Week 12: WAP Tools

Browser-based tools

• Firefox - http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/
• User-Agent Switcher for Firefox - https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/59/
• Minimal set of user agents -

http://uberthings.com/teaching/mobile_application_design/11/minimal_set.xml

• Giant set of user agents -

http://uberthings.com/teaching/mobile_application_design/11/lotsa_user_agents.xml

• Web Developer - https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/60/
• WML Browser - https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/62/
• XHTML Mobile Profile (haven't used it yet) - https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1345/

WAP Emulators

• Opera Mini - http://www.operamini.com/features/simulator/
• DotMobi - http://pc.dev.mobi/
• Pukupi (i-mode emulator) - http://pukupi.com/tools/mimic/
• Openwave Phone Simulator - http://developer.openwave.com/dvl/tools_and_sdk/phone_simulator/index.htm
• Klondike - http://www.apachesoftware.com/Engine.html
• YoSpace - http://www.yospace.com/spedemo.html

Server Side Tools

• WURFL - http://wurfl.sourceforge.net
  • Latest version - http://www.nusho.it/wurfl/dl.php?t=d&f=wurfl.zip
  • PHP Lbrary - http://wurfl.sourceforge.net/php/
  • Web Patch - http://www.nusho.it/wurfl/dl.php?t=d&f=web_browsers_patch.xml
• Andrea Trasatti's (creator of WURFL) introduction to WURFL - http://pc.dev.mobi/?q=node/18

Development Sites

• DotMobi - http://pc.dev.mobi/
• Global Authoring Practices for the Mobile Web (GAP) - http://www.passani.it/gap/

Reference

• W3C Mobile Web Initiative - http://www.w3.org/Mobile/
• W3C MobileOK Basic Test - http://www.w3.org/TR/mobileOK-basic10-tests/
• W3C Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0 - http://www.w3.org/TR/mobile-bp/
• WTAI - http://web.archive.org/web/20070101170723/http://www.thozie.de/english/wap/wtai.htm
• XHTML-MP - http://www.informit.com/guides/content.asp?g=xml&seqNum=170&rl=1
• GAP Templates - http://www.passani.it/gap/templates/

Examples used in class

• Michael's Palindrome page - http://uberthings.com/palindromic
• WAP Friendly Palindrome page - http://uberthings.com/palindromic/p.php
• WURFL browser tester - http://uberthings.com/palindromic/wap.php
• WURFL tester code - http://uberthings.com/palindromic/wap_php.txt
• Hello,WAP - http://uberthings.com/palindromic/hello.xhtml