After creating various HTML5 Custom Controls for my IBM XPages application development toolkit, I thought I would showcase two of these controls -- Geolocation and Canvas -- to paint a Google Map of the current user location. Bonus: works great on mobile devices too!

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The release of RIM's BlackBerry Mobile Fusion has me honestly thinking that I'm missing out on some evolved platform and device experience since I gave up my BlackBerry Bold for my iPhone 4. And since I'm an amazingly selfish person, I've all but abandoned any BlackBerry platform mobile device development efforts.

... and I was a huge BlackBerry fanboy. Remember Showtime, my BES channel push utility for the IBM Lotus Notes client?! It was even showcased during a WES presentation in 2009!

But today I don't have a BlackBerry device (not counting my v5 OS-running BlackBerry Curve that is now the family extra mobile), be it a BlackBerry Bold, Playbook, or any of the like. Thus, my interest in writing for that platform has waned.

... that is, unless there is a solid need for supporting that platform by you, Constant Reader!

So instead of simply putting out a blog post to get an idea as to what devices you use personally as well as which devices you have to support in your company, I thought I'd have a little fun and try out a survey service...

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While building a multi-client (Lotus Notes, Web Browser, and Mobile Device Browser) or hybrid XPages app, there are various techniques that can be used to handle application navigation.

If we're considering the Mail/Calendar/To Dos and the Personal Address Book representative of the typical traditional Lotus Notes Client application, the application navigation has an initial launch screen, and each Form/NotesDocument is launched in a new tab within the client.

If we're considering most Web Browser Client apps, the navigation has an initial launch screen, and each Form/NotesDocument is launched within that same screen instance. In fact, creating new tabs or windows is a deprecated practice, as it often results in the user losing the focus of the intended user experience.

If we're considering most Mobile Device Client apps, the idea of a new tab/window for each Form/NotesDocument will break the application even more. Especially with touchscreen devices, the idea of swiping to move between "screens" but maintaining a same-screen instance is critical to mirroring the native application and operating system user experience...

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In this series, you will be creating a multi-platform mobile device user interface and enhanced user experience for a Domino Server-hosted NotesDatabase app using the Personal Address Book Template.

One of the more important but often overlooked phase of a development project is often the inclusion of representation of the target audience -- or most importantly any project champions -- in the "Design" phase.

Involving a user in the process is apparently taboo... and I find that not many developers actually do this. Let's take a look at an example scenario that, sadly, I've seen play out far too many times...

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I know, I didn't give you that much advanced notice, and despite another XPages webinar that was scheduled for the same exact time, we had a really decent turn-out.

If you missed my recent webinar on Mobilizing Apps with XPages, have no fear: as with all of GBS Group Talk webinars, we recorded it, and have made it available for playback.

Again, from our much-more-eloquent-than-me Marketing Team:

Learn about creating smartphone and mobile device-friendly User Interfaces and User Experiences for your existing traditional IBM Lotus Notes Client applications. In this 1 hour session we'll discuss development and architectural considerations as well as valuable techniques and code you can use to create a Mobile XPages app.

You can view this webinar, download the slidedeck in PDF format, and even download the example/demo NotesDatabases at gbs.com/en/videos.