Re: [minutes] 12 May 2009 Teleconference

OK, I've explained why I voted against this one. I'll do it once more
and leave you to it.

The MobileOptimized META attribute isn't an indication that a page is
generally mobile-aware, it's a hint to a specific browser to say
"don't apply your normal layout rules to this page"; I think there's a
difference, you're free to disagree of course.

Formatting a page for mobile IE doesn't mean that it's suitable for
consumption on other mobile devices. There are other mechanisms that a
content provider can use to say "don't transform me" if they want to.
Unless it's extremely prevalent in the real world - which I've not
seen evidence that this is - I don't believe that mandating respect
for a single vendors proprietary mechanisms is appropriate.

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