W3C announced new standards that will make it easier for people to browse the Web on mobile devices. This document specifies Best Practices for delivering Web content to mobile devices. The principal objective is to improve the user experience of the Web when accessed from such devices. The recommendations refer to delivered content and not to the processes by which it is created, nor to the devices or user agents to which it is delivered. It is primarily directed at creators, maintainers and operators of Web sites. Readers of this document are expected to be familiar with the creation of Web sites, and to have a general familiarity with the technologies involved, such as Web servers and HTTP. Readers are not expected to have a background in mobile-specific technologies. The Mobile Web Best Practices (MWBP) 1.0 has as recommended format specification the new XHTML Basic 1.1 that was also released along with it. The XHTML Basic 1.1 is designed for web clients that do not fully support the XHTML features, and it contains only the basic set of modules, making it the perfect solution for content accessed from mobile browsers. The W3C mobileOK checker (beta), when used with the familiar W3C validator, helps developers test mobile-friendly Web content. Jupiter Research expects that mobile Web 2.0 revenues will hit $22.4 billion by 2014, with the biggest growth areas in mobile social networking and user generated content.
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