Web Design: #182: 9 Principles of Mobile Web Design

Wednesday, November 1, 2017

#182: 9 Principles of Mobile Web Design

November 1, 2017 #182

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9 Principles of Mobile Web Design — Revisiting a golden oldie that tells us to keep menus simple, keep forms short, have obvious calls to action, plus more mobile Web common sense.
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