• Reported by Andreas

Back in March, I wrote a paper about mobile webdev practices in Japan for a conference at Berkeley - my paper was accepted, but apparently, the publication process is delayed quite a bit. As I don't like waiting, I decided to go ahead and make my paper available online (under a CC license).

Note:
Instead of immediately diving into the mobile webdev topic, I felt is was necessary to start with some context: I first explain about device independence, and then compare 1990s webdev practices (i-mode started in 1999, when IE5 was a novelty) with web standards. Then, I focus on the current state of the Japanese web and explain what I believe should change. So, those who don't need all the contextual talk may want to start from section 4.

OK, there you go: Mobile Web Development in Japan: A Tag Soup Tale.