cellphone webpage

> Some cellphones access web pages but
> with limits on both speed and size (memory).
>
> Are there qualifications known for how to
> make web pages that work with most cellphones?
>
> Do you know of such pages/URL?

> RickMerrill wrote:
> > Some cellphones access web pages but
> > with limits on both speed and size (memory).
> > Are there qualifications known for how to
> > make web pages that work with most cellphones?
> > Do you know of such pages/URL?
> Here are tips:
> http://webdesign.about.com/od/pdas/PDAs_and_the_Web.htm

> wrote:
>> RickMerrill wrote:
>>> Some cellphones access web pages but
>>> with limits on both speed and size (memory).
>>> Are there qualifications known for how to
>>> make web pages that work with most cellphones?
>>> Do you know of such pages/URL?
>> Here are tips:
>> http://webdesign.about.com/od/pdas/PDAs_and_the_Web.htm
>
> That is about detecting mobile devices, which is a silly idea - the
> best advice is don't. If you build two versions of a site, let users
> decide which version they want to use. The two supposed drawbacks of
> this method are bogus:
>
> "You have to maintain a separate version of the site for mobile
> users."
>
> Not necessarily, it may only require a different style sheet, or
> nothing at all. Just make the site suitable for mobiles (Apple's web
> site has some OK hints, but also some bad ones).

> "You have to put an ugly link at the top of the page that non-mobile
> readers can see (and possibly click on)"
>
> Firstly, links aren't necessarily "ugly", most pages have lots of
> them, the web wouldn't survive without them. Secondly, so what if non-
> mobile users use the link? They might even prefer the trimmed-down
> mobile version of the site.

> Stop worrying about mobile users and just make your site is efficient
> as possible, then all users will benefit. You can't possibly design a
> site that looks great in every conceivable browser on every available
> device. So make a site that does the best it possibly can of doing
> whatever it is you want it to do using the least amount of resources
> (within reason) - and nothing more.
>
>
> --
> Rob

> decide which version they want to use. The two supposed drawbacks of
> this method are bogus:
>
> "You have to maintain a separate version of the site for mobile
> users."
>
> Not necessarily, it may only require a different style sheet, or
> nothing at all. Just make the site suitable for mobiles (Apple's web
> site has some OK hints, but also some bad ones).