On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 11:48 AM, Skip <[email protected]> wrote:
> Ted
>
> Firebug is your friend.  Go have a look at qz.com and then inspect the
> elements with firebug.  Change to responsive view and continue looking while
> you change the screen sizes.
>
> css @media is key.
>
>
> Also have a look at http://jquerymobile.com/.  This interface is "mobile
> first", but can be adapted to "mobile also".
>
> http://www.jquery4u.com is really useful with lots of tutorials.
>
> The big problem for me is bandwidth on mobile devices.  The @media tricks
> mostly involve hiding certain "not completely necessary" elements.  However,
> they are still sent to the browser consuming bandwidth.
>
> This bit of javascript worked for me in a specialized situation (I am
> adapting it for use in a more mainline application).  There are others on
> this forum who don't like these javascript tricks, but it works and in my
> view especially useful for bandwidth constrained devices.
>
> //Also times the round trip time of the Ajax call
> sendScreenWidthToServer(screen.width);
> if (screen.width < 800) {
>         document.location = "/mobile/control/calc";
> }
>
>
Thanks Skip.  This is greatly appreciated

Te

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