smithsa
08-05-2007, 11:44 PM
I'm looking for information about design issues for web sites that are embedded in electronic devices. What I mean is that there are lots of devices that are now available that are configurable and controllable by a web browser since they have web servers embedded in them. Think about configuring your router and you'll know what I'm talking about.
Most (if not all) of the information and templates I see about web design is for corporate web sites that have a certain style and philosophy about how the site will be navigated. Embedded web sites are not like that. With an embedded web site, a user will normally access a page to find the status of a device, and then maybe change a setting or two. No reading news, searching, or other things that typically happen on corporate sites. Since these devices have simple processors and small memory requirements, there's no Flash, video, or any other fancy thing that you'd see on a "normal" site.
Has anyone ever given any thought to how you would design for one of these devices? Any resources that you can think of that address these issues?
Most (if not all) of the information and templates I see about web design is for corporate web sites that have a certain style and philosophy about how the site will be navigated. Embedded web sites are not like that. With an embedded web site, a user will normally access a page to find the status of a device, and then maybe change a setting or two. No reading news, searching, or other things that typically happen on corporate sites. Since these devices have simple processors and small memory requirements, there's no Flash, video, or any other fancy thing that you'd see on a "normal" site.
Has anyone ever given any thought to how you would design for one of these devices? Any resources that you can think of that address these issues?