This Week in Mobile Web Development (#64)

Read this on the Web Mobile Web Weekly July 8, 2015   #64 Brian Rinaldi recommends Why Web Design is Dead — Some interesting discussion despite the link-bait title, one of the central points of the author being that mobile apps are becoming the focal point of users. UX Magazine Holly Schinsky recommends How to Monitor Your Device's Battery Status — How to check the status of your device’s battery in your hybrid mobile app. Nic Raboy Brian Rinaldi recommends Device Metrics — A list containing useful device metrics as well as recommended material design measurements for a large number of devices. Google Design Holly Schinsky recommends How photo app Polarr topped the App Store the uncommon way — Interesting story about how a new hybrid mobile app went to the top of the App Store quickly. CNet Brian Rinaldi recommends 13 tips for making responsive web design multi-lingual — The BBC site supports 28 languages and Tom Maslen provides a really detailed set of tips for how to build and maintain a responsive site that can support all these. Responsive News Brian Rinaldi recommends Native CSS Scroll Snap Points — A new spec that allows you to create scroll snap effects natively in the browser. Mobile support is limited to Safari (with a prefix) at the moment, however. Sergey Gospodarets Holly Schinsky recommends Must-have plugins for Ionic Framework — A list of some great plugins to be aware of when building hybrid mobile apps with Ionic. Dragan Gaić's Blog Holly Schinsky recommends How Framework7 and PhoneGap fit together — The final post in a series on how to build a mobile app with PhoneGap and Framework7. http://ift.tt/1uClgLb Holly Schinsky recommends Onsen UI Roadmap: New release and Onsen 2.0 — Onsen UI releases version 2.0 and discusses their roadmap for the future. Onsen.io Brian Rinaldi recommends The Web's Cruft Problem — TJ VanToll argues that the need to monetize content is causing an overload of cruft that is hurting the web and giving rise to tools like Facebook Instant. Telerik Developer Network Brian Rinaldi recommends Adding Social Login with Firebase — A walkthrough showing how to add GitHub authentication to an existing app using Firebase and Ionic by Mike Harrington. The Official Ionic Blog Holly Schinsky recommends Choosing Crosswalk Build Options: Shared or Embedded — Using Crosswalk? Two build options to be aware of and how to choose between them. Intel® Developer Zone Brian Rinaldi recommends Op-ed: Safari is the new Internet Explorer — Despite improving JSCore performance and the new WKWebView, Nolan Lawson says that, in recent years, Apple’s strategy toward the Web can be best described as “benevolent neglect.” Ars Technica Holly Schinsky recommends How Fast are Web Workers? — An introduction to web workers, the different types available (Web, Shared and Service) and some information about their performance characteristics. Mozilla Hacks Brian Rinaldi recommends Augmented Reality in the Browser with Awe.js — Patrick Catanzariti shows how to create an augmented reality experience within the browser using Awe.js, a Three.js based library, and your device camera. SitePoint Curated by Brian Rinaldi and Holly Schinsky for Cooper Press. Cooper Press is located at Office 30, Fairfield Enterprise Centre, Louth, LN11 0LS, UK Update your email address or stop receiving MWW here

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