Responsive design or a native app?
iOS programmer Craig Lockwood acknowledges that the majority of app ideas proposed to him would be far better suited to a well designed responsive website and discusses the pros and cons of both
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Nielsen responds to mobile criticism
The usability pro answers critics who have described his recent mobile recommendations as "backward" -
Nielsen is wrong on mobile
Designer, developer and mobile maven Josh Clark tells us that rather than stripping down, we should be asking how we can do more with the mobile experience -
Designers respond to Nielsen on mobile
Nielsen's recommendation that publishers build separate mobile sites has been met with astonishment from the industry -
The 10 principles of mobile interface design
Based on his workshops, mobile consultant Jonathan Stark compiles the top principles of mobile interface design and explains how to take your mobile app from concept to completed design -
Building fast and responsive websites
In this exclusive excerpt from his HTML5 Mobile Development Cookbook web developer Shi Chuan, co-creator of the HTML5 Boilerplate, explains how to build pages with semantic markup, use dynamic loading, make buttons with instant response and more -
15 fabulous responsive sites for your inspiration
Antony and Jerome Ribot present 15 of the best responsive sites featured in our mag's Gallery over the last six months -
Build a lightbox for a responsive HTML5 touch interface
Stephen Woods, frontend engineer at Flickr, explains how to create a simple lightbox with gesture support and provides tips for improving the perceived as well as the actual performance of touch interfaces -
New tools for web design and development: March 2012
In the second of his regular roundups, Mark Penfold looks at another 10 brand new releases that will make life easier for web designers and developers -
Adobe’s Bruce Bowman on Adobe Shadow
Shadow’s senior product manager reveals the origins of the revolutionary testing tool -
Styling the user interface of a Sencha Touch application
In this exclusive excerpt from their book on the Sencha Touch mobile JavaScript framework, John Clark and Bryan Johnson explain how to customise your app and use the Sencha theme engine with SASS and Compass -
Content parity across devices is essential
Brad Frost says to give people what they ask for, not hobble mobile -
Web devs battle new iPad’s Retina display
From SVG to media queries, all solutions point to more work for designers -
Is the mobile optimisation message really getting through?
Abby Hardoon, founder and CEO of hosting company Daily.co.uk, looks at the adoption of the mobile web, the pay off for businesses that get it right and the reasons why some are slow on the uptake -
Tether goes HTML5 on iPhone
Another app gets around Apple’s walled garden on iOS -
Apple shifts to OpenStreetMap in iOS iPhoto
Cupertino giant the latest to ditch Google Maps -
Mobile browser figures to be taken with caution
Android tops StatCounter stats, but all isn’t what it seems -
Mobile drives marketers in SoDA survey
Mobile phone and tablet apps the tech marketers 'most excited about' -
Build your first Windows Phone 7 app
In this article, we will get to grips with Windows Phone 7 application development, download the tools and begin building a simple app from start to finish. From discovering the rich toolset, to writing XAML and C#, Microsoft MVP Michael Crump has you covered -
Facebook to help build mobile web
Addressing three key pain points: app discovery, mobile browser fragmentation and payments
