On 07/01/2011 04:10, Mike Kear wrote:
I have to convert a client site to enable phone users to use the site
and I was wondering what is the best method to detect the mobile user
agent and switch the css sheet?
As far as I have seen, there are a few ways to do this - which is best?
(or maybe the way to put it is 'least bad')
[A] a link at the top of the normal page, linking to a mobile version of
the page. (yuk)
[B] javascript detection (but there are thousands of mobile devices to
detect. YUK )
[C] Use CSS @media handheld (but many mobile phones don't support the
handheld media type )
[D] server side detection using CGI.User_Agent (but there are so many
user agents to detect)
[E] screen resolution detection (but is that reliable?)
[F] CSS3 Media Queries http://www.w3.org/TR/css3-mediaqueries/ - making
your site adaptive
http://www.slideshare.net/redux/making-your-site-mobilefriendly-thoughtworks-manchester-geeknights-17112010
P
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