Overview
WAP, the Wireless Application Protocol, is an enveloping term for browser support of XHTML, CSS, and .mobi. This course teaches practical design for applications that run in mobile phone browsers.

Though mobile phone markets have expanded to billions of users, mobile internet usability has lagged. In this one-day course, learn how to design a usable, engaging, attractive WAP site today, with current technology. This course is not about the future of design, but what you can accomplish today, with phones already on the market.

This course is one full day and is limited to 40 delegates.

Instructor
Scott Weiss, CEO of Usable Products Company will teach this course in its entirety. Mr. Weiss is an 18-year veteran of usability research and design, spanning desktop software, the web, and mobile platforms. His book, Handheld Usability, is the pioneering text on mobile design.

Topics

• WAP Overview
• WAP, including XHTML, CSS, and .mobi
• Successful and Unsuccessful WAP Sites
• Requirements Gathering for Design
• Competitive Analysis of Desktop and Mobile Web Sites
• Mobile Design Patterns
• Expert Design Guidelines
• WAP Design Toolbox
• Wireframing
• Paper Prototyping

Experience Level
This course is directed at marketing practitioners and developers who understand the value of mobile usability and wish to better understand mobile internet application design. The training provides necessary background for those interested in translating their design skills to a WAP user interface.