html, then you just use CF as normal.
Some things to keep in mind are that IE on a PocketPC is a strange beast and
that the capabilities recently changed significantly with the release of
Windows Mobile 2003. Prior to the 2003 OS, the PocketIE was basically just
the IE 3 codebase. That means HTML3.2 and no CSS support. The new 2003 OS
updated PocketIE to support CSS, but I haven't seen a full breakdown of how
well it supports it. I've read that "float" isn't there.
There are also alternate browsers out there for the PocketPC, including
NetFront which is on the Clie and something called Thunderhawk. And then, of
course, there's the entire non-Pocket PC market of PDAs and cellphones.
The most common suggestion I've seen for devloping for handheld browsers is
to create a completely CSS based site, and then either design a minimalist
CSS display or even trick it to completely hide the CSS display and revert
to an unformatted site. Not pretty, but more useable than a design you can't
use at all.
Also, consider Flash RIAs. Maybe it's just some specific features of your
site that you will make available, and those can be best handled by
distributing the content in a different way. Flash RIAs can run on PocketPC,
Palm and even some cellphones and their implementation is more consistent.
Good luck.
-Kevin
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From: "Chunshen (Don) Li" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 9:59 AM
Subject: Re:CF & pda types of devices
> Personally in general I would prefer to use ONE for the other option would
require much more time/efforts and cost for essentially the same thing. And
I would think that browser for PDA type of device would simplify data
display and navigation whenever possible as Thomas mentioned.
>
> Don
>
> >so how would one detect what kind of device ( other than pc ) was
accessing
> >my site? would it just be a matter of creating a link ( flash site here |
> >xhtml site here | PDA xhtml site here | WML site here )
> >
> >
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> >> > Interesting, do those devices use HTML or WML ?
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> >>My P900 does both - it runs Opera for (X)HTML for instance :-)
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