Comments on: O RLY? http://phonescoop.wordpress.com/2007/07/07/o-rly/ All the news that doesn't fit Sun, 11 Nov 2007 19:04:16 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: eric L http://phonescoop.wordpress.com/2007/07/07/o-rly/#comment-24 eric L Mon, 09 Jul 2007 18:51:48 +0000 http://phonescoop.wordpress.com/2007/07/07/o-rly/#comment-24 the reason i singled out those two operating system is because their browsers are also capable of working with javascript to about the same degree as mobile Safari. This would mean that desktop-centric developers would still get to include a few of neat tricks they're accustomed to using on big sites in their mobile sites. It makes them feel more at home. XHTML is so limited that desktop-centric web developers fear it at first. in fact, the limitations don't just frighten developers, they anger them. so developers complain and fight and thrash against the "sorry state of mobile browsers." and they refuse to even try thinking of a how a mobile version of their site would work or look. getting developers to come to mobile with the help of a little javascript is a huge start. once they've developed a mobile site for advanced browsers, they've already had to come to terms with some limitations as well as think of how their application needs to be different for mobile rather than desktop users. having already conquered these challenges, developers may not be as afraid of creating sites for the other 90% of mobile phone users. but they need to be dragged into it gently. the reason i singled out those two operating system is because their browsers are also capable of working with javascript to about the same degree as mobile Safari. This would mean that desktop-centric developers would still get to include a few of neat tricks they’re accustomed to using on big sites in their mobile sites. It makes them feel more at home.

XHTML is so limited that desktop-centric web developers fear it at first. in fact, the limitations don’t just frighten developers, they anger them. so developers complain and fight and thrash against the “sorry state of mobile browsers.” and they refuse to even try thinking of a how a mobile version of their site would work or look. getting developers to come to mobile with the help of a little javascript is a huge start. once they’ve developed a mobile site for advanced browsers, they’ve already had to come to terms with some limitations as well as think of how their application needs to be different for mobile rather than desktop users. having already conquered these challenges, developers may not be as afraid of creating sites for the other 90% of mobile phone users. but they need to be dragged into it gently.

]]> By: raddedas http://phonescoop.wordpress.com/2007/07/07/o-rly/#comment-22 raddedas Sun, 08 Jul 2007 12:12:52 +0000 http://phonescoop.wordpress.com/2007/07/07/o-rly/#comment-22 So right, up until the last moment when you somehow suggest that only S60 and Windows Mobile users should get well designed mobile apps. Why only them? What about the other 90+% of mobile users? So right, up until the last moment when you somehow suggest that only S60 and Windows Mobile users should get well designed mobile apps. Why only them? What about the other 90+% of mobile users?

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