Dev Dives: Streamline document processing with UiPath Studio Web
Mobile Web and Campus Assistant
1. Mobile Web and Campus Assistant
Damian Steer, ILRT, University of Bristol
d.steer@bris.ac.uk
Alex Dutton, University of Oxford
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2. Overview
• A little history
• What mobile phones could do
• What mobile phones can do
• Why bother with the mobile web?
• How to get them to do what you want
• Case study: Mobile Campus Assistant
• Case study: Molly
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8. iPhone effect
Total Visitors Apple Share
Sept 2008 May 2009 May 2010
Based on sites monitored by the UoB web analytics system
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10. How does my institution
join the mobile world?
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11. Phone SMS Contacts
GPS Compass Bluetooth
Storage Offline use Video
Why bother with web applications?
Audio Graphics Animation
3D Motion detection Gestures
Camera Music Calendar
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13. Phone SMS Contacts
GPS Compass Bluetooth
Storage Offline use Video
Why bother with web applications?
Audio Graphics Animation
3D Motion detection Gestures
Camera Music Calendar
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14. Getting onto the
web: CSS
• @media
• handheld
• only screen and (max-device-
width: 480px)
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15. Getting on the web:
specialised site
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17. Offline Web Applications
Cache Manifest
Client-side storage
localStorage
Web SQL Database
Index Database
Offline
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18. Orientation and
Gestures
• orientationchange
• More general orientation on the
way
• High level: gesturestart,
change, end. Gives scale and
rotation.
• Low level: if you really want it
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19. Mobile Campus
http://mobilecampus.ilrt.bris.ac.uk/
Assistant
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20. • Where is the nearest wireless hotspot?
• Where is there a free PC to use?
• When is the next bus to the hall of residence?
• Which library is open now?
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24. Ongoing...
• Open source
• Just provide the information
• Work continues
• Part of Greening Events
• MyMobile Bristol, with City
Council.
• mike.a.jones@bristol.ac.uk
@MrJ1971
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25. The future is arriving rather
Epilogue quickly
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