Mobile Web Weekly October 26, 2016   #131
Peter Cooper recommends
Adapting to the Mobile Web F̶u̶t̶u̶r̶e̶ Present — A fascinating talk where you’ll learn how to diagnose bloat, techniques for attacking it, and how to keep your app under a reasonable performance budget from start to finish.
Alex Russell
Peter Cooper recommends
It’s Game Time for the Web — Powerful opinions from Dion Almaer on the importance of elegantly dealing with mobile Web constraints, whether through aggressive build solutions, client-side technology or ‘tricks and illusions.’
Dion Almaer
Brian Rinaldi recommends
Platforms Like Facebook's Instant Articles and Google AMP Are Making It Harder to Publish to The Web — The author argues that these formats have introduced additional coding complexity that makes it more difficult for smaller publishers to compete.
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Holly Schinsky recommends
The Best Mobile Interaction Designs of 2016 — A showcase of 15 apps and interaction design concepts that have been recognized as some of the best so far in 2016.
Proto.io
Brian Rinaldi recommends
Progressive Web Apps: Bridging the Gap Between Web and Mobile — An overview of progressive web apps and their advantages and disadvantages.
Mark Pedersen
Peter Cooper recommends
Google Update: The Great Index Divide — “In the next few months, Google is planning on dividing their index between mobile and desktop. But here’s the kicker, the MOBILE index will be the primary index.”
Ryan Shelley
Brian Rinaldi recommends
Why Do Websites Publish AMP Pages? — Gruber worries that using AMP traps users by not easily offering them an obvious way to get back to the canonical version of the article. Chris Coyier follows up.
John Gruber
Holly Schinsky recommends
Hybrid App Development: How Do I Get Started? — Resources and information to help you get started building hybrid apps quickly.
Jorge Vergara
Brian Rinaldi recommends
You Can't Detect A Touchscreen — A look at various options for detecting a touchscreen from the browser, each with their own caveats, and why you shouldn’t rely on them.
Stu Cox
Peter Cooper recommends
Android Pay Partners with Visa and Mastercard to Bring Simple Checkout to Mobile Web — Google announces strategic partnerships with Visa and Mastercard to bring Android Pay to more places on the mobile web.
Google
Chris Brandrick recommends
How To Poison The Mobile User — Want to avoid annoying your users? Here’s a sarcastic run down of things not to do.
Martin Michálek
Holly Schinsky recommends
Love Pokémon Go? Create Your Own AR App in Monaca with Wikitude — How to build an app enabling Augmented Reality to draw 3D objects in real-time using the Cordova Wikitude plugin, Monaca and Onsen UI.
Onsen UI
Brian Rinaldi recommends
Responsive Images in CSS — A look at the available options for supporting responsive images, how they work and where they are supported.
Chris Coyier
Holly Schinsky recommends
AtoZ CSS Quick Tip: Achieving Cross Browser Support — How to achieve the best cross browser support for your apps by starting with a good baseline experience for as many devices as possible.
Guy Routledge
Holly Schinsky recommends
Comparing Frameworks with a 'Hello World' — A comparison of apps built using Onsen UI and various popular JS frameworks to help you see the differences and choose your favorite.
Onsen UI
Peter Cooper recommends
Why LTE Has Slowed by 50% in the US This Year — Usage levels are outpacing infrastructure improvements.
Twin Prime
Holly Schinsky recommends
Using iOS Image Picker with React Native — Building a simple app that will prompt the user to pick an image, and then display that image.
Gosha Arinich
Peter Cooper recommends
Google Struggles with Accreditation for Mobile Web Metrics
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