I agree with the first paragraph and then you lose me beyond that. M.whatever.com serving mobile optimised pages using good CSS 'should' work on any platform.
If you want to optimise per platform then go ahead but the return is low value IMO. The only platform I'd bother with is iPhone if I was customising as the usage is significant enough for me to actually see it on our stats. Alun On 20/07/2009 11:58, "Iain Wallace" <[email protected]> wrote: > Trying to match the style/layout of a site to the expected resolution > of the device that you think is displaying it is going about it the > wrong way - this is why CSS has percentage widths for doing layouts. > > Or is the question more about what you can send back to the server in > order to choose an image size? > > If you want an example of something that does this quite well, visit > the iPhone/Android optimised interface for Google Reader using a user > agent switcher. This will load up images in atom feeds and then > instantly resize them in javascript to fit the page width. > > On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 3:09 PM, Brian Butterworth<[email protected]> > wrote: >> Hi, >> I've been looking at adapting some sites to work better on mobile devices. >> I can do the stripping down everything to text and minimal graphics and so >> on, that's the easy bit. >> Does anyone know of anything reliable that can tell me the width in pixels >> of the device? >> I was hoping that Glow would cover this, but it does't. >> -- >> >> Brian Butterworth >> >> follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist >> web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover >> advice, since 2002 >> > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > This message (and any associated files) is intended only for the use of the > individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that > is confidential, subject to copyright or constitutes a trade secret. If you > are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any dissemination, > copying or distribution of this message, or files associated with this > message, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, > please notify us immediately by replying to the message and deleting it from > your computer. Messages sent to and from us may be monitored. > > Internet communications cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as > information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or > incomplete, or contain viruses. Therefore, we do not accept responsibility for > any errors or omissions that are present in this message, or any attachment, > that have arisen as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is > required, please request a hard-copy version. Any views or opinions presented > are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of the > company. Alun Rowe Pentangle Internet Limited 2 Buttermarket Thame Oxfordshire OX9 3EW Tel: +44 8700 339905 Fax: +44 8700 339906 Please direct all support requests to mailto:[email protected] Pentangle Internet Limited is a limited company registered in England and Wales. Registered number: 3960918. Registered office: 1 Lauras Close, Great Staughton, Cambridgeshire PE19 5DP - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
