> Points to note:
> 1. Use the XHTML Basic doctype for compatibility with the non-i-mode=20
> but XHTML capable phones - there are more and more of these=20
> out there.=20
> If you want to go strictly i-mode, use the HTML 3.2 doctype. Compact=20
> HTML is not an i-mode doctype.
I've been mostly working from the NTT docomo "How to create an i-mode
site" PDF document from their english site. That document, and quite a
few examples, specifically declare the header as: <!DOCTYPE "-//W3C//DTD
Compact HTML 1.0 Draft//EN">
So that's wrong? So which doc type is actually suitable for Japanese
imode phones (P504/P503) which do NOT understand xhtml (I know the new
foma phones do)?
I can see the reason for making stuff xhtml basic compatible (it makes
sense) but we're writing the app for japanese P504/503 phones
specifically at the moment - and if it doesn't work on them we're in
trouble!
> 4. The emoji used for 1 and 2 key symbols ( and ) are=20
> for Western encoding. Japanese and Western emoji do not use the same=20
> character set positions so European emoji will not display=20
> correctly on=20
> Japanese phones and vice versa. i-mimic will let you off on=20
> this one as=20
> it was quick fix to support my European colleagues. The next=20
> version of=20
> i-mimic will not. Emoji will also not work with non-i-mode phones so=20
> should be avoided if targeting the widest possible audience.
Thanks for the info. I wondered why I couldn't get them rendering ok on
most devices. Interestingly again the emoji numbers were based on the
document above - but I didn't realize they were ISO and not shift_jis
(as I've recently found).
> >
> > UPDATE: just tested the emulator (the ntt docomo 6.0 one) on another
> > machine and it does render ok on that one.
>=20
> Never heard of this one. Do you have a link?
I'm sure you probably have, it's the panasonic one here:
http://www.nttdocomo.co.jp/p_s/imode/flash/tool.html
Its not that great however.
Thanks, and if anyone could steer me in the right direction for (1)
above it'd help.
Jonathan
Received on Wed May 21 19:39:00 2003