2009/7/20 Alun Rowe <[email protected]> > > 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.
Given there are 11,233 types of phone listed in the WURFL, just developing for the phone you have (that is my assumption) is a bit short-sighted, surely? A good argument could be made that you don't get the hits, because you don't support the phones. So far the people who have hit the test are using: apple_generic apple_iphone_ver3 blackberry7730_ver1_sub400midp danger_hiptop_ver1 goodaccess_ver1_submsiepalmos google_wireless_transcoder_ver1_subua htc_magic_ver1 htc_p3700_ver1_subopera950 htc_touch_dual_ver1_subminimo lg_kp500_ver1 mot_q9h_ver1_subie711 nokia_5800d_ver1_sub210025 nokia_e71_ver1_sub10000776 opera_mini_ver3_sub19903 opera_mini_ver4_sub213221 opera_mini_ver4_sub213221 opera_mini_ver4_sub213918 samsung_sgh_i900_ver1_subopera95_subua sonyericsson_k800i_ver1_subr1kg sonyericsson_x1i_ver1_subr1aa_o2 stupid_novarra_proxy tmobile_mda_varioiii_ver1 tmobile_sda_ver1_sub10 tmobile_sda_ver1_sub10 upg1_ver1_subblazer40 upg1_ver_1_subblazer43do50448 usha_lexus_888b_ver1 > > > 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]/ > -- Brian Butterworth follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/briantist web: http://www.ukfree.tv - independent digital television and switchover advice, since 2002
