{"id":1968,"date":"2015-03-15T11:31:32","date_gmt":"2015-03-15T11:31:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kitely.com\/virtual-world-news\/?p=1968"},"modified":"2015-03-15T11:31:32","modified_gmt":"2015-03-15T11:31:32","slug":"kitely-market-on-your-phone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kitely.com\/virtual-world-news\/2015\/03\/15\/kitely-market-on-your-phone\/","title":{"rendered":"Kitely Market on Your Phone"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our mission is to evolve Kitely Market into the central marketplace serving users of all open virtual world platforms on the Metaverse. Part of our strategy involves making Kitely Market accessible to potential buyers on all platforms. Today we’ve taken a big step towards achieving that goal by making Kitely Market accessible on smartphones.<\/p>\n

To access Kitely Market on your phone, visit kitely.com<\/strong><\/a> in your\u00a0browser.\u00a0The current\u00a0Alpha version can be used for searching the market and viewing products. We’ll add additional functionality, such as purchasing and wish lists, in the near future.<\/p>\n

Kitely Market is\u00a0designed to provide an\u00a0App-like experience: transitions between screens\u00a0are instantaneous; data is preloaded in the background to minimize waiting time; and\u00a0animations make the app fun to use. Due to the use of advanced HTML5, the web app works best on modern browsers such as Chrome and Safari.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0web app is optimized for mobile devices. For example, search results\u00a0are shown in a single column (vs. 3 columns on the desktop); the search options are accessed via a slide-in window; etc. We also use\u00a0high-resolution icons, which look great on phone screens (since they often\u00a0have far more pixels per inch than desktop monitors).<\/p>\n

The\u00a0web app also displays product images in\u00a0a higher resolution than on the desktop. Again, this takes advantage of the superior screens on phones as compared to desktop monitors. This means that even though the images are smaller than on a desktop monitor, they appear sharper. Since we first opened Kitely Market in 2013, our product guidelines<\/a>\u00a0have recommended that product images should be uploaded\u00a0in a very high resolution (1600 x 1200 pixels), precisely in anticipation of this day.\u00a0Kitely: we’re all about the long game!<\/p>\n

(Before you rush to see insanely high-resolution images of your products, however, we should note that in order to balance image quality vs. download speed we\u00a0don’t yet\u00a0display\u00a0the maximum\u00a0possible image resolution. We increased the resolution that we use up to a certain point,\u00a0and we intend to increase it\u00a0further after we get some feedback.)<\/p>\n

Please check out Kitely Market on your phone (go to kitely.com<\/a>)<\/strong>, and let us know what you think.<\/p>\n

Here are some screenshots of the new Kitely Market mobile web app:<\/p>\n

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