Submitted by David (not verified) on 4 November, 2008 - 10:25.
Well we in WAP land are busy creating .mobi compliant sites but unfortunately the mobile operators seem to ignoring the mobile web completely in many cases as far as offering fixed web or mobile web search results to mobile surfers
using google/ yahoo ?
Reformatted web sites seem to be the preference that a) look awful on a small screen b) don't work in most cases
c) have no mobile billing mechanism should a visitor try to purchase a peice of content that in any case was never designed for delivery to a mobile device.
With mobile operators in the mix who can expect anything like common sense?
Despite all the hype about the iphone the fact is, the vast majority of mobile web users surf on a 'normal' mobile device. xhtml,wap billing, device detection /optimisation , ???? you need all these to provide a good mobile web experience. Not reformatted web pages !
Finally- do mobile operators display/promote reformatted web sites 'on deck' ? NO ! They of couse insist on correctly designed mobile sites that work accross all devices the operator promotes-
However as soon as the surfer goes off deck its another story entirely.The operators have a responsibilty to their subscribers to provide the best mobile web experience they can if they expect their subscribers to use it !
Well we in WAP land are busy creating .mobi compliant sites but unfortunately the mobile operators seem to ignoring the mobile web completely in many cases as far as offering fixed web or mobile web search results to mobile surfers
using google/ yahoo ?
Reformatted web sites seem to be the preference that a) look awful on a small screen b) don't work in most cases
c) have no mobile billing mechanism should a visitor try to purchase a peice of content that in any case was never designed for delivery to a mobile device.
With mobile operators in the mix who can expect anything like common sense?
Despite all the hype about the iphone the fact is, the vast majority of mobile web users surf on a 'normal' mobile device. xhtml,wap billing, device detection /optimisation , ???? you need all these to provide a good mobile web experience. Not reformatted web pages !
Finally- do mobile operators display/promote reformatted web sites 'on deck' ? NO ! They of couse insist on correctly designed mobile sites that work accross all devices the operator promotes-
However as soon as the surfer goes off deck its another story entirely.The operators have a responsibilty to their subscribers to provide the best mobile web experience they can if they expect their subscribers to use it !