"Mathew Snyder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Todd W wrote: >> "Mathew Snyder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message >> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> <snip> >>> >>>> The most popular web browser found in cell phones is made by openwave. >>>> Personally, I consider the openwave browser the "standard" (If a phone >>>> dosen't have an openwave browser, it is not worth supporting). They >>>> have an extensive developer resource found at >>>> http://developer.openwave.com/. They have free SDKs (if you choose to >>>> use them... remember, these are plain ol' web apps), and free >>>> simulators (very, very useful). >>> <snip> >>>> Todd W. >>> This kind of thinking is why there are so many problems rendering pages >>> in non-IE browsers on the desktop. >>> >>> Mathew >>> >> >> Wrong. This kind of thinking is why rendering pages in non-IE browsers on >> the desktop works. >> >> On the desktop, if you program your web app to support the specs it will >> work in any browser supports the spec. If you program the app to use IE >> only features it will not work in any other browser. >> >> In the phone, if you program your web app to support the specs it work in >> any browser that supports the spec. If you program the app to use >> [vendor] only features it will not work in any other browser. >> >> Todd W. >> > And yet, it isn't worth supporting any other browser than openwave? By > your own statement, if an app is written properly it will be supported by > any browser. If instead, you only write for openwave, you are, in effect, > writing for a phone-based IE. >
You do have a point. Even though the nonstandard openwave features are minimal and documented well, if you ignore the fact that they are nonstandard of course you could have problems. I think the point I was trying to make and what I wrote were two different things. Here is a good article the covers very well the point I was trying to make: http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2004/04/14/mobile.html Todd W. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
