Sorry, haven't been around for a few days. Thanks for the replies everyone. Much appreciated and I can now talk about mobile development with more confidence!
Cheers 2008/6/25 Darren Lovelock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Michael MD > Sent: 25 June 2008 11:10 > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: Re: RE: [WSG] Mobile phone support of CSS > > >> >> I agree, this is not web standards. However remember they could be >> following web standards with their CSS version. >> >> and I don't think it is just in the UK, it is every where for Vodafone. >> Which not only defies any effort you made to put the thing together >> for presentation standards as well. >> >> I think it is their solution to controlling the user experience on >> handset side of things when someone accesses mobile web. >> >> Why don't they let the community sought it out? >> It seems now that if standards are to be effective in the mobile >> access space, there is now another hump to get an open standard. > > > > are they doing this for all sites on all types of phones.... > or only changing it if the phone's browser can't handle the original > format/doctype/css/etc > > The latter is nothing new... > Google has been doing it for years for pages linked from mobile search > results allowing even ancient phones to browse pages they would not > otherwise be able to look at. > (ie making them accessible!) > > ---------------------------------------------- > > I believe that they are changing all types of phones. I have a sony ericcson > k800i and it modifies the pages on that unless I go in the vodafone account > settings and switch it off. It works fine without it! > > The Novarra proxy is over-riding the handheld stylesheet when I visit my > website. This is because my site will deliver the standard stylesheet as it > detects Novarra's user agent and not my mobile's. So it affects any site > regardless if they are already mobile friendly! > > Darren Lovelock > Munky Online Web Design > http://www.munkyonline.co.uk > T: +44 (0)20-8816-8893 > > > > > > > > > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ******************************************************************* > > > > ******************************************************************* > List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm > Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ******************************************************************* > > ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
