Poll: Should companies provide automatic websites for mobile devices?

Comments

October 9, 2008 at 11:23 am

(1) Luther says:

Sounds like an addiction problem. Dump the iPod.

October 9, 2008 at 12:54 pm

(2) Gerry Williams says:

Only if it makes business sense.

October 9, 2008 at 6:13 pm

(3) Patrick Spreng says:

Speaking of “automatically routing you to a mobile site” how do they do that? I have a site that has a css flyout menu that gets lost in the translation to the mobile browsers I’ve tested with. How do I determine if the user is on a mobile device and supply a simpler menu? There is no javascript, so I can’t just use noscript.

October 12, 2008 at 11:02 pm

(4) Chris says:

I think automatic forwarding is fine. Mobile versions of websites are scaled-down for a reason: to make it quick. Most mobile devices can not handle all of the features that a full-fledged computer can, which will invariably lead to improper rendering or even “broken” pages. Though, I will agree that providing less information (in most cases) is bad, I prefer to err on the side of caution when it comes to websites for mobile devices. A very good article explaining how to initiate mobile device detection and redirection on the Microsoft Windows ASP.net platform can be found on our blog at: http://blog.abwebsitedesign.com/2008/09/mobile-web-browser-detection-and.html

Cheers,
Chris

October 14, 2008 at 2:10 pm

(5) Janet Sue says:

I like having available mobile site options; however, I want the option to go to the “full” version so I can use all the features if that’s what I prefer. Providing that switch option shows the designers understand we all have preferences and they want us to read their content. You know — a desire to communicate their information to me. If they don’t care for me to see it, why should I care to see it? We haven’t provided mobile views from our site as yet. But our viewers have been asking “when”. I don’t think this can be ignored.