. (Even if
these kind of devices are not being explicitly supported, it is often advisable to
support a non-XHR version in case JavaScript has been disabled on the device).
Class 3: Advanced device APIs, for example: access to location API, device PIM data,
or application cache.
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Scripted and XHR based applications are not supported on all browsers. If broadest
reach is a primary concern then consider providing a variant of the application that
uses synchronous FORM posts in place of XHR requests. This Best Pratice is related
(albeit with a differing focus) to BP 1 [ OBJECTS_OR_SCRIPT].
3.6.4.2 How to do it
Essentially this BP states that it is favourable to support "Class 1" devices as defined
above if appropriate. Doing this will ensure that the application can be used across as
broad a range of devices as possible. Furthermore, in some cases a non-JavaScript
version can be useful for simple operations in low-bandwidth situations.
Do this by detecting the device User-Agent and checking its JavaScript support
against a DDR or local index.
Not only is device characteristic detection imperfect, it cannot always account for the
differing use-cases of an application. If multiple flavours of the application exist (e.g.
to support the various device classifications) it sometimes makes sense to offer the
user the choice of which flavour they wish to use.
3.6.5.2 How to do it
Only if it makes sense in the specific context of a given application, allow the user to
switch to a different flavour (for example, upgrading their experience if their device is
more capable than the server believes, or degrading if connectivity is poor and they
wish to accomplish a very simple task that can be done more easily with the minimal
UI).
Always remember the user's preference for future visits in a cookie or local data store.
The following device properties included in the DDR Core Vocabulary [REF] are of
particular value in supporting best practices recommended in this document. They
should be available in any DDR supporting the W3C's DDR Core Vocabulary:
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Cookie Support
Script Support
Readers interested in the topic of this document will find a variety of other
publications of interest. As noted in the Scope paragraph above, topics such as
internationalization and accessibility have been addressed separately by the W3C
and have not been covered here.
The Character Model for the World Wide Web and other materials prepared by the
W3C Internationalization (i18n) Activity cover important interoperability drivers for
content prepared for the One Web and the mobile-services arena.
The Web Accessibility Initiative has prepared a variety of Guidelines and Techniques
that likewise bear on the preparation and processing of content in and for the Web.
MWBP
Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0, Jo Rabin, Editor, W3C Recommendation, 29th
July 2008 (see http://www.w3.org/TR/mobile-bp/)
DIP
Device Independence Principles, R. Gimson, Editor, W3C Working Group Note,
1 September 2003 (See http://www.w3.org/TR/2003/NOTE-di-princ-20030901/)
DCODI
Delivery Context Overview for Device Independence, , R. Gimson, R. Lewis, S.
Sathish, Editors, W3C Working Group Note, 20 March 2006 (See
http://www.w3.org/TR/di-dco/)
DIGLOSS
Glossary of Terms for Device Independence, R. Lewis, Editor, W3C Working
Draft (work in progress), 18 January 2005 (See http://www.w3.org/TR/2005
/WD-di-gloss-20050118/)
XML
Extensible Markup Language (XML) 1.0 (Fifth Edition), Tim Bray, Jean Paoli, C.
M. Sperberg-McQueen, Eve Maler, François Yergeau, Editors, W3C
Recommendation, 26 November 2008 (See http://www.w3.org/TR/2008
/REC-xml-20081126/)
XHTML-Basic
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WIDGETS
W3C Widgets Specifications on the W3C Webapps Wiki page
(http://www.w3.org/2008/webapps/wiki/PubStatus#Widgets_Specifications)
HTML5
HTML5, Ian Hickson and David Hyatt, W3C Working Draft (see
http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/)
OFFLINE
Offline Web Applications, Anne Van Kesteren and Ian Hickson, W3C Working
Group Note (see http://www.w3.org/TR/offline-webapps/)
CSSMT
Cascading Style Sheets Level 2 Revision 1 (CSS 2.1) Specification, Bert Bos et
al, W3C Candidate Recommendation 08 September 2009 (see
http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/media.html)
CSSMQ
Media Queries, Håkon Wium Lie, Tantek elik, Daniel Glazman, Anne van
Kesteren, W3C Candidate Recommendation (see http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-
mediaqueries/)
ARIA
Accessible Rich Internet Applications (WAI-ARIA) 1.0, James Craig et al, W3C
Working Draft 24th February 2009 (See http://www.w3.org/TR/wai-aria/)
UAPROF
Open Mobile Alliance OMA-TS-UAProf-V2_0-20060206-A User Agent Profile
Approved Version 2.0 06 Feb 2006 (See http://www.openmobilealliance.org
/technical/release_program/docs/UAProf/V2_0-20060206-A/OMA-TS-UAProf-
V2_0-20060206-A.pdf)
WTAI
WAP Forum wap-268-wtai-20010908-a Wireless Telephony Application Interface
Specification (See http://www.openmobilealliance.org/tech/affiliates
/LicenseAgreement.asp?DocName=/wap/wap-268-wtai-20010908-a.pdf)
RFC 3966
The tel URI for Telephone Numbers, H. Schulzrinne. IETF, December 2004
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(See http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3966.txt)
RFC 2119
Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels, S. Bradner. IETF,
March 1997 (See http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2119.txt)
BONDI
OMTP Reference Implementation (see http://bondi.omtp.org/)
OPERA
Opera Web Widget API (see http://dev.opera.com/libraries/widgetobject/)
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