I think this relates more to the CSS Device Adaptation spec. Desktop browser so far ignores the viewport meta tag, where as mobile browsers do not.
The thing is that a default viewport information is inserted when the viewport meta tag is missing, which most current mobile browsers then layouts using a width of around 980 (can differ from browser to browser). This is done as it handles desktop pages quite well. Most XHTML-MP pages on the other hand assume that they are being laid out using the width of the mobile device, which is often far lower then 980 (especially as high resolution mobile devices adjust the device-pixel-ratio). Kenneth On Fri, May 4, 2012 at 6:01 PM, Alexey Proskuryakov <a...@webkit.org> wrote: > > 03.05.2012, в 13:46, Hugo Parente Lima написал(а): > >> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//WAPFORUM//DTD XHTML Mobile 1.0//EN" >> "http://www.wapforum.org/DTD/xhtml-mobile10.dtd";> >> >> The proposed patch changes the magic value of 980 pixels to "device-width" >> when this doctype is found causing the website to render nicely if the device >> screen is small, i.e. don't show the website in a 980 pixels canvas zoomed >> out >> to fit the <980 pixels screen. >> >> Some webkit browsers already use this hack, like the N9 browser and if I >> understood correctly by the Zalan comments on the bug, the iOS Safari too. > > I think that introduction of new doctype based modes should go through HTML5 > first - if WebKit needs this, then other browsers need it, too. > > Also, it's not clear what the distinction between mobile and non-mobile is. > Is Safari on an 11" MacBook Air a mobile browser? > > - WBR, Alexey Proskuryakov > > _______________________________________________ > webkit-dev mailing list > webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org > http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev -- Kenneth Rohde Christiansen Senior Engineer Nokia Mobile Phones, Browser / WebKit team Phone +45 4093 0598 / E-mail kenneth at webkit.org http://codeposts.blogspot.com ﹆﹆﹆ _______________________________________________ webkit-dev mailing list webkit-dev@lists.webkit.org http://lists.webkit.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/webkit-dev
