Tips and tricks for designing a mobile website

I've been working on redesigning m.ocregister.com lately so I thought I'd share some resources and ideas for mobile website development. If you have a suggestion please add it in the comments!

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Testing with Mobile Device Emulators via SixRevisions

With such diversity in the mobile device landscape, it goes without question that you should test your designs on as many platforms as you can manage. Below is a list of emulators that will simulate certain devices for you to be able to test your work.

Clues about what audience wants in smartphone news

This story talks about the News Tribune's rise in smartphone audience.

The story includes this bit of great information for mobile news development:

A report this year by the Pew Center for Excellence in Journalism found a similar trend nationwide. In the center’s survey, 26 percent of American adults said they get some form of news via their cell phone, and the center expects that percentage to grow. Of those so-called “on-the-go” news consumers:

 • 72 percent check weather reports

 • 68 percent get news and current events information

 • 44 percent check sports scores

 • 35 percent check traffic information

 • 32 percent get financial information

The Pew Center said the typical on-the-go news consumer is a white male, 34, who has graduated from college and is employed full time. They are more likely than other cell phone users to send a text message, take pictures with their phones and instant-message. They use Facebook and Twitter at significantly higher rates than other Internet users.

On-the-go news consumers are more likely than other adults to read the print version of a newspaper and slightly less likely to watch local television news. Almost half also are “news participators,” the survey found. That means they contribute stories, comments or pictures, and share stories with their social networks.