About Phrasenet Database Toolbox for the Web

PHRASENET DATABASE TOOLBOX for the WEB

In the last few years, Internet access by mobile devices like smartphones and tablets has grown exponentially than desktops or notebooks.

How can a website that serves a huge range of different devices for Internet access be developed? Responsive design is the answer. Responsive design aims to solve this problem by presenting a layout adaptable to the most diverse types of devices on the market today.

Responsive web design is a new approach to website design, ensuring users have a good viewing experience with all types of device. The aim is not to look good only on a desktop screen, but also on tablets, iPhones and smartphones.

The application resources are based on Web pages, and some tools enable the user to save the information gathered from web pages to the database and retrieve it later.

According to the http://gs.statcounter.com/, comparing worldwide Internet usage from 2009 to 2016, in 2009 the Internet usage with mobile and tablet devices was 0%, while desktop computers represented 100% of the Internet usage worldwide, but year after year the mobile-based web visits are increasing while the desktop web visits are decreasing. In 2016, the mobile-based web visits represented 51.5% while desktop web visits represented 48.7%.

If web visits are for searches, messages, business, social networks, marketplaces and ecommerce, why not develop a website for academic purposes also, for Internet running under a mobile device?

Keeping in mind the above, the third module, named the Phrase NET Database Toolbox for the Web, was built based on Responsive Web Design and runs exclusively on the Web.