- From: Holley Kevin \(Centre\) <Kevin.Holley@O2.com>
- Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2005 13:11:05 +0100
- To: "Brian Fling" <brian@flingmedia.com>, "Nicolas Combelles" <nicolas.combelles@apocope.com>
- Cc: "Tammy" <taylortk@verizon.net>, "Tim Moss" <Tim@bango.com>, "Paul Walsh" <paulwalsh@segalamtest.com>, <public-bpwg@w3.org>
Dear All, I am not entirely in agreement with this. Just looking at these sites: http://news.bbc.co.uk/ http://news.bbc.co.uk/mobile/ I much prefer the original non-mobile site even on my mobile because the photographs are missing from the "mobile" site. Many site designers seem to equate "mobile" to "text only" and rich media is really a trade off between screen estate, time to load and content. I am not clear that "one size fits all users" will really work for this. Regards, Kevin -- Kevin Holley O2 Group Technology Tel: +44 1473 782214 _ Fax: +44 7711 752031 _ Mobile: +44 7802 220811 IM: kevinaholley (AIM/MSN/Y!/Skype) -----Original Message----- ===================================================== This electronic message contains information from O2 which may be privileged or confidential. The information is intended to be for the use of the individual(s) or entity named above. If you are not the intended recipient be aware that any disclosure, copying distribution or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. If you have received this electronic message in error, please notify us by telephone or email (to the numbers or address above) immediately. ===================================================== From: public-bpwg-request@w3.org [mailto:public-bpwg-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Brian Fling Sent: 05 August 2005 16:21 To: Nicolas Combelles Cc: 'Tammy'; 'Tim Moss'; 'Paul Walsh'; public-bpwg@w3.org Subject: Re: Best Practices document - not best practices All, I have to echo some of the comments being made, but especially Nicolas comments. I've been reading this discussion for... has it been two weeks now and while I haven't read every single post, this is the first I've seen that speaks to Mobile as another medium entirely, which is something I strongly believe. Regardless of how the technology evolves, more powerful devices, faster networks, consistent display of content, there will always be a small screen and limited input restrictions. There will always be people that just want a phone-that might do some other stuff-driving market factors. While today, we can use techniques like Standards-based design and stylesheets to display the same content on multiple mediums, that approach will never create the best user experience as the content was simply never designed for the medium. This past fall I had the opportunity to speak with hundreds of mobile users at a field study. I can tell you that the mobile user views the medium very differently than the web user, mobile is seen inherently as a communication device, whereas a desktop PC is an information device. The two users have very different goals. While there will always be crossover and many shades of gray, the most valuable mobile content tends to be individual, personal and timely-a communiqué. I believe it is the mobile communities responsibility to advocate the best experience for the user and support creating mobile versions of content whenever possible, not simply making the web mobile-friendly. I think the MWI group is going to keep having challenges separating the line between convergence with the web, being that the W3C is heavily a web focused group, and mobile as a medium. I feel that mobile as a medium has the greatest need for advocacy, education and community support, which I believe this group can accomplish. The mobile community should focus on defining the best practices for the medium first, and work with the web community on best practices to support the mobile experience second. Thanks, Brian Fling e-mail: brian@flingmedia.com mobile: 206/351-6060 aim: brianfling www.flingmedia.com www.mobiledesign.org
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