Mobile Web
Posted: Sun 1 May, 2005 Filed under: D4D™, Geeky, Thoughts 3 Comments »Bit of a geeky post, this, while I get my thoughts in order on other stuff.
Anyway, while I was away, I used my new(ish) mobile for reading a few sites, and also to keep an eye on d4d™, make sure it was all running smoothly. Oh, and read comments etc. I didn’t bother sorting out the admin side of things, but well, no-one’s perfect.
So – what it did make me realise was how few sites cater at all for mobile users. D4D™ itself does, because I knew I’d be doing this sort of thing with it. That’s why it’s got the “content first” idea being used, rather than having to get through all the navigation and gubbins first.
I know Gordon’s site is similarly useable, but I was surprised by how few others were. Looks at Pix in particular – well, that’s not fair, it’s useable, it’s just got a bloody huge image first of all, which kind of chuffs Sony Ericsson’s web-browser variant.
It’ll be interesting to see how many more sites convert to this way of working over the next few months.
YAY – all that hard worked paid off then!
*sigh*
That’s what I get for assuming everyone’s like me and browses on a phone with images switched off.
I’ve had mine mobile for over a year. Of course I’m the only person who uses it (to check for comments), so it’s nearly useless.
I also have my own set of wap links, which is the first thing I hack Vodafone’s to point too, cause Vodafone Live is next to useless.