Comments on: What’s wrong with the mobile web? http://www.itwriting.com/blog/338-whats-wrong-with-the-mobile-web.html Tech writing blog Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:04:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Steve Paine http://www.itwriting.com/blog/338-whats-wrong-with-the-mobile-web.html/comment-page-1#comment-36642 Steve Paine Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:36:04 +0000 http://www.itwriting.com/blog/?p=338#comment-36642 Changing the device is my preferred option too. Having multiple versions of a web page is just silly. There will always be a site that doesnt work properly and a lot of good sites just dont have the resources to do mobile site development. My site is one of them. Sure, where possible it would be nice to accomodate low-end internet devices but I don't think people should rely on it. They should think about getting a real PC in their pocket if its that critical. In 2008 there will be some great options for this. Isn't this like the old problem of designing for dial-up users? No-one bothers any more with that because the hardware changed! Regards Steve. Changing the device is my preferred option too.

Having multiple versions of a web page is just silly. There will always be a site that doesnt work properly and a lot of good sites just dont have the resources to do mobile site development. My site is one of them. Sure, where possible it would be nice to accomodate low-end internet devices but I don’t think people should rely on it. They should think about getting a real PC in their pocket if its that critical. In 2008 there will be some great options for this.

Isn’t this like the old problem of designing for dial-up users? No-one bothers any more with that because the hardware changed!

Regards
Steve.

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