William Bowen wrote: > > Does the _benefit_ of optimization outweigh the _cost_ of optimization > for each media type?
That really depends on the situation. Like the example I gave before with devices switching between UMTS and WiFi depending on coverage. That really happened during a test from T-Mobile and it really screwed with displaying because the optimization depended on a proxy header being present and suddenly it wasn't. That is an example where optimizing wasn't worth it. But as an example where might be worth it take a Calendar application. If you have room on a display people almost universally prefer to have that layed out in a table. On a mobile you don't have that room and you don't have a choice but to display all appointments below eachother and scroll through them. (What I did in the end was write all the individual appointments in containers and just dump those into the page for the mobile and into a table for other devices. I just don't know of a way to create something that behaves like a table in CSS, which would have been the preferred option.) Since screen size is the big issue, I think the benefit of optimization is approximately proportional to the amount of content on the page. Jochem ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:154161 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
