I just read the article about Vodafone UK and their manipulation of the user-agent header http://wurfl.sourceforge.net/vodafonerant/index.htm
I don't know if this is old news to you guys but Vodafone is passing mobile internet connections through proxy software called Novarra. Novarra is supposed to re-render the page as 'mobile friendly'. Because it is using the proxy server your handheld CSS file is ignored and a poor version of the site is delivered to the mobile user instead. This also affects websites that have specific content or downloads based on the user agent, say for example MP3's or images with different sizes that are provided for multiple mobile devices due to their differences in compatibility. These sites wont be able to detect the correct user agent as they will be working with the proxy and not the mobile device. Not only that but it also means that SSL connections are not secure through it either! Surely this is heavily against web standards? Darren Lovelock Munky Online Web Design http://www.munkyonline.co.uk T: +44 (0)20-8816-8893 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jens Nedal Sent: 24 June 2008 11:07 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Mobile phone support of CSS Paul Collins wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm trying to find a comprehensive list of Mobile phone browsers and > CSS support. I currently have a Nokia N70 and as far as I can see it > doesn't support CSS at all. But, perhaps with a stylesheet targeting > mobile phones it would?! > > The main reason is, I am trying to decide whether putting the main > logo of a site in as an inline image is better than a background, as > it would still show up with CSS not supported. But then, how many > mobile browsers still don't support CSS whatsoever?! > In addition if you are trying to locate which mobile browser from which mobile vendor is coming along, this universal XML File called WURFL might help alot. It contains information about the capabilities and features of many mobile devices and more. http://wurfl.sourceforge.net/ regards, Jens ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ******************************************************************* ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
