Hi Grant,

You could have a dedicated mobile site (using a sub-domain and server-side
client detection, for instance) with zero regard paid to accessibility
*or*standards.
Responsive design (using media queries, for instance) follow the DRY
principle - Don't Repeat Yourself. Rather than think about mobiles/desktops
I prefer to think of responsive design as catering to any number of devices
(think forward a few years to when we see 3G/web browsers built in to car
dashboards etc., or as the browsers built into televisions improve). For a
lot of websites (e.g. Skysports.com) the cost to integrate responsive
design into their existing templating system far exceeds the cost of
creating a dedicated mobile sub-domain. There should still only be one data
source however, for both implementations.

Regards,

Dominic


On 16 May 2012 13:48, <wsg@webstandardsgroup.org> wrote:

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> From: grant_malcolm_bai...@westnet.com.au
> Date: Wed, 16 May 2012 10:43:03 +0800 (WST)
> Subject: Mobile sites
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> Hello,
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> I was wondering whether having a dedicated mobile site represents an
> improvement with regard to accessibility and standards, or whether it is
> acceptable to have a single site that is adaptable to different screen
> widths (e.g. by means of CSS media queries). Of course, setting up a
> separate mobile site requires additional work and therefore expense.
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> I would be grateful for comments.
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> Thank you and regards,
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> Grant Bailey
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