[Sigia-l] making a website mobile

[Ziya Oz]

Kathy LeMunyon:

> Trying to find examples of "starter" material (standards, things to think
> about, etc.) for the development of a companion website targeted to mobile
> users. (i.e. we've got a "normal" version of the site for the computer
> crowd, and a separate, scaled back version that is what the user gets if
> they access the site via mobile device).

(Bias: one of the 17 people left who can afford but don't own/use a mobile
phone :-)

I would urge you not to think in terms of creating a version of a website
for a small screen, but to RE-think, completely, the notion of just what
information actually needs to be conveyed given the medium's constrained
interaction patterns. IOW, imagine the main website doesn't exist. Never
did. What you'd present, and how, would likely be quite different if you
only had to consider the mobile domain. I know this is difficult, but the
main website will probably will be the biggest obstacle to optimum mobile
design.

Meanwhile, W3C Mobile Web Best Practices 1.0:
<http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/CR-mobile-bp-20060627>

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Ziya

Usability >  Simplify the Solution
Design >  Simplify the Problem