Author Archives: Geoff Dennis
olloclip clip-on lens for iPhone impresses
Rating: Snapper particular rates the macro mode
At the recent MWC 2013 show in Barcelona, GoMo News acquired an clip-on lens – the olloclip 3-in-One lens for Apple iPhones. Not being ardent photographers ourselves, we asked a professional photographer friend to try it out. Continue reading
UK Government digital design principles examined for mobile
by Geoff Dennis
In an earlier article (‘GoMo examines UK gov design principles for mobile’) here, we noted that the UK government has come up with design guidelines for digital services. These are based onDame Martha Lane-Fox guidelines for the [UK] Government Digital Service (GDS). We promised that we would investigate how effective these are for mobile (rather than desktop) users. So we have now taken each of the ten principles and examined its relevance to mobile. See below. Continue reading
GoMo examines UK gov design principles for mobile
Rating: With a little help from Martha Lane-Fox
Not so long ago [July 2012], the UK government came out with a set of design guidelines for (public) digital services. Given that we are at the point where access to the internet more often than not originates from a mobile device than the desktop, here at GoMo News thought we’d investigate how relevant this is to mobile. Plus we’ll look at how well implemented UK government services are for mobile users. Continue reading
Guest Post: What responsive web design doesn’t fix
Improving mobile web access Part III
by Geoff Dennis – director with Insight Manufacturing & blogger on Swuse.com
In my previous article ‘Guest Post: Improving mobile web access – Responsive Web Design‘ I described how, using Responsive Web Design (RWD), a single web site solution can be developed for a multitude of formats. It automatically re-sizes its layout and content according to device-specific parameters such as screen width. The approach has many benefits which are outlined below. Continue reading
Guest Post: Improving mobile web access – Responsive Web Design
by Geoff Dennis – director with Insight Manufacturing & blogger on Swuse.com
In my previous article here I described how there is a growing need to provide a good mobile web experience, given that the number of people using portable devices as their primary device for internet access is overtaking the number using the desktop. With the multitude of portable device types in use, including tablets and mini-tablets as well as mobiles, there is a need too for a method for developing web sites that ensures content is delivered effectively to these devices as well as for fixed internet. Continue reading
Guest Post: Improvements in mobile web access & what’s driving them
by Geoff Dennis – director with Insight Manufacturing & blogger on Swuse.com
Mobile devices come with a variety of screen sizes and resolutions, far more varied than those in use with desktop computers.To deliver web content at an acceptable resolution for reading on a mobile device, the standard approach for a long time was to determine what device type it is such as iPhone 3GS. Next, look up the properties of this device in a database, and deliver content in a form that would seem to be the best fit to those properties. With such a wide variety of devices to cater for, testing that the content is displayed properly is constrained to the most popular devices in use at any given time. Continue reading
Location data is hidden in EXIF files
Rating: Some applications want to ensure it is present not missing
Following up on your recent story ‘Danger of cameraphone photos’ location data exposed‘, ironically, I have been worrying about the exact opposite problem, writes Geoff Dennis, a mobile software specialist. I want to tell people how to ensure that location based information is present and exposed in their photos. The data held in picture files taken with cameraphones, for example is called EXIF data. It is normally only contained in photos saved in JPEG and TIFF formats. There has been a lot of chat on the Net about accidentally losing EXIF data, as it appears this can often happen when using photo editing software. Perhaps this is what happened to the alleged hacker – Higinio O. Ochoa III? Naturally there are ways to expose this EXIF data should you want to. Continue reading
