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03-Jun-11 00:00

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Elated

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This is a forum topic for discussing the article "10 Ways the Mobile Web is Different":

http://www.elated.com/articles/10-ways-the-mobile-web-is-different/

Using websites on a mobile device is a very different experience to desktop browsing. This article looks at 10 ways that mobile web browsing is different, and how to cater for these differences when building your sites.

07-Jun-11 03:30

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Crazyhunk

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Everytime I see a post on Mobile Web, I get this itch that i should dump my BlackBerry and get an iPhone.

On a different note though, great article. I haven't started to design for mobile yet, I simply have no idea where to start, without a proper device for me to test on.

Cheers

07-Jun-11 07:33

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matt

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@Crazyhunk: Thanks - glad you liked the article.

There are various device emulators you can use if you don't have a mobile device. For Android there's:

http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/emulator.html

For iOS there's the iOS Simulator:

http://developer.apple.com/programs/ios/develop.html

Cheers,
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07-Jun-11 10:30

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Crazyhunk

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Thank you for the links Matt, will surely check them out …

05-Jul-11 07:27

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DenisHurley

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Good article, but I'm really surprised some people still don't get it. We've been talking about these things for a couple of years now.

31-Jan-12 11:14

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Good post! I love this reasons! thanks!

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29-Mar-12 02:24

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Michiel

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This is a very nice way of making it crystal clear why our customers should be warned when they are building a website which is totally not usable on mobile devices.
Thanks for sharing this list!
Keep up the good work

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