Handful of Nothing

Yes the deadline is pretty near. Now it’s 03:05am in Recife, Brazil and we just left the office. Some final tests with the Canola configuration tool, and a lot of UI polishing to it. Funny moments in this final stage: It’s the first time that I’m working with an application that needs to be tested in a device besides the computer with the same stylesheet and focusing mainly on readability, because the Nokia 770 has one of the most impressive resolutions in the market. So, the text that is pretty visible on the desktop version may not be so easy on the eyes in the 770.

The worst part is the need of transfering all files for very simple tests, cause there’s no way to emulate the felling in a conventional lcd monitor. (I’m using a apple cinema display). So, my first tip for people engaging in project like this is : save your photoshop mockups in a png file, create a simple html without borders and test it a lot before setting up the html markup.

The good thing: I’m impressed to see mochikit working pretty well on both Nokia 770 default browser (Opera based) and in the Minimo (mozilla port). Our application is pure html + ajax and it’s working pretty well!

I think I will allow myself now some 4 hours of sleep. see you!