in the case of some sites.. when you go to a site from a pc or a mobile device you're going to the same place. but the code can determine what version will be displayed.
On Wed, Dec 17, 2008 at 11:54 AM, Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: > > (Yay! I get to put on my professional hat!) > > From a user experience standpoint, the old sites were bloated, which > made the load times outrageous even on a high-bandwidth tube. The ESPN > autoplay feature was criminal: you never have a site that > automatically plays music or video. > > From a larger sense, as mobile Web explodes, websites in general are > going to look for sites that load quickly in those environments as > well as on a computer. The expectation (with both the iPhone/iPod > Touch and Google Android platform) is that you should be able to have > the same level of experience as a user on a computer. Those who do > that right first will enjoy a huge advantage. > > A *lot* of sites now seem to think that using the traditional "mobile" > WAP site will still work. As more and more people get phones that > offer an HTML browser, that dog will retire to pasture. > > Joe Hass > > > On Dec 16, 5:33 pm, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 2:03 PM, Bob in Jersey <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > ...'cause frankly, it was too loaded, not only for viewers, but > > > advertisers (NYT): > > > > >http://snurl.com/8i2cd > > > > > Actual page:http://beta.espn.go.com/ > > > > Good. I stopped relying on espn.com some time ago because it was > > overwhelming. And I found that a video clip of SportsCenter seemed to > > play automatically whether I clicked on it or not. > > > > Two threads (CNN and ESPN) today seem to indicate a move towards more > > simplicity, I hope this is a media trend. > > > -- Jason Carpio [email protected] Not sent from an iPhone --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Like TV only smarter. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
