(keitai-l) Re: Mobile Web Development in Japan: A Tag Soup Tale

Kluge-iness aside, it's a bit of a User Experience problem, isn't it ?
Your 'on the go' information requirements often wont map to your desktop needs..

So, The 'Mobile Web' should deliver content for context. 

Less extraneous information, more value for the data fees...

I appreciate the 'elegance' of a handset-specific CSS profile, and XSLT transcoding sounds lovely too, but doesnt it miss the point somewhat? 

Ramifications for Searching/Indexing 'Mobile Web' content is another matter entirely.


best regards,

erik


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I understand. I think.
But this is at the cost of delivering the WHOLE kaboodle  to the  
handset, then choosing which bits to display. The basic "download" is  
the same for both desktop and mobile If I understand correctly. You  
just don't see parts of it...

In practice, isn't this just a "third cut by any other name" - with a  
lot of the work of a third cut (all the layout work) with none of the  
advantages of a smaller download that a genuine third cut would have?

It seems a kluge, basically. In-elegant. Wasteful. A dog on its hind  
legs. Fine for smallish screens accessing data over wifi, but not  
really suitable for handsets accessing data over a phone network.

Or have I misunderstood something?

Nick

  (A smartphone is anything smarter than its user.)




On 8 Dec 2005, at 11:59, Kyle Barrow wrote:

>>
>> my understanding is that the css media tag is just for layout - not
>> information architecture...
>
> It serves both roles. Using "display: none" can deliver a completely
> different IA for mobile.
>
> Kyle




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