A place for discussion on Unique Mobile related requirements.
This page is also home to the Drupal Mobile User Experience Initiative.
Objectives
- Improve the usability of the Seven Theme for small screen and touch screen devices.
- Design the experience of the Drupal Administration interface from the perspective of the "Mobile User".
- Brainstorm Drupal Administration features to take advantage of the unique features of mobile devices.
This is a working group, no job postings please
D8 Mobile Initiative IRC Meeting #4
Please join us for our fourth IRC meeting to discuss issues related to the Drupal 8 mobile initiative. The meeting will be held in #drupal-mobile on IRC at 19:00 UTC on Thursday, February 16. Using IRC is easy; Drupal.org provides a guide to using IRC.
Thursday, March 1:
San Francisco — 11am
New York — 2pm
London — 7pm
Taipei — 3am (Friday)
D8 Mobile Initiative office hours
This Sunday, the Drupal 8 mobile initiative will be holding our first weekly office hours in IRC. The office hours will allow regular contributors to work together at the same time on the Initiative’s issues. And will allow new people to figure out how they can help too!
Read moreD8 Mobile Initiative IRC Meeting #3
Please join us for our third IRC meeting to discuss issues related to the Drupal 8 mobile initiative. The meeting will be held in #drupal-mobile on IRC at 19:00 UTC on Thursday, February 16. Using IRC is easy; Drupal.org provides a guide to using IRC.
Thursday, February 16:
San Francisco — 11am
New York — 2pm
London — 7pm
Taipei — 3am (Friday)
Quality Assurance and Operations Analyst | Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
• Work on new and existing websites used by internal/external globally-dispersed teams for Outreach and Scientific-Discovery aims over programs and platforms;
• Facilitate communication, education and retention of website users through a high-level of software quality over custom web-based and open-source software, actively working in all discovery, implementation, and deployment phases to understand functionality requirements and reliability, security, scalability compliance aims;
• Finding problems on different platforms, environments and browsers, problems with the functionality of web applications and web services, documenting cases for coworkers and following them to conclusion;
• Writing, sharing, maintaining and executing deployment scripts and automation programs, systems/user/quality control/deployment documentation, and technical knowledge bits that different teams can reuse;
• Writing, sharing, maintaining media content to assist users in installing, configuring, and using software;
• Writing, sharing, maintaining and efficiently responding to change requests by reviewing and clarifying the information with users and coworkers;
• Work with the team to seek quality feedback to identify issues with user interfaces, concepts, storyboards, wireframes during early stages of design or development;
• Creating, sharing, maintaining operational reports to measure qualitative goals that require less deterministic design and content improvements;
• Directing and developing your own professional skills; helping coworkers when asked and taking the initiative to reach out to coworkers when you think you have something to contribute.
AWS - Amazon Web Services - Accessing servers on a mac using SSH and public/private keys
Hi everyone
I've been using AWS (Amazon Web Services) and their EC2/Cloud Formation services for the past week and have been testing the instant Drupal sites via the Cloud Formation. After much trial and error I have everything working with the exception that I am unable to upload/download files to the server as it requires SFTP utilising public/private key pairs. I've done everything possible and have viewed umpteen articles in relation to this but still cannot find any answers on how to do this via my mac.
Read moreThe Progression of the Drupal Mobile HTML Prototype
The aim of the Drupal Mobile HTML prototype is to demonstrate the look, feel and thinking behind the design for Drupal’s Mobile Admin interface. It is purely for demonstrative purposes.
This document references the D8MUX Roadmap and everything in that post also applies here.
Strategy for the Mobile Initiative
This strategy document uses the Minimal Viable Product strategy, which you can read more about on Wikipedia.
Contents of this document:
- General overview ⬅ Big picture of the mobile landscape
- Objectives ⬅ The top-level goals of this initiative
- Program tasks ⬅ Where the actual work is listed
General Overview
Read moreD8 Mobile Initiative IRC Meeting #2
Please join us for our second IRC meeting to discuss issues related to the Drupal 8 mobile initiative. The meeting will be held in #drupal-mobile on IRC at 19:00 UTC on Thursday, February 2. Using IRC is easy; Drupal.org provides a guide to using IRC.
Thursday, February 2:
San Francisco — 11am
New York — 2pm
London — 7pm
Taipei — 3am (Friday)
Share your experience in Portal Development in Public Sector.
Native Mobile Apps + Drupal 8 - What is the role of native mobile apps?
I've seen a lot of discussion of web-only solutions for mobile Drupal, but very little about native applications, whether that means iOS, Android, Blackberry, Symbian, Windows Phone, or something else.
Read moreEye Tracking / Usability - Tobii
Hi Everyone
I'm currently looking into the possibility of organising a Tobii eye tracking usability full day training session. (See http://www.tobii.com/en/eye-tracking-research/global/ for information in regard to Tobii and eye tracking in general for those of you that may not be aware of the system).
Read moreDrupal Custom Module Developer | Park Hudson International
With so many Drupal demands for 2012, consultants can now fully asses their prospective future clients and projects. Making sure it is indeed a good culture fit. With us you can have the luxury of working in an office with a work at home setting. Work Hard and Play Hard type of environment, very creative and an exciting place to call work. We have multiple clients and right now we are hunting a Drupal Developer. Read below and reply to know more of our company and what we can offer you.
We are currently seeking a Drupal Developer with the following qualifications:
Read moreWeb/Drupal Developer - Contract/Freelance | IE Design + Communications
IE Design + Communications is a fast paced, award winning design firm that takes pride in delivering excellent creative and technical solutions to clients. We are looking for the right candidate who is professional, demonstrates strong technical skills, has their finger on the pulse of the digital landscape, is a team player and has the flexibility to work on multiple projects at the same time while having fun!
RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Develop custom websites using Drupal, PHP, HTML and other languages
User Experience Specialist | Richland County Public Library
RCPL in Columbia, SC is seeking a User Experience Specialist to join our team. This is your chance to work on an exciting, well supported project that will make a difference in the lives of 400,000 citizens of Richland County.
Here at RCPL we believe that libraries MUST function in the online space as well as we do in the physical world. Our aim is to build web and mobile applications that are usable, useful, entertaining, inspiring, and informative.
Read moreDrupal Devolper | Sweden
Looking for an experienced Drupal developer who got a track record of complex backend sites including databases and mobile API's. We have a platform ready for global launch Q1 2012 but need further development including standard and customized moduls.
- Creative and positive attitude with a passion to find solutions
- 3-5 years experience with Drupal and PHP
- Drupal 7 experience
- Mobile experience including mobile API
- Proven experience in customizing moduls
- Familiar with various types of payment methods and reports including back-end tracking
Drupal Developer | Green Bird Media
Green Bird Media, one of the premier Drupal companies in San Diego is looking to hire Drupal Developer.
Prospective candidate required to have thorough Drupal knowledge and build out Drupal sites.
Good experience configuring modules maily ubercart and other commonly used modules is highly desired.
Job responsibilities include:
--Site navigation, Building out sample pages, and functionality.
--Creating content types, building Views and configuring needed Drupal Modules.
--Setting up User Roles and permissions.
D8 Mobile Initiative IRC Meeting
Please join us for our first IRC meeting to discuss issues related to the Drupal 8 mobile initiative. The meeting will be held in #drupal-mobile on IRC at 19:00 UTC on Thursday, December 22. Using IRC is easy; Drupal.org provides a guide to using IRC.
Thursday, December 22:
San Francisco — 11am
New York — 2pm
London — 7pm
Taipei — 3am (Friday)
Design Initiative IRC Meetups
Please join us for our 1st bi-weekly meeting to discuss issues and progress related to the Drupal 8 Design initiative. The meeting will be held in #drupal-design in IRC.
PST: 11:00 AM
EST: 2:00 PM
UK: 7:00 PM
CET: 8:00 PM
Developer / Project Manager of Web Solutions | University of Arizona
IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE: The successful candidate will analyze complex systems and user needs to recommend appropriate web solutions including hardware, software and security needs; design, develop and implement web applications of various levels of complexity, following best practices and using the most efficient methods or procedures; and will manage significant web site design and development projects-- planning, organizing, and monitoring complex web technology projects to deliver specific results, using various resources.
Read moreDesigning Drupal's Mobile Navigation
The first problem we need to solve is how users get around Drupal's interface on devices with small screens and touch screens. See the D8MUX road map.
Let's do some brainstorming and prototyping over how we get this good on mobile.
What do we need?
- Simple
- Consistent
- Finger friendly
- Complementary - The navigation can't upstage the main purpose of the page or task.





