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Mobile devices are the newest Internet Clients but they are quickly achieving an important position due to the use of great number of these devices around the world. Companies which grant access to Internet, the net of nets, to this new kind of net, are pushing hardly, but they do it in order to get more and more profit. We suspect that in this fast evolution the main subject has been forgotten, that is the user interest. A lot of emphasis has been done in marketing and technology but, does the user get all the things companies promise?. In this paper we analyze the interfaces provided to the users and how them affect the usability of Internet through these devices, from our experience in different related fields, Mobile Devices Programming, Web Interfaces Adaptability or Internet Basics.
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Gutiérrez, J.M., Barchino, R., Gutiérrez de Mesa, J.A. (2003). Usability Issues Confronting Mobile Devices as Internet Interfaces for General Purpose Navigation. In: Meersman, R., Tari, Z. (eds) On The Move to Meaningful Internet Systems 2003: OTM 2003 Workshops. OTM 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2889. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-39962-9_28
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