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Competitive research and traffic analysis is an important part of launching a new site or web app.
I did a quick study that uses source code search sites as the subject for comparison. Here I highlight some key metrics from these two Firefox add-ons:
There are a number of online emulators available to test your mobile web applications once they are deployed. Opera Mini has an online demo at www.operamini.com/demo/ for example.
When developing locally it’s helpful to do some functional and visual design and layout testing before deploying.
Some notable links from my delicious bookmarks related to things I’m currently working on:
– The ME Awards 2008 | London | Mobile Entertainment
www.mobile-ent.biz/me-awards
– WURFL
wurfl.sourceforge.net/
Oh Firefox, how I love thee. If only you launched a little faster on OS X. But I can’t quit you. Why? Add-ons!
del.icio.us Bookmarks – tag your bookmarks, access them anywhere, share with your friends.
Firebug – indispensable inline DOM visualization, and much more.
Web Developer – a ton of handy page hacking tools.
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