On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 3:06 PM, Mark Richards <m...@date.net> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 14:41, Tom Livingston <tom...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Just another thought: >> >> www.cloudfour.com/css-media-query-for-mobile-is-fools-gold/ >> > > My 2 cents on this topic: designing something specifically for one browser > will give you the best results for that browser. You can do all kinds of > things once you go wild with all the proprietary or platform-specific > features. But when you want to re-use your results on a different browser > or OS or screen-size or whatever some of your cool tricks won't work. This > is why we like standards-based CSS and HTML, because it can give great > results on lots of browsers and platforms. Sometimes, however, what you > want needs a bit of extra proprietary oomph. > > For mobile, this means that a mobile-tailored site will give you the best > results for a mobile user: you can use all the mobile features and you can > optimize for mobile performance, such as reduced bandwidth and cpu usage. > You don't need to send the whole animation javascript file or those large > background-images because they won't be needed. > > However, it always comes down to cost. It's too expensive to make a site > for each browser so most of us make one that works well in standards mode. > Can you afford to make a separate site for a mobile browser? If not, using > CSS you can make a site that works better than a non-mobile site. With some > careful programming you can make a site that avoids wasting too much > bandwidth. But you are not optimizing for the mobile browser. Is this good > enough for your customers? Is this the best use of your development > resources? Only you can say. I'd say a CSS-only approach is better than no > approach, but nothing beats a site developed from the ground up with mobile > in mind. > > Mark >
I couldn't agree more. I sent this as information only. I'd use media queries in a heartbeat for a mobile site... How's that David? -- Tom Livingston | Senior Interactive Developer | Media Logic | ph: 518.456.3015x231 | fx: 518.456.4279 | mlinc.com ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
