Mobile Web - Beantin

Iterating design ideas for SL’s travel planner

Stockholm Public Transport (Commonly known as SL) launched a new, responsive, website in May 2014. As is often the case with redesigned sites, it has received a fair amount of criticism. The travel planner in particular has come in for a bit of a bashing, but it’s also received

Analytics

How fast is your website on mobile devices?

Whether you have a responsive website or not, the chances are these days that you have a significant chunk of visitors accessing your site from a mobile or over a mobile network. But how fast is your website for these mobile visitors? Google Analytics makes it pretty easy to see

Trends

The state of Swedish websites 2012

Each year Web Service Award surveys Swedish web responsibles and web managers their opinion about the quality of their web sites and working environment as well as how they are intending to develop them. 570 Swedish web managers were surveyed during January of this year for the 2012 trend report

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Lokaltidningen mitt i: minimising the user experience

I think pretty much everyone has an opinion about how the news industry should adapt in order to survive in the digital age. Even I’ve turned out a few blog posts on the subject. Middle of nowhere Local newspaper company Mitt i Stockholm publishes 31 newspapers here in the

Experience

QR codes: how not to use them in your campaign

During the summer months, Sveriges Radio, the public service broadcaster here in Sweden, broadcasts a series of programmes featuring talks by guest presenters. Sommar i P1, or “Sommarpratare” (“Summer talkers”). On my metro train this morning, there was an advert for the radio series. What caught my attention was that

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11 Articles worth reading… (Spotted: Week 18-21, 2011)

For your reading pleasure this time, a collection of links (with summaries) including articles related to: web management, UX, cookies, search, UX and search. Web management, UX, mobile web 10 rules to make a great online bank dashboard – Meniga blog The headline says “online bank” but these 10 rules are

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16 Articles worth reading… (Spotted: Weeks 1-2, 2011)

This edition’s collection of links includes posts related to: Intranets, UX, Web design and web development, web strategy and web tactics, Analysis and eye tracking. Intranet Round-Up of Intranet Trends for 2011 To save you visiting several blogs to get a grip of what’s hot within the world

Analytics

Did the mobile web reach tipping point?

A year ago I said that 2010 would be the year that the mobile web reached tipping point. The question is, did it? There are many ways you could measure it and we could argue all day about what is the best way to measure it. Mobile page views? smartphone

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19 Articles worth reading… (Spotted: Weeks 46-49, 2010)

A whopping 20 article post this time covering 4 weeks of articles spotted on my web-travels. Enjoy! I’m not anti-SharePoint Perhaps it’s not SharePoint thats rubbish, but the way it was implemented in your organisation? Building Tomorrow’s Organization – without today’s IT? You get the chance to

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7 Articles worth reading… (Spotted: Week 44-45, 2010)

Photos as Web Content Anyone who has done any eye tracking tests knows how true this Alertbox article from Nielsen is. Visitors to your site only pay attention to images that are relevant to their task, other pictures used to “make the page pretty” (and indeed banner ads) are ignored.

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Tested: Java midlet QR code readers

💡Update 2023 - these days, mobile phone camera apps can read QR codes natively. Back in 2010, it was pre-iPhone and pre-Android, so reading them was more complicated. The example QR codes at the end of this post still work and can be useful in testing. QR Code readers are

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6 Articles worth reading… (Spotted: Week 34, 2010)

The business case for social intranets To quote Oscar: “Most people will come to understand that a social intranet is not just about adding features such as blogs, wikis, activity feeds & micro-blogging on top of a traditional intranet; it’s about rethinking the purpose of intranets with the intention

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Android: the catalyst for QR codes

QR codes are nothing new. They are a form of 2D bar code invented (and patented) by Denso in 1994. They’ve been huge in Japan for years, in part because of their ability to encode Japanese Kara. Despite being so popular in Japan, QR codes have so far failed

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7 Articles worth reading… (Spotted: Week 32-33, 2010)

Why Your Web Developer and SEO Keep Asking You For Content Anyone involved in creating or managing a website has had “the content problem”. This excellent article lists all the reasons why we should keep on nagging for that content to appear as early in the process as possible. Reductionism

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6 Articles worth reading... (Spotted: Week 15, 2010)

Collaboration Is More Important Than Ever – 3 Barriers To Adoption An article looking at some significant reasons that prevent people from using collaboration tools to collaborate effectively within an organisation. Some further comments on the Beantin facebook page. Web customers care about tasks, not goals It’s all task based.

Analytics

For your reading pleasure... (week 10, 2010)

Social Media Cheat Sheet A useful refererence to have in your collection. It’s comprehensive enough, up to date, and contains relevant advice. Reporting from the Internet and using social media Reuters have published their social media guidelines. Built on Reuters own “Trust Principles”, they are a good, sensible, example

Analytics

For your reading pleasure... (week 6, 2010)

2010 Web Strategy Report 268 companies surveyed about their web strategy. Interesting 17 page report. Majority of organisations have a web strategy that covers the coming 12 months, which seems worryingly short-term. I suspect it’s the usual muddling of strategy with tactics. GSMA and comScore Announce UK Launch of

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For your reading pleasure (week 2, 2010)

Mobile Web 2009 = Desktop Web 1998 This Nielsen Alterbox article from February 2009 is worth re-reading. There’s a lot of talk about the mobile web right now, including my own babblings about 2010 being the tipping point. I don’t agree with all of Nielsen’s recommendations, but don’

Mobile Web

2010: Tipping point for mobile web

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For your reading pleasure (week 1, 2010)

Why Enterprise Microblogging Has More Practical Use for Everyday People Than Twitter Took the time to revisit this post which was published in December. Enterprise Microblogging can be a valuable internal communication and knowledge sharing resource – as long as your company culture is ready for it – irrespective of company size

Mobile Web

Price comparison on mobiles

41% of iPhone users and 43% of Android owners check sale prices while they are shopping More Smartphone Users Now Use Their Phones to Shop Online by Read Write Web. The mobile web is racing towards tipping point.

Mobile Web

Screen sizes are getting smaller again

With more low-resolution devices being released all the time, such as ultra-mobile and ultra-cheap laptops (eg the Asus Eee PC), handhelds with mobile/wifi connectivity (such as the iPhone and the PSP), it is rapidly becoming unsafe to dismiss certain screen sizes when you redesign a website. QVGA (320×240)