Computer Science Homework Help

Web pages designed for desktop computers often end up producing a poor user experience on a mobile device. Information can be lost in the limited space on mobile devices’ small screens due to the dynamic size requirements of our various mobile device screens. This makes designing for mobile media tricky. For example, is it better to create one long page, where users must scroll, or several short pages that users click through? Each style has advantages and disadvantages. For example, scrolling through a page is easy for users; however, large pages can take a long time to load. In these situations, frequently there is no one right answer.

In this Discussion, you will identify approaches that you would take to design a mobile strategy for a business. You will also consider the advantages and disadvantages of various mobile design strategies.

• Review the resources included in the Explore section 
• Imagine you have been asked to design the navigation and page layout/content for a toy company’s mobile website. Identify the strategies that you would use to make the website user friendly.
• Consider the design strategies listed below and create your own detailed strategies for the website’s navigation and page content/layout. Go to the Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0 website for additional ideas.
  • Navigation
    • Navigation bars
    • Navigation mechanisms
    • Lengths of URLs for site entry points
    • Use of external links
  • Page Layout/Content
    • Appropriate use of content (Consider what mobile users are looking for.)
    • Page size
    • Scrolling
    • Background images
    • Color