(keitai-l) designing for small screens (was Re: Re: Fw: [euro-w] Re: iMODE)

From: Andrea Hoffmann <ah_at_anima.de>
Date: 07/15/00
Message-ID: <396FB8E9.D8151071@anima.de>
Hi,

> of data on small displays. Most people are to spoiled of the
> possibilitys of the web, but mobiles comes much closer to the
> (at this time) fantastic possibilitys of home computers in the
> early 80's like the VIC 20, the ZX81 and the Atari.

... want to read another funny analogy for this challenge?

"Imagine that you're riding on the local urban underground 
railway. It's the morning commute, and the train is packed. 

The stranger next to you flips methodically through the Times 
Tribune Chronicle in a way that lands half of the paper in 
your lap. You want to teach this space invader a lesson. 

So you tear the paper from her grasp, ball it into a mass, 
and squeeze with the transformative might of Superman until 
the lump is shaped into a perfectly readable, rectangular 
object that can be held comfortably in one hand. 

This is similar to the challenge of designing content for 
the PalmPilot."

source: Designing Web Sites for PDAs 
http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/99/20/index2a.html?tw=design

Andrea
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Andrea Hoffmann -- Editor in Chief --  hoffmann@westcyber.com 
Japan Mobile Information -- http://westcyber.editthispage.com
Received on Sat Jul 15 04:00:29 2000