Re: Minimal web pages

I wasn't necessarily referring to the code, but the actual content.  I  
believe that shorter, more edited content works better on phones...  
even just headlines with summaries instead of entire articles, for  
example.  Once you get back to the office or home, you can then find  
the full story if it has caught your interest.

As for images, I agree they are, in general, a "no-no" except for one  
thing - the logo.  Branding must be present somewhere during the mobile  
experience.  During all experiences offered by a company, actually.

- Ben



On May 25, 2005, at 11:05 PM, Kai Hendry wrote:

>
> On Wed, May 25, 2005 at 09:34:02AM -0400, Ben Swihart wrote:
>> I've found an interesting challenge is content management systems -
>> articles with tablular data inserts) exclusively for the mobile web,
>> process than exists today for "writing for the web." which is already  
>> a
>> rather KISS-like guideline.
>
> Simple works, yet don't forget about Web practitioners. Well written  
> web
> pages such as blogs render on the worst XHTML browsers. The code isn't
> exactly simple. It has semantics and structure.
>
> For example I tested my Wordpress blog with a series 40[1] XHTML  
> browser
> extensively. It works! Works even better with no CSS at all. :)
>
> Images and today's mobile device of course, are a no no.  Paradoxically
> images that made the "desktop" Web boom, are now blocking the growth of
> the mobile as a Web access device!
>
> With regards to usability testing. Since more usability can be provided
> by the UA, focus on documenting the present eccentricities of
> incompliant mobile UAs.
>
> [1]  
> http://natalian.org/archives/2004/06/16/nokia-device-independence- 
> with-css/
>
>
>

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