Mobile Web Interface

Mobile Web Interface

Sean HannanLibrary Systems

Sherdian Libraries

Total Development Time:

45 minutes

How?

• iUI• Re-use of programming• Re-use of content• Site Executive

iUI

• Framework for making web pages act like native iPhone applications

• Open source and freely available• http://code.google.com/p/iui/

Re-use of Programming

• We already did this!– Blog & Twitter feeds

• Server-side PHP script that generates embeddable javascript that spits out the top headlines/tweets from an RSS feed

Re-use of Content

• Hours Page– Already maintained– No point in maintaining multiple copies– Link to it

• Mobile Apps– Already a blog feature– Create a category– Re-use the RSS Javascript code

Site Executive

• Handles device detection• Surprisingly not horrible

Questions?