Someone wrote:
I would like to hear your thoughts/recommendations on Mobile
devices for clarification and advice?
I consider them for the most part more toys than tools. I own no
mobile device, and do not anticipate ever owning one. I leave here
infrequently. I've been fueling my car about 3-4 times per year for
the past several years. Cell service here is non-existent for any
but Verizon users. Hand held devices I'm familiar with are hard for
those with big fingers and tired old eyes to use. Mobile devices
are a scourge on traffic safety. I don't anticipate doing anything
to promote or facilitate their use.
Although I don't go along 100% with whoever wrote the immediately
preceding paragraph (it is variously attributed to Ted Sperling
and Felix Miata, but I cannot trace the original), I nonetheless
have considerable sympathy with the ideas expressed. Like the
author, I too own no mobile device other than a couple of
15-year-old mobile 'phones (monochrome) and although I /may/
purchase a Chromebook⢠at some point, I believe that such devices
emulate conventional desktop/notebook computers rather than
tablets and their ilk.
My thoughts regarding "Mobile-first design" is that it is putting
the cart before the horse -- we should (IMHO) (a) be designing to
W3C standards (and not designing to accommodate browser deficiencies),
and (b) be designing to be flexible (so that no matter how big or how
small the target device is, our content will reflow to fill it to
maximum advantage). If those two desiderata are met, then it becomes
the responsibility of tablet (etc) designers to accommodate such
material; it is not our job to spoon-feed them and make their lives
easier.
Philip Taylor
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