typical. Pointy-haired types half-hearing of some new technology and saying "I'll have a bit of that" without working out what they really want to do.
perhaps another case of a solution looking for a problem to solve? On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 3:27 PM, Andrew<am2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks Guys. > > Mark I think you have hit the nail on the head. I am not sure they > even know there is a difference, which is why I am also extremely > vague about what I need to deliver. > > I guess I need to put together a report outlining what each entails > and put it back to the board. > > On Jul 14, 3:13 pm, Mark Mandel <mark.man...@gmail.com> wrote: >> I guess it depends on whether they want: >> >> a) A mobile application >> b) A website that is accessible from a mobile device. >> >> Those are two different things, with different requirements. >> >> Mark >> >> On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 2:53 PM, Barry Beattie >> <barry.beat...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> > clean, simple standards-compliant HTML will take you a long way to >> > having it rendered correctly on a mobile device. >> >> > I wouldn't go so far as to specifically target Android, iPhone simply >> > because you'd be writing so many (and the skills in getting there...) >> > unless you had a targeted audience you're chasing (I ain't got neither >> > of 'em) >> >> > depends on the app. >> >> > On Tue, Jul 14, 2009 at 2:45 PM, Andrew<am2...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > > Hi, >> >> > > I've currently getting some requests from people too high up to ignore >> > > to start delivering some of our web content for mobile devices. To be >> > > quite honest I am not sure where to start looking with this. >> >> > > Does anyone on here have any recommendations? Most of the stuff would >> > > be news and sporting fixtures / results, and possibly some video >> > > content. There is one also interactive web application (currently >> > > written in Java & Struts) that would be a candidate for mobile users >> > > as well. >> >> > > I guess initially the "grey area" for me is - do you develop HTML >> > > content targeted at mobile users, or do you look at apps for specific >> > > platforms (Android, iPhone, etc...). The 2nd option just sounds >> > > extremely unappealing unless I'm missing something... >> >> > > I'd be interested in hearing about anyone's prior experiences with >> > > this? >> >> > > Andrew. >> >> -- >> E: mark.man...@gmail.com >> T:http://www.twitter.com/neurotic >> W:www.compoundtheory.com > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to cfaussie@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cfaussie+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
