On May 25, 11:39 pm, Remi Grumeau <[email protected]> wrote: [...] > Examples:> do not lock mobile visitors into the mobile site > > - Explain me what benefit a mobile user could get from a flash-based > desktop website link on the mobile one?
Not much - but I hate Flash-based sites anyway so I don't get much benefit regardless of the client platform. > - Why the hell would he/she needs a link to the desktop version of a > wallpaper website when the mobile one where the mobile one gives > device screen optimized wallpapers? The user should be able to select a mobile device category to get those wall papers that have been optimised for such devices. And if they want to view the mobile version of the site, great. But maybe they want to look at desktop wall paper using their mobile. Why do you want to stop them? > - I just see no bloody point to get a link to the dekstop flash sound > player soundcloud.com when the mobile website is all about HTML5 audio > in mp3 Cool, so do feature detection and if the client supports HTML5 audio, serve it. Why do you care about the device? > - Why would i need to access a small fonts sized heavy and long > loading time rollover based website when i can get a touchscreen > adapted one? If such sites are too heavy and slow for mobiles, maybe there's a good number of desktop users who are similarly afflicted. > > You seem pretty sure you know more than other people here how to > optimize web to mobile (and you probably do, who knows?!) No, I just like to whinge. :-) This is a forum where people are focused on building mobile sites and applications, I just wanted to promote some discussion on mobile design trends. > So why would i need an access to the desktop website since the mobile > web UX you gonna give will be such a delight? :) Precisely. > > > do not disable zooming > > Oh yeah, you're right, so cool to use native-like webGUIs like iUI or > JQTouch provide. Pressing links and just see the half of the screen > sliding. If I want to, why not? [...] > > Your facts could be right for your projects, needs, problem solving. > But others might have some others than yours... It is my opinion based on experience of sites using a mobile browser. Of course there are some applications that are very difficult to use with mobiles, but that doesn't mean that the mobile version should not be able to be zoomed and panned, or that desktop users might not want to use the mobile version for specific tasks, and vice versa. Oh, and the three-finger zoom thing is pretty clunky, nowhere near as simple as the normal method. But thanks for pointing it out, I'll be using it from time to time. :-) -- Rob -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "iPhoneWebDev" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/iphonewebdev?hl=en.
