It wasn’t too long ago that I considered my CSS to be efficient enough for mobile devices. After all, a well structured document degrades nicely when the styles are removed.
Then I moved back to my hometown, Nashville. Nashville, Michigan. One thing we don’t have here in Nashville is broadband. Ok, so they have broadband in town, but not on the outskirts.
Now that I’m officially back in rural America, and connecting to the Internet with my cell phone, I acutely feel the legitimacy of having a mobile version.
It’s more than just stripping down the graphics, JavaScript, and CSS. It’s about delivering a feature set and content that is relevant to a mobile device.
Gmail is a great example. The full browser version of gmail would never load on my cell phone. The mobile version, however, is perfect for my cell. It utilizes my phone’s number pad for the keyboard shortcuts. I can quickly delete, archive, and send email. It’s simple, light and re-factored into an ideal mobile web application.
I’m currently working on a massive undertaking at work and trying to get my head around the relevant aspects of this project as it pertains to the mobile world. Without the lack of broadband I would have never considered such an undertaking.
Don’t get me wrong though, connecting to the WWW via my cell phone still sucks. It just sucks less when it’s designed and built for a mobile device.
Mobile Web Means More When It’s Personal
It wasn’t too long ago that I considered my CSS to be efficient enough for mobile devices. After all, a well structured document degrades nicely when the styles are removed.
Then I moved back to my hometown, Nashville. Nashville, Michigan. One thing we don’t have here in Nashville is broadband. Ok, so they have broadband in town, but not on the outskirts.
Now that I’m officially back in rural America, and connecting to the Internet with my cell phone, I acutely feel the legitimacy of having a mobile version.
It’s more than just stripping down the graphics, JavaScript, and CSS. It’s about delivering a feature set and content that is relevant to a mobile device.
Gmail is a great example. The full browser version of gmail would never load on my cell phone. The mobile version, however, is perfect for my cell. It utilizes my phone’s number pad for the keyboard shortcuts. I can quickly delete, archive, and send email. It’s simple, light and re-factored into an ideal mobile web application.
I’m currently working on a massive undertaking at work and trying to get my head around the relevant aspects of this project as it pertains to the mobile world. Without the lack of broadband I would have never considered such an undertaking.
Don’t get me wrong though, connecting to the WWW via my cell phone still sucks. It just sucks less when it’s designed and built for a mobile device.