Fluidtime LiveTicker Football Mobile Wap App
WAP live information and news site for the World Cup 2006.
2006
The 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany was the first major football tournament where mobile web usage was expected to be significant. Fluidtime needed a WAP application that could deliver live match results to fans on their phones — in real time, on any WAP-enabled device, over slow mobile connections.
I designed the interface for Fluidtime LiveTicker: an Ajax-powered WAP app that gave fans live scores, match schedules, group standings, news, and trivia for every World Cup match.
Live World Cup scores on any mobile phone
The LiveTicker interface was designed around one primary use case: a fan checking the score of a match in progress. The live score was the largest element on screen, with flag icons for instant team recognition and the match clock visible at a glance. Secondary content — upcoming matches, group standings, match schedules — was accessible but never competed with the live data.
The Ajax layer allowed the score to update without a full page refresh — unusual for WAP applications at the time — giving the experience a responsiveness closer to a native app than a mobile webpage.
The web companion extended the mobile experience
A web overview page served as the desktop companion and landing page for the mobile app — showing live data, news, and a portal into the mobile experience. The landing page and web overview screens were designed to drive mobile adoption by demonstrating the live data features visitors would get on their phones.
A detailed flowchart documented the full user journey across both mobile and web touchpoints, mapping every screen state and transition in the application.
Results
A live-score WAP application for the 2006 FIFA World Cup — Ajax-powered real-time updates, match schedules, group standings, news, and trivia, with a web companion landing page. Designed for Fluidtime.
18 screens · Ajax-powered WAP app · real-time World Cup scores · mobile + web · designed for Fluidtime