Comments on: STOP, LOOK, THINK – What Is Material Really Going To Look Like on A Mobile Device

By: Austin Tallent

Austin Tallent — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:39:16 +0000

Thats a perty good peice of info there peeps

By: dswaters

dswaters — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 09:15:41 +0000

Hi Kate

Thanks for updating me about using the mobile Web on your N95. Really want to get my hands on one now!

Sue

By: dramagirl

dramagirl — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 13:22:10 +0000

Sue
Re the uploads to Flickr. I haven’t drilled down into the Optus bill for details on which uploads were Flickr and which posts to Tumblr and Twitter. I was trying them all. Given I was working via UK companies, I imagine I would have paid a premium. My maths says it worked out at a little less than 20 cents for 10KB. I used wireless hotspots when I could find them, and most worked pretty quickly.

The N95 also found the hotspots for me via the maps application. See if you can get your hands on this phone and play for a bit. I think you will like it. The camera alone (5 megapixel) is fabulous.

By: dswaters

dswaters — Sat, 25 Aug 2007 07:19:28 +0000

Hi Everyone

Thanks for taking time to comment on this post.

Can totally understand why web designers choose not to go near the mobile web – no wonder, changing rapidly and too many web browsers.

Gary asks an interesting question “What are the stats for users with Windows mobile browsers”. I would definitely love to know the current sales on the different mobile devices – any idea where I could look? I am also using mobile IE.

Thanks Kate for telling me about your web browsing experience with Nokia N95. I am going to have to convince someone with this phone to let me test web browsing for myself so I can compare it to on my PDA. Was it expensive to upload your photos to Flickr?

Christine I have attempted to answer your question in this post however Nick has also suggested that if you use Wordpress you can add a plugin that refers your readers to your mobile site.

Sue

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By: Kate Foy

Kate Foy — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 22:41:20 +0000

On a recent trip to the UK I took my new Nokia N95 to test it as a portable communications device. It has a 4 x 5.5cm screen and can do the lot: calls, photography, emails, web-browsing, GPS location. It found me to the metre and showed me cafes, landmarks etc around that place. Great fun.

The fun stopped with the browsing experience. Yes it can break up a page, zoom in and so on, but the most irritating feature, and the one which would turn off people from any text-based access is the simple fact of the size of the screen, the text, and the interruption to the reading/browsing experience caused by constant moving in and out and around the screen.

I have found students not particularly patient with clunky or even not clunky but slow or unreceptive devices. They would abandon this PDQ. I did and reverted to the cyber cafe round the corner.

My quick and easy photo uploads to Flickr were a snap as was email reading etc but no to other web-based interaction. For now.

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By: Nick Cowie

Nick Cowie — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:03:36 +0000

Note on mobile web stats, Google Analytics does pick up mobile devices, it just explain them cleary.

By: Nick Cowie

Nick Cowie — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 10:06:06 +0000

Yes, I chose to demonstrate using IE mobile on a windows mobile device because that is what I use. I do like Opera Mini 4, but the beta has problem with WM6 on my mobile.

Gary, unfortunately web browsers on mobile devices are changing rapidly. Since the beginning of the year there has been at least one new major version of all the popular browsers Opera Mini, IE Mobile, Nokia S60 browser plus new entrants Deepfish, Safari and others entering the market. It will be a while before there is consistency across browsers.

If ever, because there are issues and differing opinions on the best way to display a website built for a 17″ screen on a 3″ screen.

Stats for mobile devices are extremely difficult because I am sure our trusty friend google analytic javascript does not work with mobile devices.

Christine, if you are using wordpress you can get a plugin that diverts your visitors to a version of your site that is optimised for mobile devices.