I’ve been reading some entertaining and very passionate arguments as
to whether designing and testing for mobile device compatibility
should be included as a standard service when building sites for
typical desktop/laptop viewing or if it should be considered an
additional design requirement(if requested) and charged as such. And
not just compatibility with Apple gear but all the major mobile
players like Android, Blackberry etc.
designing and testing for mobile device compatibility should be included as a standard service
Personally I dont feel it should be a standard but rather an extra cost option.
If your client has a particular requirement for his site to be mobile compatible then I think that it goes without saying that there is going to be more work involved with the extra cost that entails.
I recently heard on a podcast that mobile devices will soon surpass desktops as the most popular web browsing device. The issue is not going to go away, we’ll all have to look at it sooner or later.
Its time to brush up your CSS skills and think about have a “single site” that looks reasonable on as many devices as you can a good example is: http://colly.com/ (Try re-sizing the browser window and note the content changing ~ and look on an iPhone)
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David
On 20 Jul 2010, at 21:35, DeltaDave wrote:
Personally I dont feel it should be a standard but rather an extra cost option.
If your client has a particular requirement for his site to be mobile compatible then I think that it goes without saying that there is going to be more work involved with the extra cost that entails.
Another fine reason to work on your inline layouts. Colly’s site works the way it does because the inner elements are floated left, and when the outer container is made small enough, the right-most column simply wraps to the next “line”, which puts it at the bottom.