What Are Problems Of Mobile Web Applications Nowadays?

More and more web software products for personal computers and mobile devices are created nowadays. They provide the latest data and allow to be always in touch with the situation. It is believed that they are more useful and convenient than native programs.

Those who perform web site testing, desktop testing and mobile testing know that web technology involves a lot of various issues. Proper function of a web application requires good, reliable connection with one or more servers, correct work of the servers. The data must move free between the server and the client computer and be correctly processed.

Native software executes all the necessary operations on the user device and does not depend from outer factors. In this case one shouldn’t consider web technology and its contributing factors checking a native program.

Many mobile software products are based on web technology at present. They keep the user informed and provide the ability to work with the latest information anytime at any place. Besides, web software stores its main content in the web and does not take much space on the user machine. This is important for mobile devices, as they do not have so much space for data storage as personal computers.

Many people believe that it is even easier to develop and to maintain web application than native software for mobile devices. This belief is wrong. It is hard to create a good mobile web application nowadays. There are many errors in modern mobile web software.

The Main Reasons of That Are:

- Complexity of mobile technology;

- Web technology has originally been created for personal computers and now it is poorly adjusted for mobile devices and mobile software;

- Some developers of mobile web programs do not consider peculiarities of mobile technology and rely on their experience of work with desktop devices and software.

But future belongs to mobile web technology. Now software engineers and testers have to learn to cope with some challenges.

Nowadays Difficulties with Mobile Web Software Are:

- Many types of mobile devices have different screen sizes. Web applications often include elements of fixed size and they do not adjust for various screen resolutions.

- Various types and models of tablets and smartphones have significant hardware differences.

- There are several popular mobile operating systems and browsers.

- As web technology has been elaborated for desktop devices, it is necessary to pay attention to proper implementation of mobile features such as various sensors, networking types, work with software on the move, less performance capacity of mobile devices and so on.

A professional software testing company always insists on due attention on these issues in course of web site testing on smartphones and tablets and mobile application testing.

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