Ken Chang wrote:
> what do you think of the Opera's "small screen rendering" or
> the ACCESS' "smart-fit rendering"? and what will be the impact?
I believe these technologies are at best a short-term solution for the
viewing of legacy content during changing times (and yes in theory can
help somewhat with adoption of Mobile Internet.)
I also believe the long-term opportunity of the Mobile Internet does not
lie in awkwardly navigating through and viewing a 40 page word doc or
generating a slimmed down version of a web site that was designed for a
larger screen. Rather, the Mobile Internet is particularly suited as a
place to deliver, view and/or interact with specific and relevant
information. This will come about via a combination of mobile-optimized
content publishing/syndication tools and the evolution of existing
web-based development to a standards-based XHTML/CCS model.
My heart and mind (and I hope others) will be focused on exploring the
syndication/aggregation, publication and delivery of content to mobile
devices integrated with location-based and/or messaging technologies.
With a bit of planning the Mobile Intenet can have all the content of the
existing Internet with the added promise of being "so much more."
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David W. Harper, Co-Founder
Wireless Ink
Received on Wed Jun 9 00:19:34 2004