Grant, I think it's likely that you'll find a lot of division on this question. But I'll go ahead and offer my own opinion.
I think it's an unnecessary expense and expenditure of energy to build a redundant site simply to suit mobile devices. There is a very workable solution using HTML5+CSS3, where a single site design can display quite satisfactorily on anything down to a 320px iPhone. Accessibility and usability needn't suffer in the process. If properly implemented, the user experience can maintain quality across all platforms. Additionally, if you're not enthusiastic about HTML5+CSS3, you can accomplish the same thing using XHTML+RDFa. In fact, since RDFa presently enjoys a bit more adoption than HTML5, the SEO benefits can be even greater. If you're interested, I recently posted a very brief explanation of the HTML5+CSS3 technique and will soon be posting a similar item on the RDFa option. Sheldon Campbell From: grant_malcolm_bai...@westnet.com.au Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 7:43 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: [WSG] Mobile sites Hello, I was wondering whether having a dedicated mobile site represents an improvement with regard to accessibility and standards, or whether it is acceptable to have a single site that is adaptable to different screen widths (e.g. by means of CSS media queries). Of course, setting up a separate mobile site requires additional work and therefore expense. I would be grateful for comments. Thank you and regards, Grant Bailey ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org ******************************************************************* ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: memberh...@webstandardsgroup.org *******************************************************************
