On Jan 7, 4:41 pm, birdofprey <[email protected]> wrote:
> The responder misunderstood my intention as wanting to create a mobile
Can't follow this. Quote properly, please.
> site for iPhones only. That is not the case. I was creating a
> separate mobile site from the ground up, and not simply copying the
> site (instead of simply using a different stylesheet) in order to
Why would you need a different style sheet? And how would you go
about injecting it without resorting to browser sniffing?
> create a site that used as little bandwidth as possible, especially
> considering that data plans are generally more limited.
That is sensible for any site. Some people are still on dial-up.
Significant percentages of them in some countries.
>
> I apologize if I sounded defensive, but I came here only to ask how to
Sounded more offensive to me. No worries though.
> do one thing, and a kind person answered me in a civil manner. Thread
> closed.
You got a couple of bad answers. And threads are "closed" when they
stop receiving posts. You should be glad you got an additional answer
(and there was nothing uncivil about.) Perhaps it was an unwelcome
epiphany for you that the "kind" answers were wrong.
> Then a month later, someone here resurrected this post and
Resurrected?
> decided to pick apart my post and mock me for what I wanted to
Nothing mocking about it. You are just overly defensive.
> create. He did all of this without offering a suggestion of what he
> would do.
That son of a bitch! But seriously, he asked you some follow-up
questions and told you to stop and think (always sage advice.) You
ignored the questions and proceeded to recite lists of major Websites
that use browser sniffing and other poor practices. How does that
help anything but your self image?
>
> And everyone here just stood by and let it happen.
Sons of bitches.
>
> Obviously, just because a major company does something one way doesn't
> automatically make it the best way. But it doesn't make it wrong
Thank you.
> either. There are many ways to do things, and all I was pointing out
> was that what I was doing is actually fairly common, and that it's in
Commonality is not a good indicator.
> our best interest to respect each other for trying different ways of
> tackling the mobile platform.
It is in your best interest to pay attention to those who know
better. Would you rather have "kind" answers that are wrong or direct
answers that are right?
>
> I was also wondering (not sarcastically, of course) if you had any
> suggestions on how you might do things differently, seeing as some of
> the posters here seem adamantly against this technique.
Okay. Which technique are we talking about? In a nutshell:
1. Do not use browser sniffing (client or server, with the latter
being a particularly incompetent choice.)
2. Do not maintain multiple sites for the same content.
3. Do not listen to anyone who tells you otherwise, even (or
especially) if they work for Google, Amazon, etc.
Questions?
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